| News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 09, 2023 ( 7 items ) |
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Ark. A.G. Griffin Leads 20-State Coalition Calling for Removal of Student Visa Holders Who Provide Support to Terror Groups
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 9 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023:
Attorney General Tim Griffin today sent a letter on behalf of a coalition of 20 state attorneys general to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the prompt removal of foreign student visa holders who are found to have endorsed terror activity or provided material support to foreign terrorist organizations. After s
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Fla. A.G. Moody Calls for Removal of Student Visa Holders Who Provide Support to Terror Groups
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 9 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023:
Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding the Biden administration take prompt action to remove student visas amid a surge in antisemitic activity on college campuses. Attorney General Moody and a coalition of 19 state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling for the prompt removal
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GSA Accelerates Efforts to Right-Size Federal Real Estate With Plans for 3.5 Million Square Feet in Reductions and $1 Billion in Cost Avoidance
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023:
Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it has identified 23 properties to begin the disposition process as it accelerates its efforts to right-size and modernize the federal buildings portfolio.
Today's announcement represents a potential reduction of 3.5 million square feet and more than $1 billion in estimated cost avoidance over 10 years. This is the fir
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Iowa A.G. Bird Fights to Stop Radical California Truck Ban
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 9 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023:
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Friday led a 19-state coalition in challenging the Biden Administration for illegally allowing California to ban traditional gas or diesel trucks.
In June, Attorney General Bird sued the Biden Administration over its scheme that gives California the authority to force most buses, vans, trucks, and tractor-trailers to be electric by 2035. The
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Joint Statement on the U.S.-Czech Republic Bilateral Defense Relationship
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release:
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Spencer P. Boyer welcomed Jan Jires, Director General for Defense Policy and Strategy of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, to the Pentagon for the annual High-Level Defense Group discussion yesterday, Nov. 7. In a time marked by geopolitical shifts, their meeting today focused on fortifying the defense partnership and addres
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Pelham Apartments Using $70.4 Million in JEDA Bonds for Affordable Housing
GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Nov. 9 -- The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority issued the following news:
The Foundation for Affordable Housing is using a $70,447,500 bond issue through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) to refinance a multi-family affordable housing development in Greenville County.
The nonprofit foundation will use the tax-exempt Economic Development Revenue Bonds refinance bridge financing used to purchase and renovate the 422-unit P
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U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: Former KC Bank Manager Pleads Guilty to Facilitating COVID Fraud Scheme, Unemployment Benefits Fraud Scheme
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release:
A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting Kansas City Chiefs playoffs tickets and a new Chevrolet Tahoe in exchange for facilitating a $12.4 million Covid fraud scheme by a Jefferson City, Mo., business owner, as well as a separate fraud scheme to receive unemployment benefits.
Anthony Omar Brockman,
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