WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Cheyenne, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Nov. 28, 2023, to offer 47 oil and gas parcels totaling 46,250.57 acres in Wyoming. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in April 2023 and held a public comment period in June 2023 on the parcels, potential deferrals, and the related environmental  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

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