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News Tipoffs - Arkansas Editors Newsletter for Wednesday March 20, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Ark. Gov. Sanders Deploys Arkansas National Guard to Southern Border
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 20 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today directed the Arkansas National Guard to send soldiers to the southern border to support the Texas National Guard as they work to combat the illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and human trafficking created by the failed policies of the Biden Administration. The Arkansas National Guard is sending approximately 40 Guardsmen to s  more

BLS Issues Report on State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024
WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0543) on March 19, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 1 state on the last business day of January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decr  more

Fla. A.G. Moody Leads Multistate Amicus Brief Against Biden's Border-Related Political Gamesmanship
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 20 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Intervenor States seeking to keep the Biden administration from using shadowy gamesmanship to manipulate the president's most vulnerable political liability in an election year: the border crisis. The Biden administration, on multiple occasions, used these tactics i  more

PA. SENATE REPUBLICANS: SENATE APPROVES MASTRIANO MEASURE TO SEND PA NATIONAL GUARD TO DEFEND TEXAS BORDER
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 20 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: The state Senate today approved a resolution introduced by Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) calling on the governor to deploy the Pennsylvania National Guard along Texas's southern border with Mexico as part of Operation Lone Star. "Pennsylvania families are being harmed by the influx of immigrants and illegal drugs resulting from lax federal border security measure  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti Pushes Back on Unlawful DEI Federal Regulation
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 20 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on March 19, 2024: On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 24 states in warning the Department of Labor (DOL) that its proposed rule to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the National Apprenticeship System exceeds congressional authority, illegally promotes racial-discrimination, and is antithetical to the American ideal of equality. "Americans fought for   more

Utah A.G. Reyes Joins Letter Regarding Special Rapporteur Visit to the U.S.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the Special Rapporteur on the right to education for the United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The letter, which was led by the State of Montana, defended American parental rights of educational choice and freedom for their children. The coalition of attorneys general write in advance of the Special Rapporteur's v  more