ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 18 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: The City of Alexandria Children & Youth Community Plan 2025 (CYCP) sets long-term priorities and provides a roadmap to success through community-wide coordination and delivery of services to all city children from birth to 21 years-old and their families. CYCP 2025 goals include ensuring that all children, youth and families: 1) are physically safe and healthy 2) are academically successful and career r more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to Fund States' Abilities to Make Structures Safer and More Resilient Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced that 16 states and one Tribal Nation are eligible for a total of up to $295 million in funding for flood resilience through the fiscal year 2023 Swift Current funding opportunity, made possib more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is pleased to announce updated results of its continued commitment to addressing educator shortages and diversification across the state. In line with national trends, Connecticut has faced challenges in recruiting and retaining qualified educators. However, through decisive actions led by Education Commissioner Charlene M. R more PR

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) celebrated one of EPA's first Clean School Bus grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being awarded to Fairfax County Public Schools during a ceremony at Lorton Station Elementary School in Lorton, Virginia. With county and local leaders,  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following joint statement on April 17, 2024: * * * Speaker of the House Don Scott, Senate Finance and Appropriations Chair Louise Lucas, House Appropriations Chair Luke Torian and Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement on budget discussions following the General Assembly's Reconvened Session: "Following a series of productive conversations, we have agreed to continue our work on the budget. We are a more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The National Science Board issued the following news on April 16, 2024: The National Science Board will recognize John L. Hennessy as the 2024 Vannevar Bush Award recipient on May 1, 2024, during the National Science Foundation Awards Gala at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Hennessy is an innovator and entrepreneur who has made pioneering advances in computer architecture and led both academic and corporate endeavors. He served Stanford University as it more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 18 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a letter to the Bank of America requesting that it provide a coalition of state attorneys general with a written report about its account policies and practices, update its terms of service to state that it doesn't discriminate against customers for their religious or political views or speech, and remove prohibitions on "intoleran more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will bring a delegation of senior Malaysian officials to the United States to explore cutting-edge U.S. smart grid and energy distribution technologies to enhance Malaysia's power grid. The mission will also familiarize the officials with best practices for renewable energy integration, cybersecurity, and storage sol more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 18 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Next week, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host a delegation of senior Indonesian officials and decision-makers to support the deployment of smart-city technology in Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital city now under development to replace Jakarta as the country's administrative center. Led by the Nusantara Capital Authority, the delegation includes 18 governmen more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 18 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra about the missing migrant children crisis in Virginia. The Attorney General first addressed concerns that the welfare and safety of unaccompanied minors were not being prioritized in a February 29th letter to President Biden and the Secretary. The letter called for the Of more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 18 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: Genevieve Weaver, an adapted special education teacher at Bedford County Public Schools' Jefferson Forest High School, has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year (Region 5) by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Weaver has been a teacher and a mentor for four years. "The dedication and commitment Mrs. Weaver has towards supporting her students and the Jefferson Fo more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: A Gloucester man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. According to court documents, as early as May 1, 2020, Jeremy John Gleason, 42, began selling meth in Gloucester. A confidential source told investigators that after Gleason went "dry" due to his source of supply being impacted by COVID, he tried t more PR