LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement after leading a 12-state letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing a proposed rule expanding its authority to regulate cryptocurrencies: "Congress authorized the SEC to regulate securities. But it wants to go beyond that to aggressively reinterpret its authority to reach non-securities l  more

PASADENA, California, May 12 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars. * * * New images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover may show signs of what was once a rollicking river on Mars, one that was deeper and faster-moving than scientists have ever seen evidence for in the past. The river was part of a network of waterways that flowed into Jezero Crater, the   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 13 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen joined the Nebraska Farm Bureau and other agriculture leaders in expressing disappointment over the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion upholding California's Proposition 12. The case stems from a 2018 California ballot initiative banning the sale of pork that doesn't meet that state's unilateral standards. "This radical California law will have widespread, detrimental, and lasting impact,  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Steven A. Russell, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Eric Thibodo, 54, of Malibu, California, and Evan Bowen, 45, of Garberville, California, appeared today before the Honorable Michael D. Nelson, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Nebraska, and pleaded not guilty to a three-count indictment that was unsealed on April 20, 2023. Count I charges C  more

OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, May 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Team Offutt officially welcomed it second WC-135R Constant Phoenix aircraft to its fleet as tail number 64-14831 arrived May 11, 2023. The first WC-135R, tail number 64-14836, was delivered in July. This is the second of three the 55th Wing will receive as the Air Force modifies KC-135R Stratotankers to replace the now retired WC-135C/W fleet. "We're really pleased about what 83  more