BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 21 states in filing an amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit court urging reversal of the preliminary injunction of Indiana's Senate Enrolled Act 480 (S.E.A. 480). "The Constitution recognizes the crucial responsibility of states in protecting the well-being of their citizens, especially minors. The decision regarding the use of unproven hormon  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 24 Republican governors in a letter to President Joe Biden demanding information on where illegal immigrants are being relocated and explaining the burden his open border policies are putting on states. The letter states in part: "The crisis at the southern border extends to every state. As a result of your policies which incentivize illegal immigration  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, Governor Chris Sununu joined 24 fellow governors in calling on the Biden Administration to immediately release data pertaining to illegal border crossings, relocation of migrants, the processing of asylum applications, and the deportation of illegal migrants. * * * September 19, 2023 To: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Last week, Governor Chris Sununu joined a bipartisan coalition of 21 fellow governors in writing to members of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to express concerns regarding the impact of Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending on the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. * * * September 14, 2023 To: The Hon  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen joined twenty-five other United States Governors in a joint letter calling for President Biden to address the crisis at the southern border and provide states with accurate information on border crossings. "Every state is a border state, and this crisis transcends partisan politics," said Gov. Pillen. "President Biden and the federal government have turned  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 24 of her fellow Republican governors urged President Biden to address the crisis happening at the U.S. southern border. "The crisis at the southern border extends to every state. As a result of [President Biden's] policies which incentivize illegal immigration, our states are carrying the burden of both the years-long surge in illegal border   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Abbott has appointed Rao Ali, M.D. to the Texas Physician Assistant Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. Additionally, the Governor appointed Stephanie Corbett and Richard Todd and reappointed Cameron McElhany and Greg Rowin, D.O. for terms set to expire on February 1, 2029. The Board issues physician assistant licenses to qualified individuals to practice in the state of Texas. Rao  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Christopher Frater, 30, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced on September 14, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Frater to 120 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Aft  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jarrett Chappelear, 26, of Fremont, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 15, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for distributing methamphetamine while possessing a firearm. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Chappelear to 96 months' imprisonment for the distribution and 60 mo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following agency statement on Sept. 19, 2023: We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are announcing a not-warranted 12-month finding on a petition to list the plains spotted skunk under the Endangered Species Act. Using the best available science, we conducted a species status assessment to inform our listing determination and found that the species is not at risk of extinction now or in th  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Vitagliano v Westchester asking the Justices to hear arguments in a matter concerning free-speech buffer zones around abortion facilities. The Petition was led by the State of Kentucky. The challenge is being brought by a 64-year-old Catholic mother, Debra Vitagliano, who lives in Westchester County  more