WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 13, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the Election Threats Task Force Meeting: * * * Remarks as Delivered Thank you all for being here - all of you. In a few minutes, we will begin our meeting of the Justice Department's Election Threats Task Force. We are meeting today for the same reason I launched this Task Force three years ago: we have seen a dangerous increase in violent threats agai  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 14 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is offering increased cost-share incentives for cover crop planting through the state's Water Quality Initiative (WQI). The popular annual cost-share program, which is available to eligible first-time users as well as returning participants, is now open for Iowa farmers   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits to stop both the Biden Administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. Today, a coalition of 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administrat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Leading a coalition of eighteen states, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today filed a lawsuit fighting federal agency overreach by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 29, 2024, the EEOC issued new sexual harassment guidance that unlawfully extends Title VII's protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender identity. Under the EEOC's gu  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 14 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A 24-state coalition filed a petition for review today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administration's new regulation of emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The States' D.C. Circuit sui  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 13, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Kicks Off Infrastructure Week by Highlighting Historic Results Spurred by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Administration releases updated map showcasing 56,000 infrastructure projects and unveils new Investing in America state-by-state fact sheets When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in November 2021, he committed to deliver  more