WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 10, 2025 ARMY Entergy Louisiana LLC, Jefferson, Louisiana, was awarded a $129,233,000 firm-fixed-price contract for electricity services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2034. 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, is the contracting a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has received a non-capacity amendment application from Georgia Power Company for its North Georgia Project, located on the Savannah River basin in Georgia and South Carolina. The proposal seeks approval to upgrade two generating units at the Burton Development by replacing the turbine runners and generators, increasing the facility's installed capacity from 8.1 megawatts to 9.6 megawatts. Georgia Power states that the modi more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 11 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Governor McMaster Files Amicus Brief in Medina V. Planned Parenthood in Defense of Life and State Sovereignty COLUMBIA, S.C. - Governor Henry McMaster today filed an amicus curiae brief in Medina v. Planned Parenthood, defending South Carolina's right to exclude abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, from its Medicaid program and affirming South Carolina's aut more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following written testimony by Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The State of American Education": * * * I. Education as a Civil Right Good morning. My name is Janai Nelson. I serve as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ("LDF" or the "Legal Defense Fund"). Thank you for the oppor more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The House Homeland Security Committee released the following written testimony by Robert Rashotte, vice president of the Training Institute at Fortinet Inc., from a Feb. 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Preparing the Pipeline: Examining the State of America's Cyber Workforce": * * * Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson and distinguished Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on "the State of America's Cyber Workforce". My name i more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE operations between Feb. 1 and Feb. 6 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of enhanced immigration enforcement operations across the nation between Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 in Baltimore, Maryland; Charleston, South Carolina; Hillsboro, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C. and several other cities across the n more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 11 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Statement from Attorney General's Office on Rep. Mace's comments on U.S. House floor (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Recent statements made by Congresswoman Nancy Mace regarding the conduct of the South Carolina Attorney General are categorically false. Ms. Mace either does not understand or is purposefully mischaracterizing the role of the Attorney General. At this time, our office has not re more PR

BLUEFIELD, West Virginia, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Anna Marie Omar, 51, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, and ordered to pay $23,410.60 in restitution for money laundering by engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Omar admitted that sh more PR