WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * 'Her Death is Not an Actual Issue?': Hawley Gets Democrat Witness to Admit Party's Pro-Illegal Immigrant Playbook In today's Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted Adam Isacson, a witness invited by Senate Democrats, over his testimony encouraging senators to vote against legislation that would detain criminal illegal migrants.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: * * * 2025 Community Care Hub National Learning Community Participants The Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (COE), operated by USAging, has selected the participants for its 2025 Community Care Hub National Learning Community (link is external) (NLC) -- an opportunity that will foster shared learning, engagement, and capacity building for c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Forgiveness and Borrower Assistance Actions The Biden-Harris Administration today announced its final round of student loan forgiveness, approving more than $600 million for 4,550 borrowers through the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan and 4,100 individual borrower defense approvals. The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 15, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC,** as successor-in-interest to Science Applications International Corp., Fairfield, New Jersey (SPE8E3-25-D-0008, $3,008,600,000); and Noble Supply & Logistics,* Boston, Massachusetts (SPE8E3-25-D-0009, $1,940,200,000), have each been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 16, 2025 ARMY HGL-APTIM Technologies JV LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $49,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Introduces Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the End Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Providers Act. The bill would defund Planned Parenthood and abortion providers across the nation. "Americans have long made it clear that they oppose taxpayer-funded abortions. But the Biden Administration has plowed forward, ensuring that Planned Parenthood and it  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Questions OMB Nominee on Protecting American Interests in Military Contracting & Defending the Unborn Yesterday in a hearing with Office of Management and Budget nominee Russ Vought, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) asked a series of questions ranging from disentangling the United States from the Chinese Communist Party to championing pro-life regulations. Senator Hawley explained how consulting   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news: Missouri's 2024-2025 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reporting a preliminary total deer harvest for the season of 276,262. Of the deer harvested, 129,252 were antlered bucks, 23,842 were button bucks, and 123,168 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 6,208, Jefferson with 4,900, and Macon wi  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 17 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri State Historic Preservation Office is announcing a second call for applications for 2025 Historic Preservation Fund grants. The state office expects to pass on more than $200,000 from the federal Historic Preservation Fund to Missouri's historic communities. The Historic Preservation Fund grants support projects that relate directly to identifying, evaluating or pro  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 17 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: In an effort to protect free speech and safeguard consumers from censorship, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he is issuing a regulation requiring Big Tech companies to offer algorithmic choice for social media users in Missouri. The first of its kind in the nation, Attorney General Bailey's regulation will ensure Big Tech companies are transparent ab  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Thursday sentenced the former IT director of a St. Louis-area university to 46 months in prison and ordered him to repay $3.9 million to his employer and an IT equipment supplier that he had defrauded. Ronald Simpson, of St. Peters, Missouri, was responsible for repairing and replacing defective IT equipment used at the u  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: U.S. District Stephen n. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced a man caught with a fully automatic handgun and methamphetamine to 10 years in prison. On August 16, 2022, officers with the United States Marshals Service, the Dunklin County Sheriff's Office and the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force located Darius R. Clark at a home in Kennett, Missouri. Clark  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: Jurors on Thursday found a St. Louis County, Missouri man guilty of the murder-for-hire of a New Jersey man in 2022. Moreion Lindsey, 35, was found guilty of on one count each of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire. Evidence and testimony at Lindsey's trial, which began Monday, showed that he fatally shot Titus Armstead on April 21, 2022,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Navy Installations Command issued the following news: From Kyler Hood, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs Sometimes people view history only as an overload of humdrum facts and dates that are quickly forgotten after passing a required course or visiting a historic site. But for Jim Neuman, the historian for Navy Region Hawaii, history is a teacher and inspiration for young service members, a way to honor veterans, and a passion that forged a career. Neuman's role as  more

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Jan. 16 -- The Commander of the Hawaii Navy Region issued the following news: From Kyler Hood, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs Sometimes people view history only as an overload of humdrum facts and dates that are quickly forgotten after passing a required course or visiting a historic site. But for Jim Neuman, the historian for Navy Region Hawaii, history is a teacher and inspiration for young service members, a way to honor veterans, and a passion that forged a career  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: * * * Reclamation releases final Environmental Assessment for construction at Heart Butte Dam BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bureau of Reclamation has completed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Heart Butte Safety of Dams Modification Project Heart Butte Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, North Dakota Missouri Basin and Arkansa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 96 months in federal prison for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023, an attack that aimed to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States in order to replace it with a dictatorship fueled by Nazi ideology. The sentence w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS invests $3.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to map critical minerals across the... The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and State geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology, in particular its critical mineral r  more