WASHINGTON, May 29 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb led a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing a brief in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose opposing an Ohio law that makes it a crime, in most situations, to help others return absentee ballots. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee ballot unless you are a postal worker or one of a narrow set of family m  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demandi  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 29 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a letter calling on shareholders at ExxonMobil to do their duty and protect millions of Americans' retirement savings, rather than force Biden's illegal climate change agenda. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is illegally forcing ESG regulations onto ExxonMobil that will jeopardize American retirement security in the name  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 29 (TNSres) -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on May 28, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "Our hearts go out to all the Iowans an  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 29 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster emergency proclamation for three additional counties in response to severe weather that has occurred since May 21, 2024. The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program and Disaster Case Advocacy Program for the following coun  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 29 (TNSres) -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has forestry experts available to help landowners impacted by recent storms with forest storm damage assessments and forest recovery plans. Lindsey Barney, district forester for 11 counties in southern and southwest Iowa for the Iowa DNR, said the phone calls are just beginning as the cleanup progresses. "These storms have caused signi  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island to dictate American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies, and they demand billions of dollars in damages. As litigation proceeds   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty May 28, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City. At the plea hearing, Pamela Brownell, 63, from Des Moines, Iowa, admitted that from September 2022 through October 2023, she and others conspired to distribute more than 45 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge, Iowa area. In October 2023, law enfo  more