ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 21 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has joined Attorneys General Raul Labrador of Idaho and Todd Rokita of Indiana, and 25 other states, in filing a brief with the Unites States Supreme Court challenging Illinois' unconstitutional ban of AR-15 rifles and their standard 30-round magazines. "What the 7th Circuit has done with the Illinois' ban on AR-15 rifles and magazines should frighten Ame  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Deputy Director Paul Huang today toured Dominion Energy's wind turbine installation vessel Charybdis under construction at   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to block a new rule that seeks to impose unlawful and burdensome emissions standards on oil and gas producers. "Under the Biden administration, Americans have had to endure energy costs rising to an all-time high," said Carr. "This new 408-page rule will simply drag down vital sectors of our econom  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on March 20, 2024: The Potomac Valley Conservation District in cooperation with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold a local work group meeting to discuss conservation programs and provide guidance for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The meeting will be held Thursday, April 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Farm Credit Building locate  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 21 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: * * * Cedar Point Settles Federal Charges It Denied Seasonal Workers Aged 40 and Over Employee Housing Based on Age * * * Cedar Fair, L.P., doing business as Cedar Point, and Magnum Management Corporation, which own, operate, and staff the Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Point amusement park, will pay $50,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a coalition of 22 states supporting a Texas law that makes illegal immigration a state crime and authorizes state officials to enforce it. "Joe Biden has created a border crisis of historic proportions," said Attorney General Alan Wilson. "His Administration's flagrant and repeated pattern of ignoring national immigration laws has allowed more t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes recently joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to keep the Biden administration from using gamesmanship to manipulate a political liability, the border crisis. The Biden administration appears to have decided to abandon its defense of the "Circumvent  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to Wells Fargo's Chief Executive Officer regarding several debanking policies that Wells Fargo has embraced. The letter, which the State of Montana led, also requests answers from Wells Fargo about its debanking policies and practices and its relationship with BlackRock. The States write that Wells Fargo "appears to be using debanking as a political to  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- The West Virginia Department of Health issued the following news on March 20, 2024: Department of Health (DH) Cabinet Secretary Sherri Young, DO, MBA, FAAFP, today announced Justyn Cox as the new Executive Director of the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCCA). Cox previously served as the Administrative Services Manager overseeing Sales and Operations for the state's Medicare Advantage Plan: West Virginia Senior Advantage. He also worked for Stoner  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today $1,093,000.00 million in non-federal match funds to Congressionally Directed Spending, enhancing the state's critical infrastructure and addressing community needs. "These investments demonstrate our dedication to crucial improvements in the state's infrastructure, and I am proud that we are able to provide this support," said Gov. Just  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has welcomed an additional 23 elk to the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County, where the elk will be evaluated and held for a short period of time before being released into the wild. "As a lifelong outdoorsman, witnessing the resurgence of West Virginia's elk herd  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice today signed four bills into law: * SB 730 -- The purpose of this bill is to clarify the sheriff's commission compensation for the job duty of tax collector for the county and fix the amount at $15,000. * HB 5617 -- The purpose of this bill is to adopt standards and authorize the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules on the testing, flushing,   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: State regulators significantly reduced the time for processing water and sewer projects under federal financial incentive programs in an order issued Tuesday. This action by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia came in reaction to legislation approved earlier this year to require a limited waiver of Commission certification requirements for water   more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Two men from Detroit, Michigan, and a Nitro, West Virginia, man pleaded guilty yesterday to roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia. Vernard Antonio Brown, also known as "Bam," 32, of Detroit, pleaded gui  more