PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 18 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Attorney General Mayes today joined a coalition filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl "PFAS" forever chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act. "Arizona stands with states across the nation in supporting the EPA's efforts to establish enforceab more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 17, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $280,418,928 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost type modification to previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-5101 for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy ships operating AEGIS. Work will be performed in M more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following economic brief (No. 24-40) in December 2024 by Matthew Wells entitled "The Center for Advancing Women in Economics: A Conference Recap". Here are excerpts: * * * Economists from the Richmond Fed, research universities and other institutions met in Richmond for the Center for Advancing Women in Economics (AWE) conference in November. Women researchers presented papers on a variety of topics, including unconventional monetary and fiscal policy, gl more PR