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News Tipoffs - Indiana Editors Newsletter for Saturday May 25, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Ind. Utility Regulatory Commission Issues Agenda for May 29 Meeting
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 24 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * MEMORANDUM TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston; Commissioners Bennett, Freeman, Veleta and Ziegner FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: May 22, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisi  more

Messmer Report: Maintaining Indiana's Secure Elections
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 25 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans posted the following Messmer report on May 24, 2024, from State Sen. Mark Messmer, R-Jasper: * * * When Hoosiers cast their ballots, they have a right to know that the election is secure and others who are voting are legally registered. That's why I supported House Enrolled Act 1264 this year, which gives election officials throughout the state new tools to catch illegally registered voters and remove them from the rolls. This w  more

Mich. Gov. Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions
LANSING, Michigan, May 25 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan Aeronautics Commission, Ski Area Safety Board, Michigan Board of Accountancy, Michigan Board of Social Work, Michigan Board of Counseling, Suicide Prevention Commission, Board of Examiners in Mortuary Science, and Michigan Opioids Task Force. Today's appointees represent Michigan's young professi  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Leads Coalition Fighting Against Patent Trolls
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

NSWC Crane employees volunteer to include children with special needs through running
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: CRANE, Ind. - "I'm not a runner--I don't do this," said Mallory Lamson, a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee. "I only do what I do for my daughter." The Lamsons have four children who are involved in extra-curricular activities. "Three of our kids play their own sports," said Mallory Lamson. "They get to hear their names called when people cheer or when they are ca  more

S.D. Gov. Noem and Colleagues Push Back on Biden's Government Overreach
PIERRE, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem and 23 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing proposed amendments to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Internal Health Regulations (IHR) and a new pandemic treaty. "South Dakota came out of the pandemic with the strongest economy in America, not because we listened to the World Health Organization - but because we trusted o  more

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois: Former DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Charged With Communicating Interstate Threat to Two Illinois State Representatives and Others
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release: A DuPage County, Illinois, man, Samuel J. Cundari, 30, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure another person in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 875(c). The complaint alleges that on March 17, 2024, the Illinois State Police were contacted by two Illinois State Representatives about a threat   more

Utah A.G. Reyes Defends American Firearms Manufacturers From Being Held Liable for Mexico's Gun Violence
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