TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Morgan Wayne Siler, 40, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to two concurrent terms of life in prison. Siler pleaded guilty to Murder and Conspiracy to Murder on September 11, 2024. On December 18, 2015, at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Siler - along with fellow inmate and co-conspirator David Hammer -  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 10 -- The Arizona Auditor General issued the following audit report (No. 24-212) on Dec. 9, 2024, entitled "Arizona School Safety - Emergency Operations Planning." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Members of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor The Honorable Tom Horne, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Arizona Department of Education Kerry Muehlenbeck, Adjutant General, Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs Mr. Michael Cro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Dec. 9, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced ways that the Biden-Harris Administration is delivering on Tribal requests to empower Tribal Nations, citizens, and organizations. Secretary Vilsack made the announcements at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit, the foremost government-to-government gathering between the U.S. Government and the 574 federally r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 --The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-739) on the College Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 6951), which aims to lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Nov. 18, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, is to lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. Committee Acti more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 --The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-739) on the College Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 6951), which aims to lower the cost of postsecondary education for students and families. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on Nov. 18, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 4 of 6) H.R. 6951 Guts Federal Accountability Framework, Leaving Students and Taxpayers Vulnerable RISK SHARING AGREEMENTS H.R. 6951 proposes a risk-shar more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Announcement represents last of the $2.5 billion authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law * * * The Department of the Interior today announced more than $65 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 1, 2024, from the Center for Public Enterprise: * * * To: Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Passthrough and Special Industries) 1111 Constitution Ave., NW, Room 5408 Washington, DC, 20224 * * * From: Dr. Yakov Feygin, Center for Public Enterprise PO BOX 370108 Brooklyn, NY 11237-0108 RE: Notice No. 2024-27 Request for Comments on Situations more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous human exploration off the Earth aboard the International Space Station, and unveiling the fi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $65 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding will support major water projects across the West to secure reliable water supplies for Tribes. The President's Investing in America agenda  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: U.S. Representative David Schweikert (AZ-01) presented his weekly House Floor speech today after a productive meeting with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other members of DOGE. When someone like Musk is willing to engage in the hard conversations had yesterday, asking how to use technology to do it better, faster, cheaper, and dramatically more morally, there's hope that more people  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan infrastructure law led by Sinema and shaped by Kelly provides $26 million to bring 4.5 miles of U.S. 93 in Wickenburg up to interstate-grade roadway, preparing for the future Interstate 11 * * * $26,000,000 will be invested in making key infrastructure improvements along U.S. 93 in Wickenburg from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs law led by Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Arrests result from Joint Task Force Alpha investigation and joint operation in U.S. and Guatemala * * * An international enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of five Guatemalan human smugglers linked to the Dec. 9, 2021, mass casualty event in Chiapas, Mexico, where a semi-trailer truck containing at least 160 migrants -- many of whom were Guatem more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Dec. 9, 2024, at a Tribal Nations summit at the U.S. Department of the Interior: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. (Applause.) Can we please applaud Sophia? (Applause.) (Laughs.) This is why we know the future is bright, right? Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Well, I want to thank everyone for your leadership, for your long-standing friendship, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions and Historic Progress Supporting Tribal Nations and Native Communities Ahead of Fourth Annual White House Tribal Nations Summit Today President Biden will host the fourth and final White House Tribal Nations Summit of the Biden-Harris Administration, reaffirming the Administration's historic progress on strengthening the Nation-to-Nation rel more PR