LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0628) on April 3, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages - May 2023": * * * Office and administrative support occupations had employment of 18.5 million in May 2023, representing 12.2 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest office and administrative support occupations were customer service re  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, the Senate approved Senators Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, and Chris Kolker's, D-Centennial, bill to protect communities from gun violence and create safer public spaces by prohibiting the carrying of firearms in certain locations. SB24-131 would restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations where children and families may be present. The bill would prohibit carrying  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) task force, removed from the United States on April 1, three unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitives wanted for rape. Aurelio Coy-Quib, 41, Byron  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that MICHAEL WHITE, age 44, and JOHN WHITE, age 44, both of Kentwood, La., pled guilty on March 27, 2024 to a three-count indictment, charging them with one (1) count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute forty (40) grams or more of Fentanyl, in violation of Title 21,   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Danieel mutin, age 19, of New Orleans, pled guilty on March 27, 2024, to Counts 1 and 2 of an indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) (Count 1); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In one of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's many efforts to push back against the Biden Administration's ceaseless attacks on the oil and gas industry, a federal judge on Monday blocked a highway emissions rule that sought to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general had joined Kentucky in challenging a Federal Highway Admi  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * To Replenish Adult Spawners, Marine Protected Areas Need Strong Enforcement and Climate-Friendly Design * * * Age matters when determining how to protect life in the ocean; every population needs a strong cohort of adults to produce the next generation. But many marine protected areas (MPAs) are falling short of their most basic purpose: to rebuild struggling fish populations. In a new study   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: KELVIN WARREN ("WARREN"), age 30, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 28, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Barry Ashe, to 130 months imprisonment, five years of supervised release, and the payment of a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of met  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pending Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory proposal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5-Year Review. The State of Indiana led the letter, urging the   more