MINOT AFB, North Dakota, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news on April 10, 2024: By Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell, Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs Taking effect April 1, 2024, Airmen and Guardians assigned to at least a year-long tour at one of seven Air and Space Force bases where temperatures often drop to -20 degrees or colder, are eligible to receive a one-time, lump-sum bonus ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. The Cold Weather Assignment Incentiv  more

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,  more

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  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2024, by President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio: * * * Global Partners for the Future Over the course of the last three years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has reached unprecedented heights. We arrived at this historic moment because our nations, individually and together, took courageous steps to strengthen our collective capacity in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years   more