BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and 24 states challenged the Biden Administration's most radical regulations yet on tailpipe emissions. The President's plan would forcibly phase out gas-powered vehicles and restructure the automobile industry around electric vehicles (EVs) at a breakneck pace. The draconian proposal aims to boost certain EV sales from 8.4% of total vehicle s  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release and letter: On June 20th, Attorney General Labrador led eight states and authored a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opposing its proposed "Conservation and Landscape Health" rule. The new rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management allegedly enhances provisions for the agency to "protect intact landscapes, restore degraded habitat, and make wise management decisions based on scie  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 18 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on July 17, 2023: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Iowa received much needed and   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 19 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on July 18, 2023, and a letter: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that his office joined a coalition of 13 states in warning Fortune 100 companies to immediately cease the use of racially discriminatory hiring practices. To ensure compliance with the Constitution, the letter explained the significance of the recent United States Supreme Court ruling in Students fo  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Shanda Daniels, 35, formerly of Trenton, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Daniels to 60 mont  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Today, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes led a coalition of States in filing an amicus brief in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. SEC. The coalition of attorneys general filed the brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of the U.S. Chamber's challenge to the SEC's recent rule imposing burdensome new disclosure requirements for stock buybacks. Stock buy  more