WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito to Chair Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced that she will serve as the chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding across a large range of programs within the U.S. Departments of Labor, Educa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Sean Duffy for Transportation Secretary WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Commerce) Committee, issued the following statement after voting to confirm Sean Duffy to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportations (DOT): "I have known Sean Duffy for y  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Crockett Demands Trump Reverse Catastrophic Funding Freeze on Federal Grants and Loans Decision could cut funding for police, emergency responders, schools, healthcare services, Head Start, food banks, cancer research, veteran housing, and more WASHINGTON, DC \- Today, Congresswoman Crockett slammed President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional action to freeze new and ongoing funding for federa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Employment up in 33 states in 2024 January 29, 2025 Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 33 states and was essentially unchanged in 17 states and the District of Columbia from December 2023 to December 2024. * Chart* Chart Data Change in nonfarm employment by state, December 2023 to December 2024 # Change in nonfarm employment by state,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Lee M. Zeldin to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with her support. "Today, the Senate ha  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Louisiana. *** Techniques for Protecting Applications From Unsecure Network Exposure ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12212595 B2, initially filed Oct. 20, 2021) developed by five inventors Dima Stopel, Herzliya, Israel; Liron Levin, Herzliya, Israel; Daniel Shapira, Rishon Lezion, Israel; Nitsan Ben Nun, Tel Aviv, Israel;   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland. *** Method and System for Hybrid Software Defined Networking in a Terrestrial Plus Mobile Network Node Network ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC, Germantown, Maryland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12212400 B2, initially filed Aug. 30, 2022) developed by Rob Torres, New Market, Maryland, for "Method and system for hybrid software defined networking in a terrestrial p  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Fair Credit Screened Market Data Distribution ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLC, New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12211099 B2, initially filed June 14, 2022) developed by Hayden Paul Melton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for "Fair credit screened market data distribution." *** Rotary Cutting Tool With Enhanced Coolant Delivery ALEXANDRIA,  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Test Socket for Semiconductor Integrated Circuits ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- SMITHS INTERCONNECT AMERICAS, INC., Kansas City, Missouri has been assigned a patent (No. US 12210036 B2, initially filed April 6, 2021) developed by four inventors Peter Ursu, San Ramon, California; Jiachun Zhou, Grapevine, Texas; Siang Soh, Milpitas, California; and Justin Bahaj, Kansas City, Missouri, for "Test  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Apparatus and Method for Mulled Window Installation ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- WINCORE WINDOW COMPANY, LLC, Parkersburg, West Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12209452 B1, initially filed July 7, 2023) developed by Troy L. Osborne, Parkersburg, West Virginia, for "Apparatus and method for mulled window installation." *** System for Pumping Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Us  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Kayla Nicole Dent, 34, of Mount Hope, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on January 23, 2024, Dent sold approximately 1.5 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange for $140 at Dent's residence. Dent admitted to the transaction and to arranging it  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: David Lamont Hicks, age 48, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced today to 81 months in federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, as part of a drug investigation, officers searched an apartment on Wheeling Island. Hicks fled the apartment on foot and was arreste  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Michael Dale Cain, 49, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Cain admitted to a role in a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine in the Charleston area. According to   more