SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in an amicus brief before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The brief supports President Biden's Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV Parole Program). The CHNV Parole Program offers   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 -- The Smithsonian Institution Cooper Hewitt, a design museum, issued the following news: This fall, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present "Making Home--Smithsonian Design Triennial." Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, the exhibition explores design's role in shaping the physical and emotional realities of home across the U.S., U.S. territories and tribal nations. On view Nov. 2 through summer 2025, "Making Home" is the seventh offerin  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: ALBUQUERQUE - Today, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Ebon Solar jointly announced an estimated $942 million investment in New Mexico's solar industry. Ebon Solar LLC (Ebon Solar) is a Delaware-based, U.S. solar cell manufacturing company. "We have succeeded in making New Mexico a global center for advanced energy manufacturing," Gov. Lujan Grisham said.   more

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 8 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following news on Aug. 7, 2024: NEW CASTLE, Del. - Governor John Carney on Wednesday, August 7, joined Speaker of the House Valerie Longhurst, Secretary of Education Mark Holodick, other elected officials, and advocates to sign two pieces of legislation that support student mental health in schools. Governor Carney signed House Bill 200 and House Substitute 1 for House Bill 5 at William Penn High School. "One of the most i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Illegal pay practices found at Blue Ridge Home Care in Pennsylvania, Delaware * * * PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based home care services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY Los residentes de Oklahoma afectados por las tormentas severas, vientos rectos, tornados e inundaciones que ocurrieron entre el 19 al 28 de mayo tienen una semana para solicitar asistencia de FEMA. La fecha limite para solicitar asistencia es el 14 de agosto. Si usted fue afectado por las tormentas en los condados Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Delaware,   more

LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Laughlin Air Force Base (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Harrison Sullivan, 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs The 87th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) otherwise known as the "Red Bulls," celebrates this year's Aug. 7 Red Bull Day, alongside winning Air Education and Training Command's (AETC) Top Operations Squadron of 2023. The AETC Top Operations Squadron award highlights the quality, hard work  more