TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 23 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today led coalition of 19 state attorneys general in a letter urging U.S. military leaders to stop using unlawful and immoral racial quotas for recruitment and admission to military academies. "Racism has no place in the U.S. government, especially not in the United States military. The Supreme Court has made clear what the Constitution requires  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, Air University Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- The Air Force Culture and Language Center hosted an academic workshop relating to the Russia-Ukraine war at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Nov. 12, 2024. The workshop brought together professors and researchers from across the country to present papers relating to the conflict. "The idea was to connect our center with the   more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: On November 21, 2024, a federal judge sentenced 27-year-old Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, of Irondale, Alabama, to 108 months in prison for the malicious use of an explosive device outside of the Alabama Attorney General's Office in Montgomery. "Kyle Calvert attacked the Alabama Attorney General's Office with a shrapnel-filled explosive and the  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: A Mobile man, Quenton James Franklin, 28, was sentenced today in federal court on his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana as a member of the Otis Sanders drug trafficking organization. Franklin is Sanders' cousin and was charged as a co-defendant in the federal indictment. Franklin pled guilt  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A Theodore man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Howard Leon Crum, Jr., 54, sold methamphetamine to confidential informants on two occasions in January and March 2022. Those sales led narcotics agents to obtain warrants to search Crum's house in Theodore. During the execution of those   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to end his last-ditch effort to push the Biden-Harris Administration's woke agenda through the door before Biden leaves office. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is meeting this week to negotiate an international plastics agreeme  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Airman Tanner Doerr, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE Ala. -- Marcus D. Ector, a station chief with the 42nd Civil Engineer Squadron, has made history as the first civilian to graduate from the Air Force First Sergeant Academy, at Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex, Ala., Sept. 20, 2024. "I saw our younger Airmen needed help and I wanted to ensure they had the support they needed,"  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 23 -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. 2024M-103) on Nov. 22, 2024, entitled "Oakfield-Alabama Central School District - Procurement." Here are excerpts: * * * Audit Objective Determine whether the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District (District) officials complied with New York State General Municipal Law (GML) and District policy when procuring goods and services. * * * Key Findings District officials did no  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 23 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 23 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an Arizona case to protect girls' and women's sports. "Sports teams are divided by sex to begin with to give girls a level playing field so they're not competing against boys," Attorney General Wilson said. "Arizona's law restricting girls' sports teams to biologic  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional administration and board appointments. ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR * Sarah Mims, Special Assistant, Constituent Services BOARD APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL ARENA AUTHORITY * Cathie J. Vick of Virginia Beach, Vice President, Corporate & Government Affairs, Transurban VIRGINIA R  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 23 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Dr. Yolanda Williams accepted the role of Air University's Provost and Chief Academic Officer during an assumption of leadership ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Nov. 22, 2024. The Chief Academic Officer's role is to act as the principal authority and executive-level advisor to the Air University commander and  more