WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate successfully tested the ACES 5 Escape System Drogue chute that will go on the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft. "We're testing a possible new use of the ejection seat drogue chute," said Dr. Dan Mountjoy, T-7A Crew Systems Lead Engineer with the directorate's T-7A Program Office. "The ejection sea  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox delivered his 2024 State of the State address to the people of Utah, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and constitutional officers, emphasizing why Utah is the top ranked state in the nation and how we can keep it that way. Throughout his 28-minute speech, Gov. Cox outlined what makes Utah unique including its dramatic landscapes, its strangely spelled names and its cultu  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: The Idaho Office of Attorney General announces the appointment of Alan Hurst as the Solicitor General effective January 22, 2024. The reinstatement of the Solicitor General position by Attorney General Raul Labrador has led to an active defense of consequential challenges to Idaho law. The Office of Solicitor General serves as the State's premier litigation team. It provides strategic litigation  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 20 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general today announced a $700 million agreement with Google in their lawsuit about Google's anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. "The alleged conduct by Google is an outrageous market manipulation that allowed it to cash in by limiting users' choices," said Attorney General Frey. "Google, and  more

WESTBROOK, Maine, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Joined by business owners, immigrant advocates, municipal leaders, lawmakers, and others, Governor Janet Mills today unveiled a plan to establish an Office of New Americans within Maine State Government. With unemployment at record lows, and economic growth among the best in the nation, Maine faces a shortage of workers across regions, professions, and skill levels, especially in critica  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 20 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: Attorney General Miyares announced today that the New York Stock Exchange withdrew a recently proposed rule change that would have allowed it to list "Natural Asset Companies" (NACs) on the exchange in response to opposition from a group of attorneys general. NACs are a novel corporate structure designed to take land off the market to prohibit productive economic uses, a  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: In a win for Attorney General Raul Labrador and a coalition of 24 other states, the New York Stock Exchange withdrew a recently proposed rule change that would have allowed it to list "Natural Asset Companies" (NACs) on the exchange. NACs are a novel corporate structure designed to take land off the market to prohibit productive economic uses in the name of environmentalism. "I applaud the NYSE   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a team of 13 states in asking the Biden Administration to crack down on a loophole in trade practices that facilitates an illegal narcotics trade, thus exacerbating the national drug crisis. The De Minimis Trade Provision is a regulation intended to exempt foreign souvenirs and low-value gifts from taxes, but historically the price threshold has r  more