SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California now has 48% more EV chargers than gasoline nozzles in the state SACRAMENTO - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California reached 178,549 public and shared private electric vehicle (EV) chargers installed statewide. In a significant milestone for the state, California now has 48% more public and shared private EV chargers than the number of gasoline nozzles. The Cali  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Coast Guard offloads over $517.5 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean MIAMI - The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 45,600 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $517.5 million at Port Everglades, Thursday. The seized contraband was the result of 14 interdictions in international waters of the Eastern  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 20, 2025 NAVY Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $141,050,000 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-21-C-5411) to procure Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production spares. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Japan (57%), Australia (19%), Netherlands (13%), Spain (6%), and Germany (5%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) progr  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 20, 2025: * * * Name of Product: Segway Ninebot Max G30P and Max G30LP KickScooters Hazard: The folding mechanism can fail and cause the handlebars or stem to fold while the scooter is in use, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Remedy: Repair Recall Date: March 20, 2025 Units: About 220,000 Consumer Contact: Segway at 800-914-6110 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, email at   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom issues statement on preserving ban on large-capacity gun magazines Los Angeles, California - California took a major step forward in correcting the damage from 50 years of neglect to the state's mental health system with the passage of Proposition 1. This historic measure -- a signature priority of Governor Gavin Newsom -- adds rocket fuel to California's overhaul of t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom statement on President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Department of Education SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today in response to President Donald Trump signing an executive order beginning the process of eliminating the U.S. Department of Education: "This overreach needs to be rejected immediately by a co-equal branch of   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Arraigned in Long Island Federal Court on Terrorism and Racketeering Charges After His Arrest in Mexico Defendant, Who Was Added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List in February, Was a Founding Member of the Transnational Criminal Organization's Ranfla en las Calles Leadership Structure Earlier today, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * How NASA's "Autonomy Choreography" Will Impact Advanced Technologies Imagine your car is in conversation with other traffic and road signals as you travel. Those conversations help your car anticipate actions you can't see: the sudden slowing of a truck as it begins to turn ahead of you, or an obscured traffic signal turning red. Meanwhile, this system has plotted a course that will drive you toward a station to recharge or  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE San Francisco, federal partners target transnational criminal organizations in major enforcement action SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement along with the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Probation, conducted a multi-agency operation March 11 targeting the disruption of cartel related narcotics and firearms distr  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * ICYMI: WSJ on EPA 'Gold Bar' Terminations: "Trump's EPA vs. Biden's Dark Climate Money" WASHINGTON - Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin notified National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator recipients of the termination of their grant agreements under the Biden-Harris Administration's $20 billion "gold  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 15, 2025. * * * REVISION TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS Note: Calendar Year (CY) 2025 seasonal factors and revised seasonal factors for CY 2020-2024 for both initial claims and continued claims will be available at https://www.bls.gov/lau/seasonal-adjustment-for-weekly-unemployment-insurance-claims.htm by 12:00 P.M. (Eastern) on Thursday,  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 21 -- Minnesota State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Finalists Named for Presidency of Northland Community and Technical College ST. PAUL, March 20, 2025 - Minnesota State has named four finalists in the search for the president of Northland Community & Technical College. The candidates are John Fields, Richard Gale, Shari Olson, and Tami Such. The candidates were recommended by a search advisory committee that   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Uses Advanced Radar to Track Groundwater in California Where California's towering Sierra Nevada surrender to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story is unfolding. The culprit isn't a person but a process: the mysterious journey of snowmelt as it travels underground to replenish depleted groundwater reserves. The investigator is a NASA jet equipped with radar technology so sensitive it can det  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sign ups soar as thousands join the conversation on California's new deliberative democracy platform SACRAMENTO - This week, California completed its first phase of the new deliberative democracy platform, Engaged California. Those who subscribed to participate in the first use case, focusing on Los Angeles fire recovery efforts, received invites to join the discussion. This is a sign  more

MENLO PARK, California, March 21 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Cutting-edge experiments reveal 'hidden' details in transforming material Using SLAC's LCLS for one of the first studies of its kind, researchers discover surprising behaviors of a complex material that could have important implications for designing faster microelectronic devices. Phase changes are central to the world around us. Probably the most familiar example is when ic  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * TransBorder Freight Annual Report 2024 BTS 16-25 This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete. The Bureau of Transportation Stati  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USNS John Lewis Completes First Fleet Tasked Underway Replenishment PACIFIC OCEAN -- Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler, USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) became the first ship in the new John Lewis class to conduct a fleet task under Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, by refueling the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) off the coast of Southern Califor  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Secretary of State Kris Warner applauds West Virginia Legislature for passing prohibition on Ranked Choice Voting Charleston, W.Va. - WV Secretary of State Kris Warner's 2025 legislative agenda as the state's chief elections officer advanced this week with the WV Legislature and the governor approving Senate Bill 490 which prohibits conducting any state  more