LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 19 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 18, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The President is disregarding the separation of powers in the Constitution and the fundamentals so clearly articulated in Schoolhouse Rock' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granting an emergency stay in the matter of Missouri v. Biden, again halting the Biden admi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Commonsense Policy Aims to Bolster Voting Integrity, Ensures Only Eligible Citizens Vote * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 22-state coalition in urging the U.S. Senate to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill last week, however the Senate has yet to act. The SAVE Act, which garners broad suppor  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * New projects will strengthen resilience for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including tribes and underserved communities. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is recommending nearly $220 million in funding, and an additional $66 million in future year funding, to support 32 transforma  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000 and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guaran  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: WADE BATISTE ("BATISTE"), age 43, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on July 16, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Specifically, BATISTE was sentenced for possessing, with the intent to distribute, a quantity o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on July 17, 2024, GREGORY WILLIAMS ("WILLIAMS"), age 31, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to 80 months of imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a $400 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to four counts of a seven-count supe  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * * Innovative mentorship program is available to LED Growth Network companies through a partnership between LED and the Edward Lowe Foundation. * The program has helped more than 60 Louisiana small businesses since its inception in 2020. * Program launch held at the Edward Lowe Foundation's state-of-the-art learning campus in southwest Michigan. * * * Sixteen Louisiana-based, growth-or  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * * The company will invest $13.1 million in the Town of Washington. * Project will retain 340 current positions in Louisiana. * New facility is expected to start operations by Spring 2025. * * * WASHINGTON, La. - Southland Industrial Coatings announced it is investing $13.1 million to construct a new fireproofing facility in St. Landry Parish that will serve customers in the utility an  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DENTON, Texas Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. The updated maps were produced in coordination with l  more