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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Sunday August 20, 2023 ( 5 items )  

FRA Makes Over $139 Million in Funds Available to Rural States to Improve Safety and Enhance Efficiency of Rail Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $139 million in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) grant program. As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, t  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Calls on SCOTUS to Reverse Course on Chevron
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 17 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Labrador joined with 27 States led by West Virginia to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court. Labrador called on the Court to grant certiorari in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and to correct an earlier decision in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. that has paved the way for administrative overreach. Chevron has be  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti Joins 42 State Bipartisan Coalition Urging SCOTUS to Protect Veterans' Rights
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 19 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2023: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Attorney today joined Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares' bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough. "Tennessee stands in   more

Utah A.G. Reyes Tells Congress to Protect Veteran Benefits
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 18 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in sending a letter to U.S. Congressional leaders expressing support for the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act (G.U.A.R.D. VA Benefits Act). The letter, led by the National Association of Attorneys General and signed by 44 attorneys general, was transmitted to U.S. House Speaker Kevin McC  more

Va. A.G. Miyares Leads 42 State Bipartisan Coalition Urging SCOTUS To Protect Veterans' Rights
RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2023: Attorney General Jason Miyares today led a bipartisan coalition of the attorneys general of 40 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough. In April, Attorney General Miyares led a bipartisan coalition of 33 state a  more