LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 4 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced victories against two recent unlawful and undemocratic mandates by the Biden Administration that inflict harm on Americans, economy, and economic security. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi temporarily stopped the Biden Administration's Department of Health and Human Services from re-defining discriminati  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 3 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on July 1, 2024: On Monday, July 1, U.S. Federal Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana, issued a preliminary injunction in Louisiana's favor for the State's lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decisions to ban new liquefied natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries. Judge Cain's order lifts the LNG ex  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 4 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Today, Platte County District Court Judge Rachel A. Daugherty sentenced 31-year-old Michael J. Keener to 85 years to life of incarceration for the January 2022 murder of 77-year-old Larry A. Houdek in Columbus, NE. On the evening of January 16, 2022, Houdek was found deceased in his Columbus residence by the Columbus Police Department. An autopsy revealed that Houdek's death   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general have filed a challenge to the Biden Administration's latest attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road. The filing aims to block the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) strict fuel efficiency standards that contain a new rule requiring car manufacturers to dramatically increase the avera  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Vulnerable wildlife across the nation will benefit from more than $7.4 million in grants thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Competitive State Wildlife Grants (C-SWG). Since 2008, the C-SWG program has provided over $103 million in federal grant funds to states, commonwealths, territories, and the District of Columbia to benefit fish and wildlife and their hab  more