JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 20 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on June 19, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a brief with 23 other states urging the Court to deny Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's request for an unconstitutional gag order on President Trump. In a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the gag order stifles President Trump's ability to speak freely in the height of election season and denies Americans the   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 21 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a brief with 23 other states urging the Court to deny Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's request for an unconstitutional gag order on President Trump. In a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the gag order stifles President Trump's ability to speak freely in the height of election season and denies Americans the   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 20, 2024, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - March 2024": * * * Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $39.04 per hour in the South to $52.91 in the Northeast in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 20 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Another summer and another fire season will pass in Wyoming without the ability to use the herbicide Indaziflam on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands to fight cheatgrass. The BLM has not approved its usage, which still awaits signature on the Record of Decision. Wyoming has been urging the approval of Indaziflam on BLM lands to help grazing permittees eliminate cheatgrass, a terrestrial invasive s  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 21 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The states of Utah and Wyoming have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah challenging the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) final Public Lands Rule. The lawsuit states that despite the States' objections, and multiple other interested parties, BLM sidestepped National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, and unreasonably concluded that no extraordinary circumstanc  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that it is awarding $60 million in grants under the Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment program to advance connected and interoperable vehicle technologies. The grants to recipients in Arizona, Texas and Utah will serve as national models to accelerate and spur new deployments of vehi  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "As this Department explores every measure that can help reduce roadway fatalities, connected vehicle technology--like V2X--has potential to make roads safer and save lives," said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. "The grants we're announcing today are helping accelerate the development and adoption of potentially life-saving V2X technology nationwide."   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: On Tuesday, the states of Utah and Wyoming, where federally-controlled land is abundant, filed a joint lawsuit challenging the new BLM Public Lands Rule (https://publiclands.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/12824_4_PLPCO_PL_Factsheet_V3.pdf). The states are suing the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failure to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NE  more