TOPEKA, Kansas, June 8 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, Attorney General Kris Kobach joined a coalition of 19 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to allow California to illegally ban trucks. That ban forces truckers to buy electric trucks and regulates trucking out of existence through mandating net-zero emissions standards. "Biden's EPA is attempting to use the California truck ban to force his  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 7 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, Attorney General Bird led a coalition of 19 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") decision to allow California to illegally ban trucks. That ban forces truckers to buy electric trucks and regulates trucking out of existence through mandating net-zero emissions standards. The Biden Administration gave California the authority to force most buses,  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 7 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. New Mexico will receive about $930,000 from the settlement. Suboxone and generic equivalents are widely used by clinics and state agencies to help rehabilitate individuals suffering f  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: One year after announcing the first awards under the American Rescue Plan's Capital Projects Fund (CPF), the U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded approximately $6.7 billion for broadband, digital technology, and multi-purpose community center projects in 42 states, which those states estimate will reach more than 1.88 million businesses, homes and other locations. The effort is part of President   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 19 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") decision to allow California to illegally ban tractor-trailers and heavy-duty vehicles by forcing truckers to buy zero-emission trucks and mandating net-zero emissions standards, which would regulate trucking out of existence. "If you think prices have been ba  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 7, 2023: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 19 states challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to allow California to ban trucks illegally. That ban forces truckers to buy electric trucks and regulates trucking out of existence by mandating net-zero emissions standards. The Biden Administration gave California the authority to force most buses, v  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on June 7, 2023: Last week, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and 22 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Boland v Bonta. The case challenges California's unconstitutional Unsafe Handgun Act, a 2001 law regulating handgun sales after a specific date. The filing in the Ninth Circuit   more