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

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

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Bird today joined a bipartisan 20-state coalition and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to make sure federal employees who serve in the military reserves do not lose their pay when deployed. Federal law ensures that reservists who are federal employees are entitled to the same pay on deployment as they are in their civil  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 22 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is continuing to share information with educators this month about teaching comprehensive history. Comprehensive history instruction involves teaching children about the full breadth of U.S. and world history, including race, racism, sexism, and other subjects that can be difficult and challenging. This month, MDE is offering a three-part series on   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56847) involving Medical University Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina: * * * Rep Org: SC Dept of Health & Env Control Licensee: Medical University Hospital Region: 1 City: Charleston State: SC License #: 081 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Korina Koci HQ OPS Officer: Eric Simpson Notification Date: 11/10/2023 Notification Time: 10:02 [ET] Event Date: 11/09/2023 Event Time: 17:00   more

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

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on the Protecting American Energy Production Act (H.R. 1121), which was introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, and 29 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 1121, which would prohibit the President from issuing a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. This legislation is a red herring.   more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, March 22 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Kevin Dunkleberger, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs It's not every day one can say they witnessed an F-16 Fighting Falcon (F-16) perform a bombing run, even for those in the Air Force. However, attendees at the 77th Fighter Squadron's (FS) Range Day did just that. As part of the 20th Fighter Wing (FW) and 20th Operations Support Squadron's (OSS) immersion program, the 77th FS hosted this qua  more

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