COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 30 -- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) launched interactive online Prescription Monitoring Program dashboards, providing the public and stakeholders with access to data and analytics related to the dispensing of three prescribed controlled substances: opioids, benzodiazepines and stimulants. DHEC cr  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the following letter on April 29, 2024: * * * Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Fiscal Year 2023 Report to Congress April 2024 Message from the Secretary This is the U.S. Department of Energy's (Department or DOE), including the National Nuclear Security Administration, Fiscal Year 2023 annual report to Congress addressing the activities related to the Defense Nuc  more

KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Keesler Air Force Base (81st Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs The majority of Airmen attend technical school at the 81st Training Group's home base here at Keesler, but the courses of certain occupations take place in various locations around the country. Airmen in Administration, under the 335th Training Squadron, obtain essential skills in Postal Operations at  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a coalition challenging the Biden administration's newly announced Title IX rule. Biden's Department of Education recently unveiled new changes to Title IX seeking in part to redefine "sex" to include "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" despite decades of legal precedent stating otherwise. Attorney General Ashley Moody said,  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 30 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed suit against the Biden administration's revised Title IX rule that upends the foundation of women's sports and mandates that males and females share bathrooms. "The Biden administration is destroying women's sports by gutting commonsense provisions that protect female athletes and demanding that biological males be allowed to compete agai  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CHARLESTON, SC -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers will host a two separate Global Entry enrollment events in South Carolina for individuals who have been conditionally approved to complete the interview portion of this trusted traveler program. May 6-10, Myrtle Beach Int. Airport will host appointments from 8:00am - 4:00pm Two Global Entry Enrol  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Cherokee County was the recent recipient of a Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant that will provide significant funding to plan and design approximately 26 miles of trail associated with the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVVI) corridor and Carolina Thread Trail (CTT). The Federal Lands Access Program was created to improve state and local  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- President Biden issued the following remarks at White House correspondents' dinner: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. You think your Irish grandparents are wondering. (Laughter.) My great-great grandparents who got here in 1846 are going, "What in the hell is going on?" (Laughter.) I want to thank you for the warm welcome. But please, not so loud. (Laughter.) Donald is listening. "Sleepy Don." (Laughter.) I kind of like that. I may use that again.  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have completed canister storage modifications in one of two glass waste storage buildings (GWSB), effectively doubling that facility's waste storage capacity and avoiding construction of a third storage building. GWSB 1 consists of a below-g  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: John Christopher Spence, 67, of Huntington, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention with GPS monitoring, and fined $5,000 for making a false declaration in a bankruptcy case. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about April 30, 2019, Spence filed f  more