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

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt announced nearly $394 million for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the America's River Crossing Project in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas to replace the 75-year-old Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * American Management Group LLC of Atlantic Beach shaved hours from workers' timecards * * * ATLANTIC BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $288,979 in back wages and liquidated damages for 92 employees after its investigation found an Atlantic Beach property management group's improper pay practices denied them overtime wages they earned. The department's Wage   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Wayne Dirkes assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 704th Test Group during a Change of Command ceremony July 8, 2024, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The mission of the 704 TG is to operate world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system tes  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The breadth of the datasets can significantly boost efforts to verify the quality of additively manufactured parts using only information gathered du  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 -- The Georgia Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: Georgia Department of Public Safety Assistant Commissioner, Lt. Col. Joshua Lamb, has returned to Georgia from Israel after an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with the country's top police executives for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange's (GILEE) 31st annual peer-to-peer executive education program. Lt. Col. Lamb served as Head of Delegation for a g  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Wei Lee and Chase Kohler, 412th Test Wing The United States Air Force Test Pilot School's research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod. Dubbed "Have STRAINger Things," the tests verified the AgilePod's utility for rapid air  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: The last defendant of 18 La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members charged in connection with a multi-year investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement was sentenced today. The investigation involved charges of racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping, drug trafficking, firearms offenses, obstruction of justice,  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs. Gentiva's h  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending July 13, 2024: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 243,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 222,000 to 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 234,750, an increase of 1  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researcher Rocio Uria-Martinez was named one of four "Women with Hydro Vision" at this year's HYDROVISION International 2024 conference taking place in Denver this week. Awarded by a committee of industry peers, the honor recognizes women who use their unique talents and vision to improve and advance the worldwide hydropower industry. Uria is an energy and environ  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: At 35.9 degrees north and 84.3 degrees west, otherwise known as the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, over 180 geospatial scientists convened in-person and remotely for the annual conference for the Mid-South Regional Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, or ASPRS. Participants spanning government, academia and ind  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: The last of 18 defendants in a multi-year investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement was sentenced to federal prison today, announced Acting United States Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski for the Middle District of Tennessee and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department's Crimin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on July 18, 2024: Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of the State in Friends of George's, Inc. v. Mulroy--a case involving a constitutional challenge to Tennessee's Adult Entertainment Act. Last summer, a federal district court halted enforcement of the law in Shelby County. The Sixth Circuit conclu  more