WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 14 parcels covering 26,853.94 acres in Utah. In total, 3 parcels covering 6,809.52 acres sold for $89,085.00.  The environmental assessment, maps, parcel lists, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale and proposed lease stipulations are available online at  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland today announced the investment of $10 million through President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to support Tribal fish hatchery programs. The funding expands the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Fish Hatchery Maintenance Program, which provides competitive funding to federally recognized Tribes to maintain,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: In case you missed it, 17 Republican governors, led by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo and Utah Governor Spencer Cox, sent a letter today to the Biden Administration criticizing efforts to make the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) less efficient, less effective, invite litigation, and fail to fully consider state-specific information in the NEPA process. Led by Nevada Governor Joe Lom  more

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Sept. 27, 2023: U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today results of the work of the District of Idaho's COVID-19 Fraud Task Force that was formed last September. In the past 12 months, the Task Force has built a team consisting of federal prosecutors and 11 federal agencies focused on prosecuting cases related to pandemic-related programs including the Paycheck Protectio  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined 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, which held that the Constitution includes an individual right to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and other public lands. The decision ha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded 28 grants totaling $74,424,986.73 to 28 Tribal entities as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these new grants bring the tota  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just days left 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 delaying long-term disaster recovery and undermining preparedness in communities across the country. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan pr  more