BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Staci Kasischke, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 2nd Bomb Wing conducted Exercise Bayou Warrior from June 10-13, 2024, to evaluate its ability to execute conventional missions. "Bayou Warrior is a conventional readiness exercise that evaluates our ability to generate and execute missions," said Lt. Col. Amanda Goncalves, 2nd Operations Support Squadron commander. This exercise required   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) announces the appointment of Brent S. Hudspeth as the Regional Director of the FLRA's Atlanta Regional Office. In this position, Mr. Hudspeth will be responsible for the investigation and resolution of unfair labor practice charges and representation petitions filed under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the S  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requesting scoping comments from the public in preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Morganza to the Gulf (MTG) project. The SEIS will evaluate design changes to the authorized MTG project to meet the one percent Annual Exceedance Probability Storm Surge Risk Reduction (100-year level of risk reduct  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a new task order contract to Aptim Federal Services, LLC, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, under the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal (DD&R) program to perform DD&R at the Kesselring Site and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, in West Milton and Niskayuna, Ne  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Jose Estuardo Aguilar, a 30-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States June 24. Aguilar is wanted in Guatemala for aggravated the  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on June 27, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. CP22-495-001) involving Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co.: * * * I dissent from today's Rehearing Order[1] for the same two reasons I dissented from the Certificate Order.[2] First, the administrative record is insufficient to support the majority's conclusion that the Texas to Louisiana Project (P  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of the agency's participation in the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators in New Orleans, Louisiana: * * * The Justice Department supported campus public safety and law enforcement leaders during the annual International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Conference (IACLEA) from June 24 through June 27, in New Orleans. The conference brought together police chiefs  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A Kentucky man pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison and one year of supervised release in the District of Eastern Louisiana for committing a federal hate crime. According to court documents, Brian Adams, 24, of Paintsville, Kentucky, transmitted a threat to a fifth-grade class at the Laureate Academy Charter School on or about Oct. 14, 2020. At the time, the school w  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: SHREVEPORT / LAFAYETTE / ALEXANDRIA / LAKE CHARLES/ MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown and the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force announced the availability of approximately $152,565 in PSN grant funds for the Western District of Louisiana. The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Bureau of Justice Assistanc  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: BRANDON TURNER ("TURNER"), age 39, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted on June 14, 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Count One of the indictment charged him with possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C). Count Two charged h  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMAR HOLMES ("HOLMES"), age 35, of New Orleans, pled guilty on June 26, 2024, before United States District Judge Sarah Vance. to violating the Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts. Specifically, HOLMES pled guilty to Counts 1 through 6 of the indictment pending against him. Count 1 charged that H  more

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colorado, June 27 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Danielle Rose, Space Base Delta 1 Public Affairs For three days from June 28-30, 50 women are slated to gather in Greeley, Colorado to compete in the 2024 Miss Colorado USA Pageant, one contestant being U.S. Space Force Spc. 4 Brianna Guillory, 4th Space Operations Squadron wideband engineer. From Iowa, Louisiana, a small town of less than 3,500 people, Guillory grew   more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 28 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: by Shelby Thompson Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) represented the Navy's leg of the nuclear triad during the 25th Annual Nuclear Triad Symposium held on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport campus June 20th. Representatives from across the nuclear triad, including Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and industry partners, advocated for increased focus on workforce needs, sma  more