LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing a motion for reconsideration in a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' new unlawful rule expanding the definition of who must become a federally licensed firearms dealer: "On May 1, I co-led a multistate lawsuit challenging the ATF's rule that radically expanded the de  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), completed clearing and snagging maintenance in Bayou Teche within areas of Iberia Parish, La., May 22, 2024. LaDOTD provided $1.3M in funding to the Army Corps of Engineers so the clearing and snagging could be completed by the USACE New Orlean  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: On Tuesday, May 28, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Chief of Engineers' Report for transmission to Congress. The project calls for a mix of structural and non-structural methods to reduce the flood risk to more than 26 thousand structures. The final repor  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas today announced that Karel Mertens has been named director of research and senior vice president in charge of the Statistics Department. Mertens is currently senior economic policy advisor at the Dallas Fed and has served as interim director of research since February. In his new position, he will lead the Dallas Fed's effort to grow research thoug  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston field office, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force, repatriated an unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide and illicit groups (gang membership) May 24. Is  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara was just settling into his new role as the adjutant general of the state of Hawaii, having taken over the position a few months prior, when he got a call from the governor's office in March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was starting, and the governor wanted Hara to be the incident commander for the state's response. "I knew nothing about pandemics," he said. "And in my mind  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENDRICK WILLIAMS ("WILLIAMS"), age 19, of New Orleans, was charged on May 23, 2024 in a four-count indictment with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts. WILLIAMS is charged in Count 1 with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute tapentadol and mariju  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Expand Access to Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Climate Businesses Through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. is making the largest public investment in climate action in history. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the largest-ever investment in climate action, introduced and expanded grants, loans, tax incen  more