ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed 4-lane Northern Corridor highway in southern Utah. This analysis assesses the potential impacts to the Mojave desert tortoise from a proposed Utah Department of Transportation highway right-of-way, in acc  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed 4-lane Northern Corridor highway in southern Utah. This analysis assesses the potential impacts to the Mojave desert tortoise from a proposed Utah Department of Transportation highway right-of-way,  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California's landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker pro  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) unconstitutional power plant rule that threatens the reliability of energy production nationwide. The new regulations include costly and unattainable emissions standards, such as unrealistic compliance timelines, in an attempt to kill coal-fired units while endangering the construction of natural gas plants  more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Kendahl Johnson The 2024 Hill AFB Warriors Over the Wasatch Air Show will continue its tradition of emphasizing education and learning for youngsters, as the show will once again feature its popular STEM City attraction. STEM City offers an entire hangar filled with interactive exhibits, including giant video games, drones, robots, virtual reality, welding simulators, rocket lau  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 10 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 25 states in a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review and declare unlawful the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently-released rule on existing coal, natural gas, and oil-fired power plants. The rule would force power plants fueled by coal, oil, or natural gas to capture smokestack emissio  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 25-state lawsuit challenging the Biden EPA's new mandate that threatens existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The mandate forces coal and natural-gas power plants to use unproven technology or face mass shutdowns. Biden's mandate will force Iowans to pay more for electricity and grapple with California-style blac  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition in challenging the Biden EPA's mandate to torch coal-fired electricity. EPA's mandate imposes harsh limits on coal-plant emissions, which are already well below any threshold that would affect public health. The mandate threatens to shut down coal plants for no reason other than to advance Biden's fight against f  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are not just the work of a fe  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today announced his office entered into settlements with AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless), and TracFone Wireless, Inc. (collectively, the "wireless carriers"), which resolve an investigation into the wireless carriers' advertising practices. The settlements were joined   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 10 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: North Dakota Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with 21 other states have filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging the Biden EPA's unconstitutional overreach aimed at killing North Dakota's coal fired energy production. This recent Federal rule would require certain air toxin em  more

NEW YORK, May 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general today secured more than $10.22 million from AT&T Mobility, LLC and its subsidiary Cricket Wireless, LLC (AT&T); T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile); and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and its subsidiary TracFone Wireless, Inc. (Verizon), for deceptively marketing wireless service   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Cas Melanson White to Utah's Seventh District Juvenile Court, filling a vacancy created by Presiding Judge Mary L. Manley's retirement. Judicial appointments are subject to confirmation by the Utah Senate. "I am thankful Cas Melanson White is willing to serve Utah's youth and their families in the Seventh District Juvenile Court," Gov. Cox said. "I know her know  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 10 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news on May 9, 2024: Today, the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Minova, a post-performance tax reduction for its expansion in Tooele County. The corporate incentive is part of the state's Rural Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (REDTIF) program. As part of the agreement, Minova projects to add 58 new, high-paying jobs and invest $24,500,000 in rural Utah dur  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 10 -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity issued the following news on May 9, 2024: Today, the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Mountain Billy Gun Lab, a post-performance tax reduction for its expansion in Wasatch County. The corporate incentive is part of the state's Rural Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (REDTIF) program. As part of the agreement, Mountain Billy Gun Lab projects adding 25 new, high-paying jobs and inv  more