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News Tipoffs - Montana Editors Newsletter for Friday March 22, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Attorney General Liz Murrill Leads Coalition of 16 States Against Biden's Attack on LNG
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading a coalition of 16 states in a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The State of Louisiana is joined by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina,   more

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for 78,000 Public Service Workers
WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: President Biden will email an additional 380,000 public service workers thanking them for their service and notifying them they are on track to have their debt cancelled through PSLF within two years The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $5.8 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 77,700 borrowers. These approvals are the result of fixes made by the Administra  more

BPA Hits Milestone in Effort to Preserve Long-Term Partnership With Public Power
PORTLAND, Oregon, March 22 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: Five-plus years of collaboration with customers and constituents has culminated in Bonneville Power Administration's release of its final Provider of Choice Policy. This document captures BPA's position on the policies, products and services it will offer its utility customers in new long-term wholesale electric power contracts beginning in 2028. "This policy lays the foundation for low-cost,   more

EPA Report Provides Toxic Chemical Release Information for Your State or Tribe
DENVER, Colorado, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: * * * Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, including detailed information on the management of toxic chemicals from facilities in EPA's Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Da  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: Hays Man Admits Distributing Meth on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
GREAT FALLS, Montana, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Hays man accused of selling methamphetamine from a yellow school bus he used as his residence on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation admitted to a trafficking charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Lyle Gilbert Snow, Sr., 64, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Snow faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $1 mi  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Joins Legal Brief Supporting Texas' Immigration Law
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: A day after encouraging the Oklahoma legislature to pass its own version of Texas' Senate Bill 4, Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined a legal brief supporting Texas in its effort to preserve that law. If successful, Oklahoma and other states will be empowered to declare illegal immigration a state crime and authorize state officials to enforce it. House and Senate leaders  more

Tenn. A.G. Skrmetti Joins Brief Supporting Texas' Right to Protect Its Citizens From Illegal Immigration
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 22 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on March 21, 2024: On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 states in filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Texas's state law SB4. SB4 makes illegal immigration into the Lone Star State a state crime and allows state magistrates and judges to order those who have crossed the border illegally back to   more