WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a $4.8 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to boost partnerships aimed at improving drought resilience and water availability in the western United States. This funding, from the Inflation Reduction Act, coupled with previous investments from the Bipartisan Infr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 5 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: Bonneville Power Administration staff identified governance, resource adequacy requirements and greenhouse gas accounting and other favorable attributes in their recommendation for BPA to participate in a day-ahead energy market and that BPA should join the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ initiative. Since summer 2023, the team making the recommendation has been working with customers and const  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document (No. AO 2024-01) on April 4, 2024: * * * Texas Majority PAC's (TMP) proposed canvassing activities are not public communications, coordinated communications or coordinated expenditures under Commission regulations. However, any data acquired from TMP's canvassing efforts and shared with a federal candidate or party committee at less than its fair market value would result in an in-kind contrib  more

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

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

UTICA, New York, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Christopher Pence, age 43, of Cedar City, Utah, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for using the Internet to solicit and pay for the murders of two Rensselaer County residents. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release: United States Attorney, Trina A. Higgins and Acting Special Agent in Charge, Dustin Gillespie, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division announce the formation of the Utah Drug Overdose Task Force. Over the past few years, Utah has experienced a rise in overdose/poisoning incidents, and fentanyl has been the primary catalyst. According   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