WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Sergeant White S. Goings Jr., 22, of Auburn, Nebraska, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for June 27, 2023. In late 1942, Goings was a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron (Bomb Sq), 19th Bombardment Group (Bomb Gp), when Japanese forces  more

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 8 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: Attorney General Labrador led a coalition of 22 states challenging California's discrimination against religious observers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Attorney General Labrador filed a brief last week urging the Ninth Circuit to overturn a confusing and erroneous California federal district court decision that upheld a California law that makes public fundin  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 8 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place Oct. 18, 2023, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. District One -- Northeast Leavenworth - 92-52 KA-7100-01 - K-92, from the Jefferson/Leavenworth county line east to 15t  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Nov. 8 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00312) on Nov. 7, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Tariff Filing Of Big Rivers Electric Corporation And Kenergy Corp. To Revise The Large Industrial Customer Standby Service Tariff COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND KENERGY CORP. Big Rivers Electric Corporation (BREC) and Kenergy Corp. (Kenergy) (collectively, Joint Appl  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Stanger Enterprises, LLC, aka "Premier Pools and Spas." Premier Pools has extracted large sums of money by deceiving Nebraska homeowners and sought to unlawfully stifle consumer complaints. The company's brazen pattern of deceptive and unfair business practices has left Nebraska homeowners with dangerous, ugly unfinished pits i  more