FORT KNOX, Kentucky, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Cadet Command issued the following news: * * * Continuous 2025 Army ROTC training at Fort McCoy demonstrates installation's capabilities By Scott Sturkol Though 2025 is only four months in, Fort McCoy is earning its motto as "The Total Force Training Center" as it has been the location of several training events for Army ROTC cadets from across the Midwest region. Fifty-four teams of ROTC cadets competed Feb. 21-22 in the Northern Warfare Challeng  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 7, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Freedom Fresh LLC,* Medley, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $348,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for fresh fruits and vegetables. This was a competitive acquisition with five responses received. This is a five-year contract with no option periods. The ordering period end date is May 4,  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces judicial appointments 5.7.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of three Court of Appeal Justices: Associate Justice Helen Zukin as Presiding Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four, Judge Mark Hanasono as Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three, and, pending confirmation of Ju  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) that reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in e  more

FORT KNOX, Kentucky, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Cadet Command issued the following news: * * * ROTC cadets build field skills in April 2025 training effort at Fort McCoy By Scott Sturkol Seventy-one cadets and nearly a dozen staff members with Army ROTC units at seven universities in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan trained at Fort McCoy on April 11 in field training lanes to build their skills. "The cadets were participating in a combined field training exercise," said Maj. Michae  more