TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 23, 2024: * * * 24-DPAX-767-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Bettis Asphalt & Construction, Inc. Date Filed: 05/23/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3362-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - APEX Resources, LLC Date Filed: 05/23/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3363-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: P  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-CONS-3362-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of APEX Resources, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the Bayne #3-5 well in Comanche County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $100 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully descri  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-CONS-3364-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Burk Royalty Co, Ltd (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-407 at the Mathews #1SWD well in Barber County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-407 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $1,000 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully de  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-CONS-3365-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Chieftain Oil Co., Inc. (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the Smith A #1 well in Barber County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $100 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully desc  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-TRAM-747-UCR) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the Matter of the Investigation of Fast & Go Transportation Inc, of Lawrence, Kansas, Regarding the Violation(s) of the Motor Carrier Safety Statutes, Rules and Regulations and the Commission's Authority to Impose Penalties, Sanctions and/or the Revocation of Motor Carrier Authority. PENALTY ORDER The above-captioned matter comes before the State Cor  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-CONS-3367-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Hopper Oil Co., Inc. (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the Kukuk #2 well in Cowley County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $100 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully described  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 24-CONS-3369-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Samuel Gary Jr. & Associates, Inc. (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the MLP Pickens A #1 well in Haskell County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $100 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 24 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following presiding officer order adjusting procedural schedule (No. 24-CONS-3177-CPEN) on May 23, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Nacogdoches Oil & Gas, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-120. PRESIDING OFFICER ORDER ADJUSTING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE As discussed with parties via email, the Presiding Officer adjusts the procedural schedule as follows: Commission Staff Pre-Filed Direct Testimony Due: N/A   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 27 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief supporting Idaho's anti-patent troll law. Patent trolls are businesses that largely exist to bring patent infringement lawsuits. The Attorneys General argue that laws against patent trolls are essential to protecting innovation. At least 32 states have laws t  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 24 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Consuming raw cow's milk that contains H5N1 avian influenza virus poses an infection risk, but a laboratory process that simulates high-temperature pasteurization reduces the virus in infected milk by more than 99.99%. That's according to a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists, who reported their findings May 24 in a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 25 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Reyes joined a coalition of 27 states Tuesday in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court's ruling is allowed to stand, Americans' Second Amendment rights could be threatened. In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to correc  more