OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Rigoberto "Gobet" Advincula, a leader in advanced materials, polymers and nanomaterials with joint appointments at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. Advincula is a UT-ORNL Go  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded four new grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to develop workforce capacity plans in key industries-- cybersecurity, infrastructure, geographical information systems (GIS) development and housing. The grants, awarded through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) funding opportunity, are: * $500,000 to   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Missi Holcomb, assistant vice president, Federal Reserve Financial Service (FRFS) Employee Experience, has been promoted to vice president, FRFS Talent Management and Cross-District Partnerships and Administration. She assumed her new role April 16. Holcomb will continue to lead efforts that promote a strong employee experience and culture within FRFS. She will also oversee collabo  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California's landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: * * * OSHA creates two regions to reflect changing demographics, population, areas of need * * * The Department of Labor today announced strategic changes to the structure of its Occupational Safety and Health Administration's regional operations designed to direct its resources effectively and make the agency more resilient. The changes include  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) unconstitutional power plant rule that threatens the reliability of energy production nationwide. The new regulations include costly and unattainable emissions standards, such as unrealistic compliance timelines, in an attempt to kill coal-fired units while endangering the construction of natural gas plants  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: If you ask Howard Wilson what first led him to study fusion energy almost 40 years ago, it was the opportunity to realize an almost impossible dream for the good of society. "I think it's the audacious challenge that drew me, basically seeking to reproduce here on Earth the conditions that exist in the sun and in stars," he said. "It seems like an impossible ask, but   more

BOISE, Idaho, May 10 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 25 states in a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review and declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently-released rule on existing coal, natural gas, and oil-fired power plants. The rule would force power plants fueled by coal, oil, or natural gas to capture smokestack emissio  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 25-state lawsuit challenging the Biden EPA's new mandate that threatens existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The mandate forces coal and natural-gas power plants to use unproven technology or face mass shutdowns. Biden's mandate will force Iowans to pay more for electricity and grapple with California-style blac  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition in challenging the Biden EPA's mandate to torch coal-fired electricity. EPA's mandate imposes harsh limits on coal-plant emissions, which are already well below any threshold that would affect public health. The mandate threatens to shut down coal plants for no reason other than to advance Biden's fight against f  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Three Tennessee physicians were sentenced on Wednesday and Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, following their convictions for conspiracy to illicitly prescribe controlled substances and related fraud and money laundering offenses. Evann Herrell was sentenced to 120 months in prison, Mark Grenkoski to 108 months, and Stephen Cirelli to 48 m  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are not just the work of a fe  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today announced his office entered into settlements with AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless), and TracFone Wireless, Inc. (collectively, the "wireless carriers"), which resolve an investigation into the wireless carriers' advertising practices. The settlements were joined   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 10 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: North Dakota Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with 21 other states have filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging the Biden EPA's unconstitutional overreach aimed at killing North Dakota's coal fired energy production. This recent Federal rule would require certain air toxin em  more

NEW YORK, May 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general today secured more than $10.22 million from AT&T Mobility, LLC and its subsidiary Cricket Wireless, LLC (AT&T); T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile); and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and its subsidiary TracFone Wireless, Inc. (Verizon), for deceptively marketing wireless service   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: CRANE, Ind. - Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), announced winners for Hypersonic Horizons: The High Speed Video Challenge. Hypersonic Horizons: The High Speed Video Challenge was open to high school students and college undergraduates. To compete, students created a three-to-five minute video responding to th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: After heavy rains blanketed middle Tennessee Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has continued to monitor water levels at our Cumberland River Basin facilities. Several peak stages are expected this evening, with others to follow on Friday. USACE locks and dams throughout the basin are performing as designe  more