CHALMETTE, Louisiana, June 4 (TNSres) -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on June 3, 2024: Gov. Doug Burgum today joined 19 fellow Republican governors in sending a letter to President Biden urging his administration to unleash American energy and end the regulatory overreach that's restricting domestic production. Burgum and eight GOP governors announced the letter and outlined their concerns and requests of the Biden administration during a press conference at PBF   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition of 27 state attorneys general are defending American firearms manufacturers from the Mexican government's attempt 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 a petition filed last week, Drummond asked the US. Supreme  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, June 4 -- 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 our people  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following agency statement on June 3, 2024: * * * We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking public comment on a proposed habitat conservation plan amendment for the Great Pathfinder Wind Project in Hamilton and Boone counties, Iowa. The plan accompanies an application to amend an Endangered Species Act permit for Great Pathfinder Wind LLC that would add authorization of incidental t  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The White House issued the following readout of a briefing on May 31, 2024, with Midwest business leaders: * * * On Friday, May 31, the White House welcomed small business owners and local business leaders from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for a dialogue with senior officials on the Biden-Harris Administration's priorities to grow the U.S. economy, especially in communities that have too often been left behind, by supporting entrepreneurs and smal  more