TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 21 -- The Florida Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Governor DeSantis directs the Florida Department of Transportation to focus on infrastructure rather than ideology. This clear direction sets Florida apart and places the Sunshine State as a national leader in Transportation. * * * Today, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) highlighted its major accomplishments carried out across Florida's transporta  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Defendant Allegedly Orchestrated the Nov. 7, 2022, Murder of Stephen Troell, a U.S. Citizen Living in Iraq, in Retaliation for the January 2020 Death of Qasem Soleimani * * * Note: View the unsealed complaint here (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1381856/dl). * * * A complaint was unsealed today charging Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, of Iran, also known as Muhammad Rida Husayn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: A former corrections officer of the Maury County, Tennessee, Jail was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, to 60 months in prison and two years of supervised release. James Stewart Justice was previously convicted of falsifying a record in a federal civil rights investigation for a report he wrote in response to allegations that he had sexually abused an inmate in   more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the following boards, commissions, and task forces: Michigan Civil Service Commission; Worker's Compensation Board of Magistrates; Central Michigan University Board of Trustees; Ferris State University Board of Trustees; Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees; Western Michigan University Board of Trustees; Northern Mich  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release: A coalition of Insurance Commissioners from Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia have issued a joint letter to the newly appointed leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The letter urges DOGE to recommend the elimination of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) as par  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Mohammad Reza Nouri, a Captain in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Allegedly Orchestrated the November 7, 2022, Murder of Stephen Troell, a U.S. Citizen Living in Iraq, in Retaliation for the January 2020 Death of Qasem Soleimani * * * Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Merrick B. Garlan  more