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

LENEXA, Kansas, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a work plan submitted to the Agency by Richard Minor of Gordon, Nebraska, and Cherry County, Nebraska, to mitigate damage to the Snake River resulting from an unauthorized drainage ditch excavated from Minor's property to the river in 2020. According to EPA, discharges from the ditch into the river caused extensive environmental harm and  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

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Sheri Ann Griego, 42, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced March 27, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that, Asia Gabriel Blackburn, 29, of La Vista, Nebraska, was sentenced March 27, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, after having pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Blackburn to 140 months' im  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jesus Camarillo-Soria, 45, of Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced March 20, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Camarillo-Soria to 60 month  more

BRYAN, Texas, March 28 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M University System's Board of Regents on Wednesday affirmed new directors for Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Athletics Department at Texas A&M University. Both had been announced earlier. Last month the Regents named Robert H. Bishop '79 as Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M Universit  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