TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 22 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: Attorney General Ashley Moody is pushing back against the Biden administration's federal overreach. Attorney General Moody, with the support of Governor Ron DeSantis, filed a lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring all states with National Highway System mileage to set arbitrary emissions targets. In addition to today's announcement, Florida's foresigh  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 23 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley announced that North Dakota will be part of a 21-state coalition challenging a new Biden Administration rule from the Department of Transportation mandating that all States with National Highway System mileage establish targets to reduce on-road CO2 emissions. The lawsuit argues that Congress has not given the U.S. Department of Transportation the authority to regula  more

TUPELO, Mississippi, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service released the 2022 Socioeconomic Research of Natchez Trace Parkway (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/692880) report. The report focuses on park visitors. It develops a deeper understanding of who visits the Parkway and what they do during their visit. "The study helps us gain a greater understanding of who is visiting the Pa  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a 21-state coalition today in filing a lawsuit challenging a new Biden Administration rule requiring all States with National Highway System mileage to take affirmative steps to set declining targets to reduce on-road CO2 emissions. Led by the Attorney General of Kentucky, the coalition argues that Congress has not given the U.S. Departmen  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) announced the winners of its 2023 Future of Science Awards. These prestigious awards recognize excellence performed by ORISE participants in the areas of scientific achievement, professional growth, project contributions and leadership in three categories: undergraduate student and post-baccala  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2023: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) encourages businesses and residents of Mississippi with economic damage from the severe storms and tornadoes on March 31 through April 1 to apply to before the Jan. 25 deadline. The disaster declaration covers DeSoto County and the adjacent counties of Marshall, Tate and Tunica in Mississippi; Crittenden in Arkansas; and Shelby in Tenn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is hiring 40 Climate Change Fellows to help with the record numbers of applications from farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses seeking funding for clean energy projects under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The new positions are being funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's largest-ever investment  more