TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 6 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Intervenor States that seek to prevent the Biden administration from weaponizing sue-and-settle tactics to avoid accountability for the border crisis. The Biden administration appears to have  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 6 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has successfully blocked an unlawful climate disclosure rule from the Biden administration's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among other items, this rule seeks to require companies to produce disclosures concerning greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and risks related to the physical impact of storms, drought, and higher temperatures. The rule would also  more

SCRANTON, Iowa, April 6 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on April 5, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Eason Family of Greene County today during a ceremony at their family farm near Scranton. Designated in 2021 as a Heritage Farm, which means it's been in the same family for 150 years, Eason Feedlot is a seventh-generation family farm owned and operated by the Eason Family. Today, the family f  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 6 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Justin Wyatt as a district judge in Judicial District 4. Wyatt, of Glenwood, Iowa, is a District Associate Judge in the Fouth Judicial District of Iowa. He received his undergraduate degree and his law degree from Creighton University. Wyatt fills a vacancy created following the retirement of the Hon. Kathleen Kilnoski. Judicial Dis  more

AMES, Iowa, April 6 -- The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC) will meet Friday, April 12, 2024, at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, 350 East Third Street, in Dubuque. * * * Table: Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Agenda * * * Note: The Iowa Mississippi River Parkway Commission Inc., a 501 (c) (4) tax-exempt fundraising organization, will meet at this loca  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 5 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place March 20, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work District One -- Northeast Doniphan - 7-22 KA-5722-01 - K-7, bridge #016 over Mill Creek located 12.45 miles northwest   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 6 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced today that a 21-state coalition including North Dakota persuaded a federal judge to block the most recent example of federal overreach by the Biden Administration. The new federal rule would have required states to meet burdensome and expensive bureaucratic mandates for on-road vehicles. The 21-state coalition filed the successful court action  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A North Carolina man who sold fentanyl to a Dubuque, Iowa, man who overdosed and died was sentenced today to more than 30 years in prison. James Adam Earwood, age 39, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, received the prison sentence after a jury found Earwood guilty on October 5, 2023, of distribution of a controlled substance, heroin and fentanyl, causing the death   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a victory against the Biden Administration's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") mandate that forces businesses to track and report greenhouse gas emissions. Virginia joined a 25-state coalition in securing a temporary, nationwide block on President Biden's extreme climate mandate while the lawsuit continues. The man  more