MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2025: Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced three appointments to fill vacancies in district judgeship and district attorney positions across the state of Alabama. Baldwin County District Judgeship Governor Ivey has appointed Ashley W. Siebert as District Judge for the 28th Judicial Circuit in Baldwin County. Siebert, a graduate of Auburn University and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 27 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Puts Costco on Notice for Doubling Down on Discriminatory DEI DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led 19 states in calling on Costco to end all illegal and discriminatory "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" ("DEI") policies. Last month, the Costco board of directors unanimously urged shareholders to vote against a proposal requiring Costco to repor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Black Holes Can Cook for Themselves, Chandra Study Shows Perseus Cluster: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivares et al.; Optical/IR: DSS; H-alpha: CFHT/SITELLE; Centaurus Cluster: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et al.; Optical/IR: NASA/ESA/STScI; H-alpha: ESO/VLT/MUSE;Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals. Da  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 27, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Co., GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a ceiling $3,500,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification (P00005) to a previously awarded contract (FA8626-22-D-0010) for technology maturation and risk reduction services for the execution of the prototype phase of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program. Work will be pe  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 28 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2025: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and Iowa attorney General Brenna Bird today led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in a letter to Costo urging the retail giant to cease its unlawful DEI policies. The state attorneys general are working to stop discriminatory practices. "Racial discrimination is both immoral and illegal," Kobach said. "Race-based employment hiring violat  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Jan. 28 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa, 42ns Air Base Wing Public Affairs As one of the initial lead cadres of the Foundations 300, 500 and 700 courses here, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Fogleman, 8th Battalion and Montgomery Military Entrance Processing Station senior enlisted advisor, and Master Sgt. Daunte Saloy, 908th Operations Support Squadron first sergeant and foundations facilitator and mentor, focused  more