FORT YATES, North Dakota, April 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Fairchild Air Force Base (92nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Classs Matthew Arachikavitz, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Air Mobility Command partnered with Standing Rock Community School to host a tribal engagement in Fort Yates, North Dakota, April 18, 2024. Leaders from across AMC, Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Recruiting Service and the North Dakota National Guard spent the day wit  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Increasingly, climate change and environmental hazards threaten the health of people in the United States and around the world. HHS and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have mobilized to address these challenges in the most vulnerable communities, to build resilience in healthcare systems and to accelerate decarbonization of the healthcare sector. In addition to other new announcem  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 23 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against Midwest Smoke Shop, continuing his statewide campaign against retailers selling these dangerous products around Nebraska. Midwest Smoke Shop operates retail outlets in Omaha, Gretna, and Lincoln. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of suits the Attorney General has filed against THC shops to address rampant unlawful conduct  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 23 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Governor Jim Pillen has announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew J. McCarville as chief information officer for the state of Nebraska. McCarville starts his new role today. "Dr. McCarville's information technology experience and expertise nationally and internationally in the public and private sectors is extensive," said Gov. Jim Pillen. "I look forward to working with Dr. McCarvil  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that John W. Rice, 35, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 19, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Rice to 78 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Rice's release from priso  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Drummond is urging the United States Supreme Court to consider a case that could dramatically limit the immunity that shields Big Tech companies from civil lawsuits. The case, styled as Doe v Snap, involves a young man seeking to hold Snapchat accountable for its role in his being a victim of sexual abuse. The social media platform has so far been able to use Sec  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 23 -- The South Dakota Legislative Research Council issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Jeff Mehlhaff, Chief Fiscal Analyst with the Legislative Research Council (LRC), will now also serve as LRC's Deputy Director, while principal legislative attorney Anita Thomas is moving up into the Chief Research and Legal Analyst position. Their appointments, made by LRC Director John McCullough, became effective April 8, 2024. Mehlhaff, a Mitchell, South Dakot  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Ann Sulsberger, 49, from Red Oak, Iowa, pled guilty April 18, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, evidence showed that between April 2023 and May 2023 Sulsberger and others conspired to distribute over a pound of methamphetamine in the Woodbury and Monona County areas. Sentencing b  more