WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Sykes, Warren Introduce Bill to Stop Crisis Pregnancy Centers from Spreading Anti-Abortion Disinformation WASHINGTON, DC [02/3/25] - Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Emilia Sykes (D-OH), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act to crack down on the use of misleading advertising and disinformation by crisis pregna  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 3, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $551,012,019 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), and firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and technical support and production of the submarine AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems on new-construction and in-service submarines.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * This was Zeldin's first official trip as EPA Administrator * * * On Monday, February 3, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took his first official trip in his new role, to East Palestine, Ohio, with Vice President JD Vance, to mark the two-year anniversary of the train derailment. "After the tragic train derailment left East Palestine, Ohio, ra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed an amendment to the Class E airspace at Marysville, Ohio, as part of an airspace review prompted by the decommissioning of the Marysville nondirectional beacon (NDB). The proposed modifications include increasing the radius of the airspace around Union County Airport from 6.3 miles to 6.7 miles, removing the Marysville NDB and associated extension, and adding a new extension along the 263 bearing from the air  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release: * * * Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announces new members of Bank advisory councils The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has named 48 new members to its advisory councils, including 17 joining a new Shenango-Mahoning Valley Business Advisory Council, which covers parts of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Through its advisory councils, the Cleveland Fed engages with a diverse range o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fetterman Statement on Two-Year Anniversary of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine Washington, D.C. - Two years ago today, a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, less than one mile from the Pennsylvania border. Today, U.S. Senator John Fetterman released the following statement on the derailment and the Railway Safety Act : "Two years ago, on the Ohio-Penns  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Columbus arrests Ghanaian national convicted of sex crimes with a minor COLUMBUS, Ohio -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a citizen of Ghana who was convicted of sex crimes with a minor when officers arrested Joseph Osei Boateng January 29 in Columbus, Ohio. "Sex crimes against a minor threaten the very fabric of our communiti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Detroit arrests unlawfully present citizen of Mexico with hit and run conviction DETROIT -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Mexican national with a conviction for hit and run when officers arrested Hernandez-Gomez January 28 in Detroit. "Not only does Hernandez-Gomez have a conviction for hit and run but h  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Rochester woman pleaded guilty for her role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. According to court documents, from approximately December 2020 through January 2022, Ayan Jama, 45, knowingly participated in a scheme to defraud a   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * New Combat Readiness Directorate focused on increasing readiness, reducing costs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - On Oct. 1, 2024, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center officially stood up the Combat Readiness Directorate, as part of a larger Department of the Air Force effort to better position the Air Force and Space Force to de  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Joshua M. Riley, 46, of Hamilton, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison for narcotics and firearms crimes. According to court documents, Riley was having bulk amounts of narcotics mailed to his home on Symmes Avenue in Hamilton through the United States Postal Service. In November 2022, law enforcement intercepted a package in route to Rile  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) -- On the second anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost visited East Palestine to reaffirm the state's commitment to accountability for the people affected by the disaster. March 14, 2023 Press Conference "The scars of this tragedy remain," Yost said. "The people here aren't asking for miracles. All they want is justi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Sykes, Rulli to Reintroduce the Bipartisan RAIL Act to Prevent Future Train Derailment Disasters Improved Version of RAIL Act would Codify Federal Railroad Administration's Two-Person Crew Rule into Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4, U.S. Representatives Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) and Mike Rulli (OH-06) will reintroduce the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), along with fellow Senate Banking Committee member Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), is leading an effort to provide President Trump the power to place economic sanctions on foreign entities facilitating illegal immigration into the United States. The Stifling Transnational Operations and Prolife  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Turner Joins Local and State Leaders in Announcing Enhanced Use Lease Agreement Between Synergy and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base DAYTON, OHIO - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) joined local and state leaders in the Miami Valley for a press conference announcing an agreement between Synergy and the Department of the Air Force to enter into a 50-year Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) to develop approxima  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Turner Joins Local Leaders to Announce "Concert for Peace" Featuring the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2025 NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Dayton DAYTON, OHIO - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, led a press conference at the Schuster Center to announce that the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, with assistance   more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Feb. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Stephan G. Ward, 32, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ward, also known as "YG," was delivering methamphetamine to others for distribution in Marshall County. Ward has prior drug and firearms convictions. Ward will serve three years of supervised   more