WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Brian Dietrick, Air Force Materiel Command In a rapidly evolving global landscape, the ability to innovate and adapt is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. The Air Force Materiel Command Digital Materiel Management Team is taking this challenge head-on, revolutionizing how the Air Force designs, develops, and sustains critical capabilities--ensuring dominance in the modern batt more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Whitehouse Announce EPW Subcommittee Assignments for the 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "Each of these subcommittees play an more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Blasts Trump's Illegal Federal Freeze Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement on the Trump Administration's freeze on federal grants (link is external) : "President Trump's effort to choke off nearly all federal funding is lawless, reckless, and clearly unconstitutional. The Constitution is clear: Congress holds the power of the purse, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-788) on the Bank Resilience and Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 8337), which aims to amend the Federal banking laws to improve the safety and soundness of the United States banking system. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 3, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on May 10, 2024, by Representative Andy Barr, H.R. 8337, the Bank Resilie more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-787) on the Earned Wage Access Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 7428), which aims to regulate the business of offering and providing earned wage access services to consumers. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Dec. 3, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on February 20, 2024, by Representative Bryan Steil, H.R. 7428, the Earned Wage Access Con more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rates increased in 2 states in November 2024 January 28, 2025 Job openings rates increased in 2 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 46 states and the District of Columbia in November 2024. The national job openings rate (4.8 percent) was little changed over the month. The increases in job openings rates occurred  more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, Ohio lawmakers from both chambers introduced legislation that manipulatively interweaves two civil liberties issues: reproductive freedom and capital punishment. The bill, co-sponsored by Senators Antonio and Steve Huffman and Representatives Mathews and Schmidt, with support from the Ohio Catholic Conference, purports to repeal Ohio's death penalty, but includes two more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: (WESTLAKE, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a partnership within the transportation industry to expand the fight against human trafficking statewide. The partnership brings Yost's Human Trafficking Initiative (HTI) together with Ohio-based TravelCenters of America (TA) and the nonprofit organization TAT (Truckers Against Trafficking) ( to enhance human traffick more PR

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 17 pounds of cocaine found inside checked baggage on a flight from L.A. * * * William Hartson, 26, of Massillon, Ohio, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson, after he pled guilty to smuggling illegal drugs in checked baggage on a flight from Los Angeles to Cleveland. He was also ordered to serve five years of s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement denouncing President Trump's latest unlawful executive order, which purports to freeze nearly all approved federal grant dollars and loans promised to states, localities, families, and businesses: "Our democracy is under attack. Yesterday, President Trump announced an unconstitutional freeze on congressionally approve more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "Each of these subcommittees play an important role in developing solutions th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, announced the EPW subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress. "Each of these subcommittees play an important role in developing solutions tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Turner Commends President Trump for Executive Order Calling for Construction of Iron Dome Missile Defense System WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to develop a plan to defend the United States against sophisticated attacks: " President Trump prioritizing a compre more PR

WHEELING, West Virginia, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: KC Vanover, age 48, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation. According to court documents and statements made in court, Vanover was working with others to sell hundreds of grams of methamphetamine in Marshall County and elsewhere. The organization's source of supply was  more PR

TACOMA, Washington, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Defendant recruited young people with images of money, exotic cars, and expensive jewelry * * * The leader of a South Puget Sound drug trafficking organization that sent dangerous drugs as far away as Georgia and Ohio was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to ten years in prison for his multi-state drug trafficking schem more PR