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

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, March 28 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding nearly $500,000 to five communities across Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri in its third round of funding through the Strategic Planning Program. Funding for this program was made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden -- a key part of his Investing in America agenda. "The Strategic Planning Program gives public ent  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

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Holcomb recently signed into law legislation sponsored by State Rep. Joanna King (R-Middlebury), which will protect Hoosier children from accessing adult-oriented websites. According to a National Institutes of Health study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18771400/), more than 90 percent of boys and more than 60 percent of girls were exposed to internet pornography during their te  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: In advance of the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, Lake Ouachita, Lake Greeson and DeGray Lake are expecting HIGH visitation. Facilities will be impacted with full parking lots in the campgrounds, boat rams and day use parking lots. We are urging visitors coming to any of these lakes to carpool and minimize multiple vehicles per party. Entrances to certain re  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