BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 12 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom To Choose Their Providers BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid recipients' individual right to receive care from  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: * * * Air Force Medical Service announces 2024 award winners FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Air Force Surgeon General is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Air Force Medical Service Annual Awards. The awards include both individual and team awards. Joint Base San Antonio had a number of winners in their respective fields The nominations s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta in Brief Supporting Perkins Coie: President Trump's Latest Action Chills Free Speech, Undermines Rule of Law OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus brief in support of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP's lawsuit seeking to block the Trump Administration from retaliating against the firm and its   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm Decision Dismissing Challenge to Clean Air Act Waiver OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a brief urging the United States Supreme Court to affirm the court of appeals' decision in Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency. The case concerns a waiver of preemption, granted b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom to Choose Qualified Healthcare Providers Coalition argues that Medicaid Act's free-choice-of-provider provision ensures Medicaid recipients access to a wide variety of qualified providers by conferring an individual right to patient choice OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: California Will Continue to Stand Against Trump's Unlawful Removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta continues to support the U.S. District Court's decision to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Today, Attorney General Bonta, alongside 21 attorneys ge  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 12 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Files Amicus Brief to Support Lawsuit Over Trump Administration's Attack on Law Firm Attorney General Charity Clark joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump for representing clients and taking positions disfavored by the p  more

ALBANY, New York, March 12 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom to Choose Their Doctors March 12, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to defend Medicaid recipients' right to choose their own health care providers, including reproductive   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 12 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CO-LEADS COALITION ASKING COURT TO PRESERVE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 21 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief in continued opposition to President Donald Trump's unlawful attempt to remove Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relation  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Backs Legislation to Increase Accountability for Gun Industry Bad Actors (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony backing legislation proposed by his office to enable the state, municipalities and private citizens to sue bad actors in the gun industry who fail to take reasonable, commonsense measures to protect us from gun   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over the past two months, up 2.9 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.6 percent from December 2024 to February 2025, the U.S. Bur  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.3 percent over the past month, up 3.1 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim advanced 0.3 percent from January to February, the U.S.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.9 percent over the past two months, up 1.8 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale advanced 0.9 percent from December 2024 to February 2025, the  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 1.8 percent over the past two months, up 2.7 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward advanced 1.8 percent from December 2024 to Februar  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Seattle area - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 1.1 percent over the past two months, up 2.5 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue advanced 1.1 percent from December 2024 to February 2025, the  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - February 2025": * * * Area prices up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West Region advanced 0.6 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP releases February 2025 monthly update WASHINGTON -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics today for February 2025. CBP monthly reporting can be viewed on CBP's Stats and Summaries webpage. "The men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection continue to aggressively implement the President's Executive Orders to sec  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 12, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY BOH Environmental LLC, Covington, Louisiana, has been awarded a maximum $466,000,000 firm-fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for specialized shipping and storage containers. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Reg  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * El X-59 de la NASA completa las pruebas electromagneticas El avion de investigacion F-15D de la NASA esta posicionado junto al X-59 durante las pruebas de compatibilidad electromagnetica en la Planta 42 de las Fuerzas Aereas de EE.UU. en Palmdale, California. Los investigadores activaron el radar, el transpondedor de banda C y las radios del F-15D a diferentes distancias del X-59 para evaluar las posibles interferencias ele  more

SEATTLE, Washington, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release: * * * Former employee of an online car sales company sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for $2 million embezzlement and absconding before sentencing Defendant's second federal fraud conviction, he went on the run avoiding phone tracking by intentionally swapping SIM cards and selling meth to make money Seattle - A 42-year-old Tacoma man was sentenc  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom urges caution and preparedness as storm impacts much of California SACRAMENTO - With severe weather expected to impact much of California today through Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom and state emergency officials are urging Californians to prepare and take precautions. Yesterday, the Governor directed the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 13 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ URGES U.S. SUPREME COURT TO DEFEND MEDICAID RECIPIENTS' FREEDOM TO CHOSE THEIR PROVIDER HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid recipients' federally guaranteed right to receive care  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE San Diego arrests violent criminal illegal alien convicted of attempted murder after reentering the US over 7 times SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested and removed illegal alien Jose Antonio Garcia, 51, March 10, to Mexico after Calipatria State Prison honored an immigration detainer following the alien's scheduled relea  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: California is home to 32 of the top 50 AI companies SACRAMENTO - Home to Silicon Valley and the birthplace of the tech industry, California continues to dominate this sector as the leader in AI. The state is home to 32 of 50 top AI companies worldwide. In addition to championing responsible use of this emerging industry, California is harnessing its potential to increase effici  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * Maintenance work to begin March 17 at Sand Mountain Recreation Area CARSON CITY, Nev. - On March 17, crews will begin road repairs and other maintenance at Sand Mountain Recreation Area, located 28 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. Work will include repairing low water crossings in the main road, installing a helipad and repaving the road. The helipad will help shorten   more

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: * * * Metro East fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 19 years in federal prison EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A district judge sentenced a California man to 228 months' imprisonment after he admitted to trafficking fentanyl to the Metro East. Nefer Ojeda-Elenes, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance: fentanyl and o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 11, 2025. Credit: SpaceX NASA's newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on   more

PASADENA, California, March 11 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning NASA's newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our galaxy. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx lifted off at 8:10 p.m. PDT on Marc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Releases its Spinoff 2025 Publication The 2025 Spinoff publication features more than 40 commercial infusions of NASA technologies. Credit: NASA The work NASA conducts in space leads to ongoing innovations benefiting people on Earth. Some of these latest technologies, which have been successfully transferred from NASA to the commercial sector, are featured in the latest edition of NASA's Spinoff 2025 publication no  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA's Record-Shattering, Theory-Breaking MMS Mission Turns 10 Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA's MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of a key physical process that is important across the universe, from black holes to the Sun to Earth's protective magnetic field. This process, called magnetic reconnection, occurs when magnetic field lines tangle and explosively realign,  more

PASADENA, California, March 12 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA-ISRO Mission Will Map Farmland From Planting to Harvest When it launches this year, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite will provide a powerful data stream that could help farmers in the U.S. and around the world. This new Earth mission by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation will help monitor the growth of crops from planting to harvest, generating c  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 13 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Joins Coalition of States in Defending American Freedoms Against Political Retaliation Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today, in filing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump. This law firm represents many clients whose positions are opposed by t  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 13 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Ag Rayfield Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom To Choose Their Providers 12 States Argue Medicaid Act Gives Patients the Freedom to Choose Their Own Providers Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 12 attorneys general today filed an amicus brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Reward For Up to $20,000 Offered for Information About Decapitated Sea Lion at Doran Beach Download the poster (PDF, 1 page) NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to a civil penalty or criminal conviction in the decapitation of a California sea lion. It was found dead at Doran Regional Park in Bodega Bay, California on December  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Sols 4475-4476: Even the Best-Laid Plans NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image of "Gould Mesa," named for a hill near NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, using its Right Navigation Camera on March 6, 2025 -- sol 4472, or Martian day 4,472 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission -- at 01:37:17 UTC. NASA/JPL-Caltech Written by Deborah Padgett, OPGS Task Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Issues Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to further combat the illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the so  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 2 of Chemical Incident Reports Reports Cover Serious Chemical Incidents in Arkansas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas Washington, D.C. March 12, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it has released Volu  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 12 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington state Attorney General's Office joins coalition of states filing an Amicus Brief in support of Perkins Coie SEATTLE -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump for representing clients and taking positions d  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The White House sent to the Senate on March 11, 2025, the nominations of 50 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Richard Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. * John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic. * Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to th  more