LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statements on May 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today issued the following statements after filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of four other state attorneys general alongside an Arkansas high school athlete against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX: "The ove  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders received the first ever "Outdoor Recreation Leadership" award at the Outdoor Recreation Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 7th. "I'm honored to receive the Outdoor Recreation Leadership award and earn recognition for all the progress my administration has made on growing Arkansas' outdoor economy," said Governor Sanders. "Alongside m  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, invites the community to attend an open house to learn more about the upcoming Oxbow-Hickson-Bakke Ring Levee project May 15, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Hickson Community Center in Hickson, North Dakota. During the open house, attendees will have an opportunity to engage representatives from the Corps of Engineers, the Metro Flood  more

FREMONT, Nebraska, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Rail Modal Group failed to protect workers from known struck-by hazards * * * Responding to an employer's report that a worker needed hospitalization after being struck by a semi-tractor-trailer and suffering severe injuries at a Fremont grain yard, federal workplace safety inspectors identified 23 violations by the worker's employer, including faili  more

SUN PRAIRIE, Wisconsin, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Finds Pan-O-Gold Baking Co.'s injury rate 160% higher than industry average * * * A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into an employee's disabling injuries at a Sun Prairie commercial baking facility in October 2023 found the well-known Midwest bread supplier again violated workplace safety regulations. For the second time since 2019, the  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 8 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined 20 other states in suing Biden for abolishing longstanding Title IX protections for women. Biden's new gender ideology mandate tears down more than 50 years of landmark protections for girls in preschool through college who will now be forced to share private facilities such as restrooms, locker rooms, and showers with males. The rule  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today announced he is co-leading a multistate coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration's unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX that forces schools and universities to allow biological males in female spaces. He filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of six state attorneys  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 8 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley today joined Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, an Arkansas high school athlete, and a coalition of three other state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. Congress enacted  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of six state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. "Title IX has a long history of protecting women from harassment and creating opportunities for female athletes. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration thinks it   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that June 10 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans in Minnesota due to drought that began on Aug. 15, 2023. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the counties of Kittson  more

COTONOU, Benin, May 8 -- The U.S. Africa Command issued the following news release: U.S. Marine Corps General Michael Langley, Commander, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Michael Woods, Command Senior Enlisted Leader visited Benin May 1-3, 2024, on his first trip to Benin since taking command. This historic first visit marks a significant milestone in the bilateral relations between the two nations, highlighting their shared commitment to strengthen democratic instituti  more