ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor drew inspiration from a federal judge blocking a federal rule yesterday that tried to coerce state highway departments to measure and reduce CO2 emissions on roadways. The 21-state coalition led by Kentucky challenged the Federal Highway Administration's rule in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. "This rule is mo  more

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

MACON, Georgia, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: A convicted felon with two prior federal drug distribution convictions pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking and faces up to 40 years in prison for his crime. Antonio Whitehead, 36, of Macon, Georgia, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl before Chief U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on April 3. Whitehead faces a maximum sentence of 40 ye  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 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Small Businesses in Maryland, D.C., and Some Counties in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia Eligible for Loans * * * Today, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced that Mid-Atlantic small businesses affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024 may apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Gov. Justice today announced plans for the installation of eight new murals in the historic West Virginia State Capitol Rotunda. These beautiful artworks, which will depict iconic state scenes and landmarks, are set to be installed between April and November of this year. "Our State Capitol is already one of the most stunning in the nation, and the addition of these mur  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Gov. Justice announced today the West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) has approved 18 new Economic Enhancement Grant Fund (EEGF) projects worth $38,171,352.00. In April 2022, Gov. Justice called a special session to fund the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund, at the time securing an initial amount of $250 million. Since then, the program has seen exceptional su  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Willie Charles Sanders, also known as "Disco," 51, of Charleston, pleaded guilty yesterday, April 2, 2024, to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on August 23, 2022, Sanders sold a quantity of methamphetamine to a confidential informant at Sanders' Charleston residence. Sande  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Kyla Smith, also known as "Flaca," 29, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Smith admitted to her role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Vi  more