VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Annette Kirklin, public affairs specialist The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently inducted Patricia Sullivan, Nick Boone and Dr. Robert Moser into the Senior Executive Service (SES) during a ceremony at ERDC Headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The event, which was attended by ERDC leadership and employees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 4 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Defeats Biden-Harris Emissions Mandate Threatening to Drive Gas-Powered Vehicles off the Road DES MOINES-- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a victory defeating the Biden-Harris Administration's illegal highway emissions mandate that attempted to drive gas-powered vehicles off the road. In 2023, the Iowa Attorney General's office sued the Federal Highw  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

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends religious organization's authority to hire based on beliefs OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 4, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is standing up for religious organizations' rights to make their own employment decisions. He joined 19 other state attorneys general to file an amicus brief that could impact how religious organizations hire employees. The case invol  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 5 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Feb. 4, 2025: Louisiana Attorney General has joined a coalition of 23 other states in filing a brief arguing that taxpayers should not have to pay for sex change operations for prison inmates. The brief was filed last Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case from Indiana. "Louisiana taxpayers should never foot the bill for sex changes for inmates. This lunacy  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Governor Tate Reeves today announced multiple appointments to key positions within state government. "I'm proud to make these appointments," said Governor Tate Reeves. "I know these individuals have what it takes to help make our state even better. Thanks to all of the appointees for stepping up to serve in these important roles. I look forward to seeing the good things they will  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Governor Tate Reeves today announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Neshoba, and Winston Counties). The vacancy is due to the resignation of the Honorable Jenifer B. Branning upon her election to the Mississippi Supreme Court effective January, 6 2025. The special election will be held on April 15, 2025. The qualifying deadl  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Canton man pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine near the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Reservation in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Joe Santakeye Jones, 51, pled guilty on January 29, 2025, in U.S. District Court in Jackson. Jones is scheduled to be sentenced on May 1, 2025, and faces a minimum of te  more

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Forrest County man and woman pled guilty to conspiring with each other to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents and statements made in court, Artista Garner, 36, of Hattiesburg, assisted her brother, Thaddieus Cooper, 31, in applying for benefits with the Mississippi Departm  more