WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Falls Church, Va. - The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for March 26, 2024, to offer three oil and gas parcels totaling 91 acres in Mississippi. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in November 2023 and held a public comment period that closed in December 2023 on the parcels, potential deferrals,  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 27 -- The California Natural Resources Agency issued the following Q&A on Jan. 25, 2024, by Exposition Park General Manager Andrea Ambriz: * * * Andrea Ambriz, thanks for joining us for this feature. You've been at the helm of LA's Exposition Park since December 2022 and a lot has happened since then. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is getting ready to be hoisted into launch position, the Lucas Museum construction is advancing rapidly, the Natural History's Commons are  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 26 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 28-State letter to the Biden Administration, demanding that President Biden reject efforts by Democrat attorneys general to halt ammo production at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. The letter responds to   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 26 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 28 states in directing a letter to President Biden and his Director of White House Office Gun Violence Prevention Stephanie Feldman, urging them to ignore the demand of Democrat attorneys general to end commercial sales from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, one of the country's largest ammo manufacturer  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 24 of her fellow Republican governors sent the following statement supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott's efforts to secure the U.S. Southern Border: "President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration pouring across the Southern border. Instead of upholding   more