WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * One Mississippi applicant selected to receive funding for 15 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice * * * JACKSON, Miss. - On December 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Jackson Public Schools has been select  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. Sixteen Undergraduate Pilot Training student pilots of Class 25-03, graduated on December 13, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The UPT graduation ceremony officially marks the completion of initial flight training in the T-6 Texan II as students earn their wings and begin the next phase of advanced pilot traini  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Corrin Buchanan, of El Cerrito, has been appointed Undersecretary at the Health and Human Services Agency. Buchanan has been Deputy Secretary for Policy and Strategic Planning at the Health and Human Services Agency since 2021. She was Assistant Director for Housing and Homelessness at the Department of Social   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Department of Justice and the State of Illinois, announced the filing of a complaint against the City of East St. Louis, Illinois. The complaint seeks penalties and infrastructure improvements to remedy East St. Louis' failure to operate its sewer system in compliance with the Clean Water Act. This failure has led to hundreds of unlawful disc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $20.5 million for 25 grants across 14 states and Puerto Rico to modernize airports under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law over a period of five years for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $20.5 million for 25 grants across 14 states and Puerto Rico to modernize airports under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law over a period of five years for airport and air traffic control infrastructure im  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 14 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined 24 states in urging the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm President Trump's nominee, Kash Patel, as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"). Patel is a proven leader who will restore integrity to the FBI. As National Security Advisor to the House Intelligence Committee, Patel uncovered Foreign Intelligence Surveillance   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Jackson man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On December 11, 2024, after eight days of trial in federal court, Marcus Davis, 44, pled guilty to his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Prosecutors presented evidence and testimony at trial that Davis conspired with another individual to   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: Three individuals pled guilty today to their roles in a murder on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Reservation. According to court documents, in September 2023, Michael Jeffrey Shaffer, Sr., 48, and Montero Ray Willis, 22, used a firearm to shoot and kill a tribal member in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Rese  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, announced today that the Department of Justice, following a comprehensive investigation, has concluded that the Mount Vernon Police Department ("MVPD") engages in a patter  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Sector of the United States Border Patrol today announced several successful recent enforcement actions with law enforcement counterparts. The Lake Charles Border Patrol Station recently assisted Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office with the seizing over $150,000 as part of an operation targeting the Latin Kings gang. One gang associated was arr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36819) entitled "MSE Holding Co. - Intra-Corporate Family Control Exemption - Mississippi Export Railroad Co. and Alabama Export Railroad Inc.": * * * MSE Holding Company (MSE Holding) has filed a verified notice of exemption for an intra-corporate family transaction under 49 C.F.R. 1180.2(d)(3) to authorize its proposed control of two Class III rail carriers,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are proposing to designate critical habitat for four species of endangered freshwater mussels. Habitat for the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase mussels can be found in 17 states in the central and eastern United States. We are proposing to designate a total of 3,974 river miles of occupied habitat, where many of the uni  more