LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 23 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) today announced that the state of Arkansas has formally launched the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program applications, a new grocery benefits program that provides families $120 for each eligible school-aged child to buy groceri  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: The House passed legislation today to help fund housing and nutrition services for those on Medicaid. This cost-neutral plan would lay the groundwork for redirecting federal Medicaid funds to help Colorado families access nutritious food options and secure housing. "With this bill, we're one step closer to securing additional federal funds to help with rental assistance, pantry stock  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Drummond is urging the United States Supreme Court to consider a case that could dramatically limit the immunity that shields Big Tech companies from civil lawsuits. The case, styled as Doe v Snap, involves a young man seeking to hold Snapchat accountable for its role in his being a victim of sexual abuse. The social media platform has so far been able to use Sec  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 23 -- The South Dakota Legislative Research Council issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Jeff Mehlhaff, Chief Fiscal Analyst with the Legislative Research Council (LRC), will now also serve as LRC's Deputy Director, while principal legislative attorney Anita Thomas is moving up into the Chief Research and Legal Analyst position. Their appointments, made by LRC Director John McCullough, became effective April 8, 2024. Mehlhaff, a Mitchell, South Dakot  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of an interview on April 22, 2024, with CNN's The Lead With Jake Tapper: * * * Jake Tapper: Internationally today, while many pro-Palestinian protests or anti-Israel protests have been peaceful across several U.S. colleges, others without question have become hateful and threatening. Over the weekend at Yale University, a Jewish student journalist documenting a campus rally says a protester assaulted her, jab  more