BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 10 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Lower Colorado River Authority on Tuesday announced plans to double the energy production from the new peaker plant it is building in Central Texas by adding a second generating unit. The new plant will help LCRA continue to meet the increasing need for reliable power and support the Texas power grid. "To keep the Texas economy moving, we need more affordable, reliable power, a  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Minnesota Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Minnesota Department of Commerce is holding two public scoping meetings and asking the public to submit comments as part of preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) on Xcel Energy's request to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for changes at its Prairie Island Nuclear Plant. The meetings are April 25, 2024, in person at the Red Wing Ignite Buildi  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Governor Tim Walz today announced the appointments of Matti Adam and Seamus Duffy as District Court Judges in Minnesota's Ninth Judicial District. Adam will be replacing the Honorable Shari R. Schluchter and Duffy will be replacing the Honorable Darlene Rivera Spalla. These seats will be chambered in Bemidji in Beltrami County and Mahnomen in Mahnomen County. "I am proud to appoint Matti Adam to the  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news: The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently announced the latest recipients of the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP). This state program provides funding assistance to local agencies for construction, reconstruction or reconditioning projects. In Grant County, a County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 5 project will receive a $1,434,000 million grant. As Grant County sought funding th  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news: Senator Michael Kreun (R-Blaine) has authored key legislation that seeks to ease the burden on those looking to renew their Minnesota drivers' licenses. The bill creates an online renewal option for licenses and allows those who have a valid license to designate a secondary mailing address for license and identification card renewals. This would be beneficial for "snowbirds" who have a secondary a  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on April 9, 2024: The Minnesota Senate on Monday approved a Jobs and Economic Development Policy bill (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=senate&f=SF4027&ssn=0&y=2024) that fails to take the steps necessary to address Minnesota's labor shortage or increase worker wages. Recent reporting indicates Minnesota still has 10,000 fewer jobs today than it did before the pandemic, lagging behind mo  more

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Minnesota State Auditor issued the following news release: "Relief associations weathered the market downturn of 2022," said Auditor Blaha. "Even though the average rate of return was negative 14.3 percent for the period covered in this report, the average relief association still ended the year with a funding ratio well over 100 percent." A fire relief association is a governmental entity that receives and manages public money used to provide re  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1974 publication of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig with a special display, "Zen and the Open Road," opening April 15. On view in the museum's "America on the Move" exhibition, the display will feature Pirsig's 1966 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle and exte  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more