LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after announcing that he and seven other state attorneys general are asking the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to take additional action against a Texas based robocaller for violating permanent robocall and telemarketing bans: "In March of last year, my office obtained  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Following announcements by the attorneys general of Kansas and Missouri that they are each filing lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's latest efforts to cancel student debt, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "Arkansas was part of the original coalition that sued the Biden administration over its first unlawful debt-cancellation   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Create Revenue for Rural Business Owners and Farms OMAHA, Neb., March 28, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $124 million in renewable energy and fertilizer production projects in 44 states to lower energy costs, generate new income and create   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico - Col. Carlos E. Gorbea promoted to brigadier general on a ceremony hosted by Maj. Gen. Eugene Leboeuf, the deputy commanding general of the United States Army Reserve Command. Brig. Gen. Gorbea expressed his gratitude towards his family, particularly his wife Andrea Hermann and their children Rafael and Estella Gorbea, for their support and contributi  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Research teams from universities nationwide are working on a variety of aviation environmental topics including sustainable aviation fuels, aircraft emissions, and noise impacts with support from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. The FAA is awarding $27.2 million to 11 U.S. universities as part of its Aviation Sustainability Center (ASC  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Fort McCoy Garrison Soldiers completed training scenarios on the Engagement Skills Trainer (EST) II simulator March 15 at Fort McCoy. Several Soldiers took part in special training at the EST, which is one of many simulations facilities at Fort McCoy, as part of a planned "Foundational Day" training event. Simulations training is a large part of operations dur  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $173.8 million in new grant and loan awards under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), bringing the total funding awarded under this program to a total of $544 million, or more than 50 percent of funding being awarded through this program. The announcement was made today by HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in the Raleigh office initiated an investigation that led to the indictment of a convicted child molester. On March 20, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Robert Davis, a 67-year-old naturalized citizen of the Unit  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to take stronger action against John Caldwell Spiller II after Spiller violated permanent robocall and telemarketing bans. Nessel filed alongside seven other state attorneys general represented on the original March 2023 judgment against Spiller for directing billions  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina has surpassed initial electric vehicle registration goals two years early in yet another indication of the major shift in underway for American drivers, and emphasizing the need for the state to rapidly increase access to electric charging infrastructure. In 2018, Governor Cooper signed Executive Order 80 that called on  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced one judicial appointment to the Superior Court and one District Attorney appointment. "Both Jason Ramey and Katy Gregg bring extensive legal experience to their new positions and have served North Carolina well over the years," said Governor Cooper. "I am thankful for their willingness to step up and continue serving their communities  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Lt. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin is stepping down on April 1 as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NCDMVA) after years of strong service to North Carolina. The Governor has appointed former NC House Representative and current US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower & Reserve Affairs, Grier  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: LMFakro, a manufacturer of attic ladders, will create 23 new jobs to establish its first U.S. assembly plant for attic ladders in Pasquotank County, Governor Cooper announced today. "North Carolina's robust transportation infrastructure, strong workforce of manufacturing professionals, and nationally recognized business-friendly environment makes it the perfect place for  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: * * * Returns Control to County * * * The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is returning control of child welfare services to the Nash County Department of Social Services, effective today. NCDHHS temporarily assumed leadership in September 2023. Since then, the state and county worked collaboratively to stabilize and improv  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Zadih Cadyma, 66, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for fraudulently obtaining $780,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans and money laundering, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cadyma was also ordered to pay restit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Robeson County murder suspect accused of shooting two Robeson County Sheriff's deputies now faces five federal charges including one drug trafficking charge, three charges related to firearms, including possession of a machine gun, and carjacking with intent to cause serious bodily injury. The carjacking charge was included in a previous criminal c  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems to take an active role in the wonder of science, technology, engineering, and math. "We're excited to grow the community of informal education organizations through these a  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: As of March 1, there were 74.6 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1% from March 2023 but down 2% from Dec. 1, 2023, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). * * * [View chart in the link at bottom.] * * * Other ke  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Scientists find evidence of critical feeding grounds for endangered leatherback turtles along the U.S. Atlantic coast by studying movement behavior with satellite tags. * * * Leatherback sea turtles are known to travel thousands of miles to move from warm, tropical and subtropical nesting areas to cooler, prey-rich feeding grounds  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Matt, for the introduction. I'm glad to be in Georgia today to visit Suniva. I'd like to begin with the company's story. Suniva opened its doors seventeen years ago, as one of the very first solar cell manufacturers in North America. Over the next decade, it drew on American tech and talent to grow and gain a toehold in a highly competitive market. But a flood of  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman today announced that, with the approval of the Board, he has appointed members to the newly formed Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC). The new members of the PRAC will advise the Board on issues impacting passenger rail service during their terms. "I am pleased that the Board received so m  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Following his declaration of 2024 as the Year of Public Schools, Governor Roy Cooper is illustrating the risks the extreme Republican voucher plan poses to children and public schools, where more than 8 in 10 North Carolina children attend school. Today, the Governor released a new video walking through the problems with this voucher plan on steroids, along with a new fac  more