LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued the following news release: Keith Brown, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 209 months, or nearly 17 1/2 years, in federal prison for his lead role in a criminal organization that was responsible for dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Drummond remarks on passing of Burt Holmes OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 15, 2025) -- Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following comments today on the passing of Burt Holmes. The co-founder of QuikTrip Corporation in 1958, Holmes has long been one of the state's leading entrepreneurs. "Oklahoma has lost a true giant with the passing of Burt Holmes. Wendy a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Recovers more than $15K in back wages for wrongfully terminated worker * * * Employer name: CREOKS Health Services, operating as TruHealth Integrated Care Investigation sites: 4103 South Yale Ave., Suite C Tulsa, OK 74135 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found CREOKS Health Services - doing business as TruHealth Integrated Care -  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Edge Craft Barbeque owner misused employee tip pool * * * OKLAHOMA CITY - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and injunction to recover $66,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 13 restaurant workers whose Oklahoma City employer kept employee tips and failed to pay overtime in violation of federal labor regulations. Entered by the U.S. District  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond announces victory after EPA filing OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 15, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today just a few months after filing a formal comment letter opposing the request. In September, Drummond and more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: DALLAS, TEXAS (January 16, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing $300,000 in grant funding for three small businesses to develop technologies to address public health and environmental challenges. These companies are using innovative approaches that include treating PFAS in biosolids, reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from building materials, and developing chemic more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Calls for Passage of Laken Riley Act, Urges Continued Work to Secure Border CLICK HERE to download Lankford's remarks on Box. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford's remarks on YouTube. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Republican Conference Vice Chair, hosted a messaging hour on the Senate floor for his Republican colleagues and delivered remarks calling on the Senate to pass th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Questions Treasury Nominee Bessent, Pushes to Unleash American Energy Independence CLICK HERE to Download the Q&A on Box CLICK HERE to Watch the Q&A on YouTube. WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) questioned Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent during a Senate Finance Committee hearing today about restoring American energy independence and creating a stable permanent ra more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford, Banks Lead Bill to Protect Babies Born After Botched Abortions from Infanticide WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to protect newborns that survive abortions by requiring they receive care from health care practitioners. "No child should be denied medical care simply because they are 'unwanted.' Today, if an aborti more PR

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 PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Mullin, Risch, Cloud Introduce Bill to Block Federal Gun Registry, Protect Second Amendment Rights Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and U.S. Representative Michael Cloud (R-TX) in introducing the No Retaining Every Gun In a System that Restricts Your (REGISTRY) Rights Act. This legislation would prevent the U.S. governme more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Administrator Guzman Grants More Than $26M to Create 13 New Women's Business Centers WASHINGTON -- Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, awarded $26.25 million to create 13 new Women's Business Centers (WBC) and support 17 existing WBCs ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Transportation Accomplishments Overview - January 2021-January 2025 Thanks to Secretary Buttigieg's leadership, America's transportation systems are in better shape than they were four years ago, and the foundation has been laid for major progress in the coming years on all modes of travel and our supply chains. After passage of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  more PR