OAKLAND, California, May 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a broad, bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in submitting letters to U.S. House and Senate leaders urging them to fund the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in full. LSC is funded by federal appropriation and is a critical compliment to state and other funding for legal aid. LSC provides civil legal services to low-i  more

OAKLAND, California, May 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in an amicus brief in support of Delaware's election officials, who are defending a challenge to Delaware's early voting law in Albence v. Mennella. In the case, a trial court ruled that Delaware's constitutional provisions, which set the date of the statewide general election as the Tuesda  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recognized outstanding employee performance April 22 in the first in-person Commissioner's Annual Award Ceremony since 2019, in D.C. "The people and accomplishments we are recognizing are representative of the amazing things CBP does every single day, across the country, and around the world," said Troy A. Miller, Senior Offici  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 1 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general, urged Congress to allocate the maximum amount of funding for the grant-making organization Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2025 budget. Each year, LSC awards field grants to a network of nonprofit legal service providers who extend legal assistance to low-income Americans in every county, state a  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a letter of appeal led by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) urging leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to provide maximum funding for grant-making organization Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2025 budget. Each year, LSC awards field grants to a network of nonprofit legal service providers who   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) has produced its first Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) qualifier, Damage Control Fireman Aaliyah Feeley, of Baker City, Oregon. Jason Dunham, homeported in Mayport, Florida, is the shipboard pilot for the NAMTS program on the east coast. NAMTS improves the Navy's maintenance capability and improves material self-sufficiency by qualifying sailors in one of 26 differe  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A former Oregon Department of Human Services employee was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison today for violating the civil rights of a woman with developmental disabilities in his care by engaging in sexual misconduct with her. Zakary Edward Glover, 30, of Lebanon, Oregon, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 1 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 52 of her fellow governors oppose legislation that disregards gubernatorial authority over the National Guard, Legislative Proposal 480. The bipartisan group of governors sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The full letter can be found here. Governor Noem understands the importance of her role as Commander in Chief of the Sou  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A Beaverton, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose of a local man. Billy Ray Trueblood II, 33, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and four years' supervised release. According to court documents, in early March 2019, investigators from the Westside Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A Monmouth, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a teenager in Salem, Oregon. Javen James Pedro, 21, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and six years' supervised release. According to court documents, on February 24, 2022, officers from the Salem Police Department responded to an overdose of a  more

RICHLAND, Washington, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington issued the following news release: Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Kyle Ray Campbell, age 36, to 25 years in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. The Court also sentenced Campbell's codefendant, and brother, Cameron Earl Campbell, age 32, to 20 years in federal prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 G  more

RICHLAND, Washington, April 30 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a landmark agreement that proposes a realistic and achievable course for cleaning up millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford Site. Following voluntary, medi  more