LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 28 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after co-leading a 27-state comment letter opposing a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would unduly burden state and national meat and poultry producers and illegally expand the EPA's regulatory authority: "The EPA wants to impose illegal and crippling regulations on meat and poultry   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 25, 2024: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $22 million to improve planning, siting, and permitting processes for large-scale renewable energy facilities. Six state-based projects will receive $10 million through the Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement  more

LENEXA, Kansas, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is honoring two ENERGY STAR(R) partners for their outstanding leadership in support of the clean energy transition. ENERGY STAR award winners represent the program's top partners and will be recognized at an event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 25. Des Moines Public Schools and Principal Real Estate in Des Moines have been selected   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is pushing back against a recent proposal from the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that seeks to impose, for the first time ever, new pollution limits and pretreatment standards on meat and poultry processors. Currently, the EPA regulates roughly 150 meat processing facilities in the U.S. With this proposed rule, the EPA would sweep into i  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 28 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 2612 (https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=90&ba=HF2612), a bill to improve special education and raise teacher salaries, into law. * * * Governor Reynolds released the following statement before signing HF 2612: "I'm proud to sign legislation that further strengthens Iowa's commitment to students, parents, teachers, and schools. T  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 28 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) has announced a successful testing period for ID.me, the new identity verification method used in the state's unemployment system. As previously announced, ID.me will become the requirement for all claimants starting April 1, 2024, improving the process for securely verifying the identity of Iowans who file for unemployment benefits. Since January 2, 20  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57037) involving MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, Iowa: * * * Rep Org: Iowa Department of Public Health Licensee: MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER Region: 3 City: Des Moines State: IA License #: 0008-1-77-MET Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Stuart Jordan HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font Notification Date: 03/19/2024 Notification Time: 17:53 [ET] Event Date: 03/18/2024 Event Time: 00:0  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57037) involving MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, Iowa: * * * Rep Org: Iowa Department of Public Health Licensee: MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER Region: 3 City: Des Moines State: IA License #: 0008-1-77-MET Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Stuart Jordan HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font Notification Date: 03/19/2024 Notification Time: 17:53 [ET] Event Date: 03/18/2024 Event Time: 00:0  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on March 27, 2024: This month, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that they filed a lawsuit to block a devastating new air quality rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would raise costs on Utah manufacturers, utilities, and families. AG Reyes and 23 other attorneys general jo  more