SACRAMENTO, California, April 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on March 31, 2025: * * * Governor Newsom proclaims Cesar Chavez Day 2025 Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring March 31, 2025, as Cesar Chavez Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATION Throughout his life of work and service, Cesar Chavez empowered thousands to stand together for their rights and led our nat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on March 30, 2025: * * * Governor Newsom proclaims Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring March 30, 2025, as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATION It has been over a half century since the last American troops returned home from the Vietnam   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 31, 2025 AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Long Beach, California, has been awarded a $2,456,665,321 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded contract (FA8526-21-D-0001) for C-17 Globemaster III sustainment. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $7,597,672,417 from $5,141,007,096. Work will be performed at various locations including but not limited t  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: * * * Department of Defense completes Underway Recovery Test 12 with NASA By Courtesy Story Expeditionary Strike Group 3 SAN DIEGO - NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the third recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) off the coast of San Di  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Early festivities soon underway as Governor Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom launch statewide effort to celebrate California's 175th Anniversary SACRAMENTO -- Today, Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced the official launc h of efforts to celebrate California's 175th year of statehood. Today's announcement initiates an effort to commemorate the  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom proclaims Cesar Chavez Day 2025 Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring March 31, 2025, as Cesar Chavez Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: *** Original text here: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/03/31/governor-newsom-proclaims-cesar-chavez-day/  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Brian Thacker When the enemy attacked, Army 1st Lt. Brian Miles Thacker knew the troops at his small Vietnamese firebase would be overrun, but he refused to let them get trapped. Thacker called in airstrikes on top of his own position to keep the enemy at bay, then survived for days in the jungle afterward. For his courage and selflessness, he received the Medal of Honor  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 1 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Department of Natural Resources issues construction permit for solid waste processing facility in Moniteau County JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 31, 2025 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a permit to SiteWorks Waste Services, LLC to construct the SiteWorks Waste Services Transfer Station in Moniteau County. The facility will be used t  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025 The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) recently named 24 new fellows to its 2025 class. The NHFP fosters excellence and leadership in astrophysics by supporting exceptionally promising and innovative early-career astrophysicists. Over 650 applicants vied for the 2025 fellowships. Each fellowship provides the awardee up to three years of support   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch Preparations for NASA's next Artemis flight recently took to the seas as a joint NASA and Department of Defense team, led by NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program, spent a week aboard the USS Somerset off the coast of California practicing procedures for recovering the Artemis II spacecraft and crew. Following successful completion of Underway Recovery Test  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Phoenix man sentenced to prison for alien smuggling resulting in death following ICE Arizona investigation SELLS, Ariz. - A Glendale man was sentenced March 11 to 38 months in prison for his role in transporting two illegal aliens in March 2024, one of whom suffered fatal injuries after jumping out of the vehicle while it was moving. U.S. Immigration   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release on March 30, 2025: * * * Relentless Pursuit: U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspected Nortenos Murderers in Multi-State Manhunt Subtitle Third Fugitive, Jose Beltran-Rodriguez Has Been Arrested Spokane, WA - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), in coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, continues to demonstrate the effectiveness of its rapidly advancing manhunt program i  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Treasury Sanctions Criminal Operators and Money Launderers for the Notorious Sinaloa Cartel Washington -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated six individuals and seven entities involved in a money laundering network supporting the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most notorious and violent drug trafficking organizations in the w  more

PASADENA, California, March 31 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * University High Triumphs at JPL-Hosted Ocean Sciences Bowl A team of students from University High School in Irvine earned first place at a fast-paced regional academic competition focused on ocean science disciplines and hosted by NASA'S Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Eight teams from Los Angeles and Orange counties competed at the March 29 event, dubbed the Los Ang  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 1 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Governor Phil Scott Announces Leadership Appointments Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Phil Scott today announced three leadership appointments: Kaj Samsom as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), Jill Briggs-Campbell as deputy secretary of the Agency of Education (AOE) and Neil Kamman as deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (D  more