LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 3 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers announced a Kentucky federal judge blocked the Biden Administration's highway emissions rule that attempted to drive gas-powered cars off the road. A coalition of 21 state attorneys general brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted to force states to reduce CO2 e  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on April 2, 2024: * * * Employer: Krafty Draft Brew Pub LLC, 269 Charter Oak Road, Lexington, SC 29072 Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the Lexington pub and restaurant distributed earned tips with traditionally non-tipped employees, such as dishwashers and cooks and, by doing so, operated an invalid tip pool. The division learne  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is announcing a federal judge blocked the Biden administration's highway emissions rule that tried to drive gas-powered cars off the road. In a 21-state coalition of attorneys general, Attorney General Moody brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted to for  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador announced Tuesday that a federal judge blocked the Biden Administration's highway emissions rule that tried to drive gas-powered cars off the road. As part of a 21-state coalition led by Kentucky, Idaho brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: A federal judge in Kentucky has declared the Federal Highway Administration's Emissions Rule unlawful, agreeing with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 20 of his counterparts that the restrictions both exceed the authority Congress granted the Agency and encroach on the authority of the states. The Emissions Rule, an attempt by the Federal Highway Administration to use its authority over road safety   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 3 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird defeated the Biden Administration in federal court, halting Biden's illegal highway emissions mandate that attempted to drive gas-powered vehicles off the road. The mandate required every state to set emissions restrictions for vehicles traveling on national highways. The Federal Highway Administration rule would have mandated states se  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 2 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 10 states in suing the Biden Administration over its latest student loan forgiveness scheme. "Joe Biden does not have the ability to cancel debt. To keep an outlandish campaign promise, he abused power he didn't have to implement an unlawful student debt cancellation program. We argued against it, and last year the U.S. Supreme C  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 3 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on April 2, 2024: Governor Henry McMaster today issued Executive Order 2024-07 appointing Patricia C. Grant as Colleton County Clerk of Court following the resignation of former Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill. Grant, a resident of Walterboro, S.C., served as the Colleton County Clerk of Court for 20 years retiring in 2020. The appointment is effective immediately and she will serve until the nex  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) welcomed Michael Mikolanis as manager of the NNSA Savannah River Field Office today, where he leads a team of approximately 50 federal employees and a contract workforce of over 5,000 people in managing and operating contracts with an annual budget of $2.9 billion. NNSA activities at the Savannah River Site   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 2 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: South Carolina ETV's half-hour literature-focused series, By The River, has returned for a nationally-distributed season 3. Hosted by Holly Jackson, the weekly, 10-episode series presents in-depth interviews with Southern authors from inside a coastal library on the banks of Beaufort River. From historical fiction and Southern mysteries, to stories of agricultural Southern l  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: * * * Restaurant Franchisor Settles Federal Charges It Subjected Teenage Employee to Sexually Hostile Work Environment, Then Fired Her for Complaining * * * RSPS Holdings and SRS Milledgeville, franchisors of the popular fast-casual barbeque restaurant Shane's Rib Shack, have agreed to pay $56,500 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for sexual harassment and r  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 3 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: The season 2 premiere of After Action, a series highlighting conversations with veterans, will air on May 6 at 9 p.m. on ETV-HD and will be distributed by PBS to public television stations throughout the U.S. Viewers outside of South Carolina should check local listings to see when After Action airs on a local PBS station. Featuring seven, one-hour episodes, After Action do  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Darrell Troy Capers, 33, of Charleston, was sentenced to 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Evidence presented to the court showed that on March 18, 2022, Charleston Police  more