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 Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * Inspections identified 58 significant, substantial violations, 2 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 13 mines in nine states in February 2024, identifying 207 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an  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

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 28 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that the relatives of men with no or a very low sperm count may be at higher risk for cancers of the bones, joints, colon, uterus, thyroid, and testes. The findings may lead to new insights into the environmental and genetic   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

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 27 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Gov. Spencer Cox has named Jerry Fenn as a member of the Utah Public Service Commission. Appointments to the PSC are subject to approval by the Utah Senate. "I appreciate Jerry's willingness to serve the people of Utah as a Public Service Commission member," Gov. Cox said. "His experience in the private sector and his commitment to our state will serve Utahns well." Fenn has more than 20 years o  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today, charging a foreign national living in Utah with multiple drug crimes. The woman allegedly possessed and intended to distribute large amounts of narcotics including heroin, methamphetamine and 11,700 fentanyl pills. According to court documents, Martha Isela Navarro Chapas, 31, of Wes  more