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News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors Newsletter for Wednesday April 03, 2024 ( 8 items )  

AMC Senior Enlisted Leader Hosts Sustainment Panel
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, April 3 -- The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued the following news: By Shelia Fourman Army Materiel Command's senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Sellers, held a "Transform in Contact - Precision Sustainment" panel during the Association of the United States Army's Global Force Symposium here March 26. Army sustainment leaders emphasized the continuous efforts of sustainment transformation and precision as the enterprise's top  more

Coalition of 21 Neb. A.G. Hilgers Defeat Biden Administration's Green Agenda in Court
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 3 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers announced a Kentucky federal judge blocked the Biden Administration's highway emissions rule that attempted to drive gas-powered cars off the road. A coalition of 21 state attorneys general brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted to force states to reduce CO2 e  more

Fla. A.G. Moody and Multistate Coalition Defeat Biden Administration's Green Agenda in Court
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is announcing a federal judge blocked the Biden administration's highway emissions rule that tried to drive gas-powered cars off the road. In a 21-state coalition of attorneys general, Attorney General Moody brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted to for  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador: Idaho, Kentucky, and Multistate Coalition Hands Significant Defeat to Biden Administration's Green Agenda
BOISE, Idaho, April 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador announced Tuesday that a federal judge blocked the Biden Administration's highway emissions rule that tried to drive gas-powered cars off the road. As part of a 21-state coalition led by Kentucky, Idaho brought a challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Federal Highway Administration's rule that attempted  more

In a Victory for Ohio A.G. Yost and 20 Colleagues, Court Rules That Emissions Rule Constitutes Federal Overreach
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: A federal judge in Kentucky has declared the Federal Highway Administration's Emissions Rule unlawful, agreeing with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 20 of his counterparts that the restrictions both exceed the authority Congress granted the Agency and encroach on the authority of the states. The Emissions Rule, an attempt by the Federal Highway Administration to use its authority over road safety   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Defeats Biden Highway Emissions Mandate
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 3 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird defeated the Biden Administration in federal court, halting Biden's illegal highway emissions mandate that attempted to drive gas-powered vehicles off the road. The mandate required every state to set emissions restrictions for vehicles traveling on national highways. The Federal Highway Administration rule would have mandated states se  more

SEC Commissioner Uyeda Issues Remarks at 'SEC Speaks' Conference 2024
WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on April 2, 2024, by Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda at the "SEC Speaks" Conference 2024: * * * SEC Speaks provides the Commission and its staff an opportunity to share information and insights directly with members of the public. I am pleased that the program has returned to its traditional springtime spot, even if it is in a different venue. The Practising Law Institute ("PLI"), an organization dedicated t  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Thomas Donnell Shaw, 31, of Huntington, was sentenced yesterday, April 1, 2024, to five years in prison to run consecutively to his current state sentence, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents and statements made in c  more