MIAMI, Florida, March 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Federal Court Blocks Discriminatory Florida Law that Prohibits the Academic Employment of International Students The court's ruling blocks the portion of 2023's Senate Bill 846 that unfairly restricts international students from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from working in Florida public universities and colleges TALLAHASSEE - A   more

MIAMI, Florida, March 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * House Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee Passes Bill Seeking to Censor ACLU of Florida flags First Amendment concerns about House Bill 667 TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Today, the House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee passed HB 667, sponsored by Rep. J.J. Grow. HB 667 would remove long-standing protections that have allowed the press to report on current events fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0411) on March 28, 2025, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - February 2025": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in February in 1 state and stable in 49 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 19 states and the Distr  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Castor, Hudson Reintroduce MISSION ZERO Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Richard Hudson (NC-09) reintroduced the MISSION ZERO Reauthorization Act to allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue assigning trauma surgeons to civilian trauma centers to assist in filling gaps in emergency care. "The MacDill Air Medical Group and Tampa General Hospital have led the  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Mast Issues Statement in Support of Trump Administration's Decision on USAID WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast issued the following statement upon the Trump administration's notification to Congress of it's intent to realign certain USAID functions to the State Department by July, 1, 2025, and to disco  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Congressional Caucus Champions Special Ops Amid Rising Threats U.S. Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, joined congressional leaders March 26, 2025, to underscore the indispensable role of special operations forces and rally bipartisan support for their growing mission at the Congressional SOF Caucus event on Capitol Hill. Fenton highlighted the unprecedented demand o  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Cory Mills, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cory Mills Introduces the No Citizenship for Alien Invaders Act Washington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Cory Mills (FL-07) introduced the No Citizenship for Alien Invaders Act. This Act would prohibit immigrants, of any nationality, who have illegally entered the United States from ever obtaining legal citizenship. The bill cosponsors include Reps. Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Andy Harris (MD-01)  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mike Haridopolos Joins Colleagues in Voting to Defend U.S. Students and Research From Foreign Adversaries WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, Congressman Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) joined his House colleagues in passing the DETERRENT Act--legislation designed to bring greater transparency and clarity to how colleges and universities report foreign gifts. Strengthening these reporting requi  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mike Haridopolos Seeks Veteran or Gold Star Family Member for Paid Congressional District Office Position MELBOURNE, FLORIDA - Congressman Mike Haridopolos (FL-08) is seeking a veteran or Gold Star Family member to serve in his Melbourne District Office as part of the House of Representatives' Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program. This two-year, paid position is designed to provid  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 27, 2025 AIR FORCE Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington (FA8811-25-D-B006), have been awarded a multiple-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum cumulative ceiling of $5,600,000,000 for the National Security Space (NSS) Launch Phase Three Lane On  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 28, 2025 ARMY Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $4,937,045,400 firm-fixed-price contract for the Precision Strike Missiles Increment One. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of March 30, 2030. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama,  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- NASA issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * Cygnus Departing Station Soon Live on NASA+ Live coverage of the departure of the S.S. Richard "Dick" Scobee Northrop Grumman's uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station is underway on NASA+, with its release from the robotic arm scheduled for 6:55 a.m. EDT. Coverage will conclude following departure from station. Flight controllers on the ground sent commands earlier Friday mo  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Enforcing the Law at Sea -- The Rise of Drug Smugglers The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Shortly after 6 p.m. on May 3, 1971, Coast Guard Cutter Point Barrow,  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and BankPlus Celebrate New Affordable Housing in Jackson, Mississippi, Made Possible by $499K Grant 27-unit Noel Place will set aside affordable apartments for special-needs residents JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, March 27, 2025 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and BankPlus were joined by   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces Florida Manufacturing Jobs Reach Highest Number Since 2002 Florida job creators have added jobs in 55 of the last 58 months since May 2020. TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Today, FloridaCommerce announced that Florida's manufacturing industry added 1,400 Jobs in February 2025, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth in the sector. Total manufacturing  more

NAPLES, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces Southwest Florida February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Cape Coral-Fort Myers Metro Area Construction Industry Added 400 Jobs Over the Year in February 2025 NAPLES, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area construction industry added 400 jobs over the year in February 2025. The Naples-Marco  more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Fort Lauderdale Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Fort Lauderdale Area Labor Force Up More Than 7,000 Over the Year in February 2025 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Fort Lauderdale metro area labor force was up 7,058 (+0.7%) over the year in February 2025. The area also gaine  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Jacksonville Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Jacksonville Metro Area Gained 10,400 Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in February 2025 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Jacksonville metro area gained 10,400 (+1.4%) private sector jobs over the year in February 2025. The industry gain  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Miami Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Miami Metro Area Added 22,900 Private Sector Jobs in February 2025; Second-Highest of All Metro Areas MIAMI, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Miami metro area added 22,900 private sector jobs over the year in February 2025. The area gained the second-highest number of   more

ORLANDO, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Orlando Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Orlando Metro Area Gained the Highest Number of Private Sector Jobs Over the Year in February 2025 Among All Metro Areas ORLANDO, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Orlando metro area gained the highest number of private sector jobs over the year in February 2025 amo  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Pensacola Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Pensacola Metro Area Added 1,000 Jobs in Leisure and Hospitality Industry Over the Year in February 2025 PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced the Pensacola metro area added 1,000 jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry over the year in February 2025. Th  more

TAMPA, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the Tampa Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces Tampa Metro Area Labor Force Up 8,888 Over the Year in February 2025 TAMPA, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the Tampa metro area labor force was up 8,888 (+0.5%) over the year in February 2025. The area gained the third-highest number of private sector jobs over the   more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, March 29 -- Florida Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2025: * * * FloridaCommerce Announces the West Palm Beach Area February 2025 Employment Data FloridaCommerce Announces West Palm Beach Area Education and Health Services Sector Added 5,100 Jobs Over the Year in February 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Today, FloridaCommerce announced that the West Palm Beach metro area education and health services sector added 5,100 jobs over th  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Former Colombian Navy Lieutenant Sentenced to 15 Years for Helping Sell Locations of Navy Drug Interdiction Vessels to International Drug Traffickers On Wednesday, Cesar Augusto Romero Caballero, of Colombia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge James Moody Jr. for conspiracy to distribute cocaine having reasonable cause to believe it would be unlawfully imported into th  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released its latest notice in the Federal Register detailing petitions filed under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). Covering cases received between January 1 and January 31, 2025, the report includes individuals from across the country seeking compensation for alleged vaccine-related injuries, disabilities, or deaths. The VICP, a feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes DETERRENT Act with Webster-Led Language Closing CCP Loophole Washington, D.C. -- Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 1048, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act, legislation that protects the integrity of higher education from foreign influe  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump Administration Gutting HHS by Cutting Nearly Quarter of Workforce, Abruptly Canceling Funding for New Mexico State Health Services Trump Administration Guts HHS by Eliminating Nearly 25% of Workforce, Cuts Over $12 Billion in Federal Grants to Fund Infectious Disease Management and Other Critical Health Services Nationwide Amid Measles Outbreak Washington, D.C. - Today  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Meet Research Fishery Biologist, Ron Hill Where did you grow up? It is always a challenge to answer the question of where I grew up. Some would say it hasn't happened yet. I was an "oil brat." After I was born in Texas, my family moved to Tripoli, Libya, where I attended grades two through nine. It was a great place to grow up, with a vibrant expat community, exposure to travel and d  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SpaceX Starship NASA has awarded SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, a modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch service offerings. The NLS II contracts provide a broad range of commercial launch services for NASA's planetary, Earth-observing, exploration, and scientific satellites. These high-priority, lo  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA, Boeing Prepare for Starliner Testing NASA and Boeing are making progress toward crew certification of the company's CST-100 Starliner system following the Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Joint teams are working to resolve Starliner's in-flight anomalies and preparing for propulsion system testing in the months ahead as NASA plans for Starliner's next flight. "NASA's strategy for crew transportati  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Cygnus Departs Station After Release from Robotic Arm At 6:55 a.m. EDT, the S.S. Richard "Dick" Scobee Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm, which earlier detached Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Unity module. At the time of release, the station was flying about 260 miles over the Pacific Ocean. The Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed the  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Operator of Fraudulent Investment Vehicle Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Securities Fraud, Tax Fraud and Other Charges Caused Tax Loss Exceeding $9 Million A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison yesterday for defrauding investors, conspiring to defraud the IRS, filing false tax returns, employment tax fraud, wire fraud, obstruction, and other   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Larsen, Delauro, Thompson, Waters and Lofgren Issue Joint Statement on Reported Plans to Dismantle FEMA Washington, D.C.-- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Committee on Home  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Larsen, DeLauro, Thompson, Waters and Lofgren Issue Joint Statement on Reported Plans to Dismantle FEMA (WASHINGTON) - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Committee on Homeland Securit  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Waters, Larsen, DeLauro, Thompson and Lofgren Issue Joint Statement on Reported Plans to Dismantle FEMA Today, House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member R  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Frankel Joins Sen. Schatz, Congressional Colleagues Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Illegal Gutting of U.S. Agency for Global Media Washington, DC - Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security and Department of State (NSRP) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 27, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, the California Center for Jobs and the Economy has just released an absolutely stunning report that shows how deeply Governor Gavin Newsom has driven our State's economy into the ground. Among the findings was that for the month of January, job growth in our State was nonexistent. The number of net jobs that were added to  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Cammack & Craig, Sens. Ernst & Smith Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution To Designate March 27 As "National Women In Agriculture Day" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In celebration of Women's History Month and National Agriculture Week, Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN-02), and Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)--members of the House and Senate A  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * SALAZAR CO-LEADS THE AMERICAN FAMILIES UNITED ACT (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) and Veronica Escobar (TX-16) reintroduced H.R. 2366 (link is external), the American Families United Act. This bipartisan legislation helps millions of U.S. citizens reunite with their loved ones. The American Families United Act provides American citizens the opportunity to ke  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks to the press on March 27, 2025, by Secretary Marco Rubio, while en route to Miami, Florida: * * * QUESTION: Can I ask a non-trip question, because I want to know what's happening with this Ukrainian children grant. SECRETARY RUBIO: Grant? QUESTION: The Ukrainian children who -- SECRETARY RUBIO: Oh, the data. The data is secured. We secured the data. We'll transfer it to the appropriate party. We've ensured that.   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott Joins Sen. John Kennedy in Introducing No Dollars for Dictators Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott joined Senator John Kennedy and their colleagues to introduce the No Dollars for Dictators Act, a critical piece of legislation to prevent American tax dollars from going to evil regimes and state sponsors of terrorism through the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s special   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall and Scott Introduce Bill to Monitor Treasury Payments After DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion of Untraced Payments Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today joined Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) in introducing the Locating Every Disbursement in Government Expenditure Records (LEDGER) Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Treasury to track all payments after   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36845) entitled "OmniTRAX Holdings Combined Inc. and HGS Railway Holdings Inc. - Continuance in Control Exemption - Santa Maria Valley Railroad LLC": * * * OmniTRAX Holdings Combined, Inc. (OmniTRAX), and HGS Railway Holdings, Inc. (HGS) (collectively, Omni-HGS), both noncarriers, have filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Attack on the Minority Business Development Agency Will Harm Small Businesses In recent weeks, Trump escalated his assault on small businesses by signing an Executive Order to gut the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The MBDA was created to assist businesses owned by people of color -- who face the greatest barriers to  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Joins Colleagues in Supporting Foresters Affected by Natural Disasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in reintroducing legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Disaster Reforestation Act amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct t  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * United States Secures Extradition of More Than a Dozen Fugitives from 10 Countries Defendants Wanted for Murders, Drug Trafficking, Alien Smuggling, and Cybercrime in the District of Columbia, California, Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Texas, and Washington State Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between the U.S. Department of Justice and law enforcement auth  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Webster Votes to Block Biden-Era Refrigeration Mandates Washington, D.C. -- Today, Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, voted to pass H.J.Res 75 and H.J.Res 24, resolutions to overturn Biden-era Department of Energy regulations on commercial refrigerators, walk in-coolers, and walk-in freezers. "Today, House Republicans took a stand for American small businesses, work  more