SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 26 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 17 state attorneys general in opposing the White House's recent decision to defer removing Palestinians from the United States. Earlier this year, President Biden ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop removing Palestinians subject to removal orders. The President purportedly ordered the deferral due to "humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian te  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 26 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following statement on June 25, 2024: * * * "We are encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court will review this case." "We believe the lower court wrongly overturned federal agency approval of a new rail line that would connect natural resources from rural Utah with national markets." "While Utah is not a party to the case, the State filed an amicus brief supporting Supreme Court review to emphasize this railway project's  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news on June 26, 2024: * * * Scientists Introduce an Online Tool for Water Managers * * * Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Southwest Climate Hub and California Climate Hub have developed a browsable map-based tool that addresses water scarcity in the U.S. Southwest. The Water Adaptation Techniques Atlas (WATA) consolidates over 200 case stud  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 26, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing he has sent a letter on behalf of 20 state attorneys general supporting the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act), legislation sponsored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to protect American civil and military officials from unlawful prosecutions by the International Criminal Court (ICC): "A  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced his support for S. 4484, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act), joining a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in a letter to United States Senate leadership. This legislation aims to shield American civil and military officials from unlawful prosecutions by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The House c  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is partnering with rural Americans on hundreds of clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to clean energy and create jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers. Many of t  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: * * * Name of Product: Yeti Link Expansion Modules and EC8 Cables Hazard: The connection between the Yeti Link Expansion modules and the cables can overheat and melt, posing fire and burn hazards. Remedy: Replace Recall Date: June 20, 2024 Units: About 34,460 (In addition, about 815 were sold in Canada) (The EC8 cables were previously recalled in April 2021) Consumer Contact: Goal Zero toll-f  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced more than 1,900 state and local governments around the country will receive a total of $621.2 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT payments help to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services. PILT payments are made for tax-exempt federa  more