PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Attorney General Mayes and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general today sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to return for further questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request follows alarming reports of politically motivated firings at the FBI and efforts  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * Assistance Available for Self-Employed Wildfire Survivors LOS ANGELES - Self-employed individuals in Los Angeles who became unemployed as a direct result of the wildfires, may apply for FEMA Individual Assistance, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) and/or U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loans. FEMA Individual Assistance FEMA may b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Provides Guidance to Students, Educators on Immigration Enforcement on School Campuses SACRAMENTO - In the wake of new concerns of immigration enforcement on school campuses, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today highlighted recent guidance to students, families, educators, and school officials to help ensure a safe and secure school environment for all  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta, Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Demand Answers from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Amid Alarming Retaliation Efforts SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today in sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, urging the Senate to require  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: California Schools Will Remain a Welcoming, Inclusive, Safe Place for All SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement on President Trump's executive order targeting transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming students: "California will continue to create a welcoming environment for all students, including tra  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: Governor Newsom's Latest Executive Order Provides Critical Protections for LA Fire Victims OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement on Executive Order N-17-25 by Governor Gavin Newsom. Among other things, the executive order expands rental price gouging protections to leases of any length, adds three new ZIP codes  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 4 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James and Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Condemn Planned Purge of FBI Agents February 4, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to demand further testimony from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director nominee Kash Patel following reports of a   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Coalition of 19 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel For Immediate Release: February 4, 2025 Office of The Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General View Letter TRENTON -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 19 at  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Urges Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel LANSING -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 20 attorneys general are calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to require further questioning of Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director. In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Warns Federal Employees about Misleading Buyout Offer LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump administration's misleading "deferred resignation" program, which offers federal employees pay through September 30, 2025, if they resign by February 6. "I take my role to   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL URGE SENATE TO DEMAND FBI DIRECTOR NOMINEE KASH PATEL ANSWER QUESTIONS ON RETALIATION EFFORTS Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to retur  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Announces $59 Million False Claims Settlement with Pfizer-Owned Biohaven (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined the United States, 37 other states and Puerto Rico in settling kickback allegations against Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. ("Biohaven"), a subsidiary wholly owned by pharmaceutical  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Urging Senate to Demand Answers on Retaliation Efforts from FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Compensation costs up 3.6 percent in 2024 February 04, 2025 Total compensation costs for private industry workers in the United States rose 3.6 percent from December 2023 to December 2024, compared with a 4.1-percent increase for the year ended in December 2023. In the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA, metropolitan area, compensation costs increased 2.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- 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 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * En Route to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars This version of a mosaic captured by the star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper on Dec. 4, 2024, features the names of stars within view of the cameras. NASA/JPL-Caltech This mosaic of a star field was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Showing part of the constel-latio  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * En Route to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars This mosaic of a star field -- showing part of the constellation Corvus -- was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Use the slider to view the star field with and without star names labeled. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three months after its launch fr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release: * * * FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Announces Additional Staff Appointments WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2025--Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of additional FCC leadership positions. Chairman Carr issued the following statement regarding these appointments: "I am honored that this talented team of professionals have agreed to join the FCC and will help ensure that we deliver  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2025-01) on January 31, 2025, by Leila Bengali, Robert Valletta, and Cindy Zhao entitled "Explaining Stagnation in the College Wage Premium." Here are excerpts: * * * After growing substantially during the 1980s through the early 2000s, the college wage premium more recently has been largely unchanged, or stagnant. We extend the canonical production-function model of s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 2.4.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Mark Tollefson, of Rancho Cordova, has been appointed Chief Deputy Director at the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Tollefson has been Undersecretary of the California State Transportation Agency since 2022. He was Senior Counselor on Infrastructure and Fis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces new food benefits available for people in Los Angeles impacted by recent fires Los Angeles, California - As part of California's ongoing wildfire response and recovery efforts, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that individuals and families directly impacted by the recent fires in Los Angeles County - living in the zip codes listed below - may be eligible t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom signs new executive order to fast-track more relief for LA fire survivors LOS ANGELES -- Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a new executive order to cut red tape by suspending regulations and extending deadlines to assist in helping survivors recover quickly from the Los Angeles area firestorms. The order removes bureaucratic barriers, extends deadlines, and provides cri  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 5 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to return for further questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request follows alarming reports of politically motivated firings at the FBI and   more

MENLO PARK, California, Feb. 5 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * In a first, researchers stabilize a promising new class of high-temperature superconductors at room pressure The research lays the groundwork for deeper exploration of high-temperature superconducting materials, with real-world applications such as lossless power grids and advanced quantum technologies. Researchers have made a significant step in the study of a new class of hig  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, with seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets in connection with an alleged plan to steal from Google LLC (Google) proprietary information related to AI technology. Ding was initially indicted in March 2024 on four counts of theft of trade secrets. The supersed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Demonstrates Software 'Brains' Shared Across Satellite Swarms Jeremy Frank, left, and Caleb Adams, right, discuss software developed by NASA's Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy project. The software runs on spacecraft computers, currently housed on a test rack at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, and depicts a spacecraft swarm virtually flying in lunar orbit to provide autonomous position navigati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon Launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket system on Feb. 4, 2025. During the flight test, the capsule at the top detached from the booster and spun at approximately 11 rpm to simulate lunar gravity for the NASA-supported payloads inside. Blue Origin The old saying -- "Practice makes perfect!" -- applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 te  more