JUNEAU, Alaska, March 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on March 14, 2024: This evening Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed Senate Bill 140 due to its absence of educational reforms that had been offered in previous education bills filed. Tonight, he offered the following statement on his decision. "After a thorough analysis and careful consideration, I have decided to veto Senate Bill 140. SB 140 contains a record increase in the BSA. Although I SUPPORT an increase to t  more

CHALLIS, Idaho, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: With funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the Bureau of Land Management is partnering with The Conservation Fund and the Carlson family to acquire 80 acres of habitat in Lemhi County crucial to sage-grouse, elk, mule deer, moose, and other wildlife. The acquisition, known as the Park Creek parcel, provides continuous access through the area for hiker  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 16 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Governor Polis and Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera, Chair of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, hosted the annual Ute Day at the Capitol, a day to honor the two Tribes with jurisdiction in Colorado, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and their sister Tribe, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray. It featured a community celebration, formal ad  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 15 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a 10-state coalition challenging a new climate disclosure rule from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among other items, this rule seeks to require companies to produce exhaustive and costly disclosures concerning greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and risks related to the physical impact of storms, drought, and higher temperatures. C  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 16 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorneys General Raul Labrador of Idaho and Todd Rokita of Indiana led 26 other states in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court challenging Illinois' unconstitutional ban of AR-15 rifles and their standard 30-round magazines. "This ruling from the Seventh Circuit flies in the face of the Bruen decision and the Second Amendment's unqualified command," said Attorney General Labrado  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a group of 24 state attorneys general and one state legislature in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. The coalition has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block the rule. "The Biden Administration's methane emissions rule is a bl  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the USDA Forest Service is investing nearly $145 million from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act--the largest climate investment in history--to connect forest landowners with emerging climate markets as part of the Investing in America agenda. USDA's Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environme  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 16 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Virginia, in Alario v. TikTok. The case, which is pending at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, involves a challenge to the State of Montana's recently enacted law, SB 419, which prohibits TikTok from being downloaded within its borders. The Montana law provides that the prohibition will cease to apply if TikTok  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 16 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a 12-state coalition in a letter to the Biden Administration demanding that it stop funding Iran after the Administration renewed a sanctions waiver that would allow Iran to access $10 billion in frozen assets. The Biden Administration plans to grant Iran access to upward of $10 billion from frozen accounts in Iraq, Oman, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting with regional commissions on supporting an economic comeback in communities across the country: * * * This week, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard convened White House officials and the Federal Co-Chairs of six Regional Commissions: the Appalachian Regional Commission, Denali Commission, Delta Regional Authority, Northern Border Regional Commission, Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, and Southwest Bord  more