| News Tipoffs - Iowa Editors Newsletter for Friday April 12, 2024 ( 9 items ) |
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Ames National Laboratory Partners With NETL and Other DOE Labs to Launch a New Critical Materials Research Facility
AMES, Iowa, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Ames National Laboratory will partner with eight other DOE National Laboratories to support the Critical Materials Supply Chain Research Facility recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. Ames Lab will lead the Critical Materials Refinery Center, one of four Centers to be established in the Facility.
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Conn. U.S. Attorney: California Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine to Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 11, 2024:
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, also known as "Calami," 49, of Desert Hot Springs, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking l
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Federal Highway Administration: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $830 Million in Grants to Make Transportation Infrastructure More Resilient to Climate Change
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on April 11, 2024:
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced nearly $830 million in grant awards for 80 projects nationwide that will help states and local communities save taxpayers money while strengthening surface-transportation systems and making them more resilient to extreme weather events worsened by the climate crisis, flooding, sea-level rise, heat wave
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Iowa A.G. Bird Statement on Heartbeat Law Argument
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 12 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following statement on April 11, 2024:
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement regarding Iowa's defense of the Heartbeat Law at the Iowa Supreme Court:
"No right is more sacred than the right to life."
"Today, my office made our case in the Iowa Supreme Court to defend Iowa's heartbeat law, which protects unborn life and prioritizes mothers' health. The Iowa legislature passe
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Iowa Education Dept. Awards Over $1.7 Million to 20 School Districts to Help High Schoolers Earn Industry-Recognized Credentials
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 12 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on April 11, 2024:
The Iowa Department of Education today awarded over $1.7 million in competitive grants to 20 Iowa school districts focused on aligning secondary career and technical education programs with student attainment of industry-recognized credentials. The Credentials to Careers grant awards will support high school students earning credentials with labor market value.
"By expanding oppo
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Iowa Gov. Reynolds Statement on the Fetal Heartbeat Case Heard at the Iowa Supreme Court
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 12 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on April 11, 2024:
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Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the Fetal Heartbeat case heard at the Iowa Supreme Court today:
"Since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the decision of when to limit abortion has been given back to the states and the people.
"For Iowa, the people's elected representatives have drawn a clear line, multiple times, at when a he
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Neb. A.G. Hilgers Joins 13-State Lawsuit to Stop the Biden Administration's Hidden Electric Vehicle Subsidy and Defend Ethanol
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 12 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release:
Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration's hidden subsidy for electric vehicles and to defend ethanol.
In his most recent assault on gas vehicles, President Biden is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six times. This illegal bolstering of electric vehicles negatively affects car owners,
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S.D. GOV. NOEM AND COLLEAGUES OPPOSE BIDEN AND EPA'S AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024:
Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 21 of her fellow Republican governors urged the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden Administration to pause implementation of the PM2.5 rule under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
"I joined my colleagues in this letter because this shortsighted ridiculous rule will crush South Dakota farmers, manufacturers and their empl
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Texas Gov. Abbott, Fellow Governors Urge President Biden To Protect Medicaid Safety Net
AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024:
Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Idaho Governor Brad Little, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse his Administration's policies that would strip millions of Americans from access to cruc
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