BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador led a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in Johnson v. City of Grants Pass. The decision controversially asserted that the Constitution allows individuals to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and other public lands.  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 16 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory opposing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2. "The stated purpose for the Proposed Rule is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the NEPA process. It fails in both   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than one week before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including risking significant delays for travelers and forcing air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Officers to work without pay. During an Extreme Republican Shutdown,   more