BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force intends to activate a new wing headquarters, the 95th Wing, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. This new wing is one of the many efforts underway to reorganize the department for Great Power Competition. The creation of the 95th Wing under Air Force Global Strike Command will enable effective command of forces to ensure readiness, and  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'Oscar Stilley's registration to vote in Arkansas was illegal because he is a convicted felon still on supervised release. ... I thank the Arkansas Supreme Court for doing the right thing by referring the Special Master's report to the prosecutor for the 21st Judicial District' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The Biden-Harris administration keeps trying to go around Congress, and they keep losing' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a request by a seven-state coalition of attorneys general for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * In support of President Biden's Unity Agenda, new funding continues historic investment in community-led and evidence-based efforts to prevent youth substance use in every state across the country * * * To mark the start of a new school year, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta announced nearly $94 million in n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced $1.9 billion for 519 grants in 48 states, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, in its fifth announcement under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). An additional $269 million was also announced in FY 2023 Supplemental Discretionary Grants to fu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funding Supports Disadvantaged Communities, Energy Transition Communities, and Small-and Medium-sized Jurisdictions to Implement Clean Energy Projects to Spark Additional Investments * * * In support of the Biden- Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it has selected 12 local governments and tribes to receive over $31  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The FBI issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Operation Clean House Was a Recent Violent Crime Initiative Resulting in 151 Arrests in New Orleans * * * The week of September 6, FBI Director Christopher Wray visited the FBI New Orleans Field Office to meet with employees, as well as a number of key law enforcement and private sector partners in Louisiana. He met with the heads of the agencies involved in this summer's Operation Clean House initiative  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced $1.9 billion for 519 grants in 48 states, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, in its fifth announcement under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). An additional $269 million was also announced i  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania co-led two amicus briefs on behalf of a multistate coalition in federal appellate courts to further defend Title IX's protections of all students, including LGBTQ+ students, from gender-based harassment and sex discrimination, and to reverse a preliminary injunction that could affect certain   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Education Department Releases State Fact Sheets Detailing Biden-Harris Administration Investments in America's Students, Schools, and Colleges Since day one of their Administration, President Biden and Vice President Harris have made fighting for public education a top priority and they have delivered, with unprecedented investments in our nation's public schools, colleges, and unive  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 7 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 26 attorneys general in an amicus brief in Garland v. VanDerStok at the Supreme Court of the United States. The brief, which was led by the States of West Virginia and Montana, supports the Second Amendment rights of Americans in the face of increasing oppression from a federal agency. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) published a fi  more