WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 9 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following news on May 8, 2024: The State of Delaware on Wednesday announced it will join the private operator of the Port of Wilmington, Enstructure, to build a new port terminal at a site in Edgemoor, Delaware. The Edgemoor industrial site was purchased in 2017 by the taxpayer-owned Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) which subsequently secured the necessary permits to construct a new port terminal. This historic $63  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support, Petition for Limited Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia ORDER   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The White House issued the following remarks on May 7, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at an event to honor the memory of World War I service members: * * * Welcome to the White House! "They were mortal, but they were unconquerable." Those are the words etched into the stone of the National World War I Memorial. Through DC's wilting heat and beating rain, the memorial shares the echoes of our history, of the heroes - who gave their all so that others could be free, for th  more

NEW YORK, May 9 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in defending commonsense gun safety laws and the rights of states to enact measures to protect their residents from gun violence. The amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urges the court to allow Massachusetts' decades-old ban on the sale and possession of   more

ALBANY, New York, May 8 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order granting certificate of public convenience (Case No. 23-E-0413) on May 7, 2024: * * * Petition of Empire Offshore Wind LLC for an Original Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and for an Order Providing for Lightened Regulation. ORDER GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AND PROVIDING FOR LIGHTENED REGULATION INTRODUCTION By petition filed on July 28, 2023, and s  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: COLUMBUS - Fraudulent activity typically increases after disasters. Con artists may try to get money from you or ask for your personal information to try and steal your identity. Survivors of the March 14 tornadoes in Auglaize, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hancock, Licking, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Richland and Union counties should be aware that fraud and scams can  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison on his conviction of possessing trans-3-methylfentanyl, cis-3-methylfentanyl, and cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Robert J. Colville imposed the sentence on Jamir H  more