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News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Unveils Opioid Mobile Health Clinic
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * At a press conference in Malvern today, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the deployment of a mobile health clinic run by Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery (ARMOR). Griffin issued the following statement: "This mobile health clinic will reach previously underserved and unserved Arkansans in need of treatment for opioid addiction. The $770,000 that my office grant  more

Barksdale AFB Conducts Exercise Bayou Vigilance 2024
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 16 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Aaron Hill 2BW/PA Airmen from the 2nd and 5th Bomb Wings trained together while evaluating response and combat operation skills during exercise Bayou Vigilance April 3-12, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. "The mission we demonstrated is not just a 2nd Bomb Wing mission," said Colonel Michael Maginness, 2nd Bomb Wing Commander. "It is a national mission that we have the h  more

La. Gov. Landry Visits Areas Hardest Hit by Last Week's Severe Weather
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 16 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on April 15, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry traveled to West Feliciana and St. Tammany parishes to survey damage from the tornadoes, hurricane force winds, hail, and flooding that affected our state last Wednesday. Click HERE (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/i1cqcndwckuk71i67r9f6/AD3FaFnhwUBIOAjfg-w9LGI?rlkey=nhi55ojm5klcgvrtrp55yjmmq&dl=0) for pictures and videos from today's visit. The Governor wil  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Leads National Coalition Opposing New EPA Methane Rule
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition he is leading have filed a motion to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. Filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the motion follows a petition introduced last month by Drummond and the coalition of 24 state attorneys general and a stat  more

Team Minot Completes Exercise Prairie Vigilance
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, April 16 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell, Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana participated in Exercise Prairie Vigilance 24-3 here, April 6-12, 2024. PV is a routine training mission that enhances the safety, security and reliability of the bomber leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Exercises like PV enable cr  more