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Division Chief Lauraleigh Avery has been named of  Orange County, Fla. Manager of Emergency Management.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the availability of $11.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants for nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes and colleges and universities.

Scan your own boarding pass, separate your food and practice social distancing are things travelers should expect to do at airport checkpoints in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger, according to a study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Center for Environmental Information and University of Wisconsin–Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.

Congressmen Ron Wright (TX-06) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced H.R. 6917, the bipartisan Airport Infrastructure Resources (AIR) Security Act to prevent China, and their state-sponsored enterprises to infiltrate critical systems and carry out espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft. 

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen ensuring that if a law enforcement officer or first responder loses their life or is permanently disabled due to COVID-19, it is treated as a line-of-duty incident so that their families receive the full benefits.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s bipartisan reform to designate a three-digit phone number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline has passed the full Senate. 

Congressman Brian Higgins is presenting a new way to honor those killed or wounded in combat with the introduction of the Purple Heart Flag Act.

The Department of Transportation has issued its second warning to airlines regarding their policies over airline ticket refunds during the coronavirus pandemic.

California's state university system has canceled in-person classes for the fall semester because of the coronavirus crisis.