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Vermont Governor Phil Scott announced that 69 public, private and independent schools across Vermont have been awarded funds to make safety improvements to school infrastructure.

Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country.

The New York Police Department has formed the Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremism (R.E.M.E) unit within the department’s intelligence division to fight homegrown far right extremism, domestic terrorism and organized hate groups.

U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) \introduced bipartisan legislation to provide affordable housing opportunities for volunteer firefighters and first responders.

The Department of Justice announced awards of more than $333 million to help communities affected by the opioid crisis.

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed the three-digit number 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) is looking to combat gun violence by using credit card information.

The FBI released details on nearly 6.6 million criminal offenses reported to its National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2018.

A coalition of advocates, representing millions of Americans, including two fathers who lost children in the Parkland shooting, have partnered with Guns Down America to publish the nation’s first-ever Gun Safety Scorecard for national retailers.