SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 11 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 19 attorneys general in a letter to U.S. Senate leaders, urging their legislative body "to promptly pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act)." The letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was led by the State of Arkansas. On June 5, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton introduced this bill (S. 4484), following suc  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 11 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a 7-state coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its illegal rule that forces healthcare providers to perform harmful gender-transition intervention procedures and forces states to pay for these procedures. The rule, which Congress did not authoriz  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 14-state coalition in a brief defending Arkansas's law preventing indoctrination in K-12 schools. In May, a federal court partially blocked an Arkansas law that bans indoctrination in schools. The law does not prevent teachers from instructing on any ideas or theories, but it does prevent schools from punishing kids for not accepting t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 7-state coalition in opposing the illegal attempt by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to regulate cryptocurrencies. SEC's power grab may stop states from protecting their citizens from scams, and it hurts the free market. SEC's policing of cryptocurrency will stifle innovation and devastate the cryptocurrency industry  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a multistate coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Missouri's challenge to New York's political prosecution against President Trump. The brief underscores New York's political prosecution, illegal gag order, and upcoming sentencing of President Trump, which undermine his ability to campaign. State against State lawsuits c  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 10, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Omaha-Council Bluffs - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.34 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * 46 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across key industries and provide workers with access to the new, good-  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The DNR is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for driving in meandered streams. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by the Governor on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO10 process includes public engagement with the opportunity for meaningful input. The Iowa DNR has reviewed the foll  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for Iowa wildlife and related programs. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by Governor Reynolds on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO10 process includes public engagement with the opportunity for inp  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 11 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led an amicus brief with Iowa in support of Missouri's legal challenge to New York's politically motivated prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's unprecedented, political prosecution of the presumptive Republican nominee for President is a gross misuse of state authority and must not be a  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Ashley West-Joons as a district associate judge in Judicial District 4. West-Joons, of Missouri Valley, Iowa, is an attorney at West Law Office and also serves as the Harrison County Attorney. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her law degree from Creighton University. West-Joons fills a vacancy cre  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Elizabeth O'Donnell Reist as a district judge in Judicial District 7. O'Donnell Reist, of Davenport, Iowa, serves as Senior Assistant County Attorney for the Scott County Attorney's Office. She received her undergraduate degree from Loras College and law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. O'Donnell Reist fills a vaca  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Chickasaw and Wright Counties in response to severe storms and flash flooding that occurred on July 4 and continuing. 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. The I  more

DENVER, Colorado, July 11 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Governor Polis appointed Scott J. Burrill to the Mesa County Court in the 21st Judicial District. The vacancy was created by the appointment of the Honorable Craig P. Henderson to the 21st Judicial District Court, and the appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Burrill is a Supervising Deputy State Public Defender in the Grand Junction Office of the State Public Defender, a p  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a loaded handgun in Chicago. ERIC BROWN possessed the drugs and gun on Oct. 19, 2021, near the intersection of North St. Louis Avenue and West Iowa Street in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. Brown carried a satchel that contained the handgun and 400 pil  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration has weaseled its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further their radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on w  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 10 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Online businesses cannot be allowed to evade state consumer protection laws that help level the playing field for everyday consumers against big corporations. But the lower court in this case essentially found that because online companies do business everywhere, they can be held accountable nowhere. I was proud to stand with AG Ford and these 29 other Attorneys General in  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on the Refrigerator Freedom Act (H.R. 7637), which was introduced by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act (H.R. 7700) by Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, and four cosponsors: * * * The Administration is advancing commonsense appliance energy efficiency standards that lower costs for American families and businesses a  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to clean up legacy pollution and revitalize the environment and economy of coal communities, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has awarded $400,000 in cooperative agreements for four watershed restoration projects in Iowa. The funds, part of OSMRE's Watersh  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition urged the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on July 10, 2024: * * * Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will utilize the successful "batch and build" model with partners in Sac County to install bioreactors and saturated buffers * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has formed a partnership with Sac County and the Sac County Soil and Water Co  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: For far too many American mothers, complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum can lead to devastating health outcomes--including hundreds of deaths each year. Unfortunately, our nation has one of the highest maternal mortality rates of any wealthy country in the world. This maternal health crisis is particularly devastating for Black women, Native women, and women in rural com  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * Joins Eight Other Northwest Iowa Counties Eligible for Benefits Following June Storms and Flooding. * * * Federal authorities have added Woodbury County to the list of Northwest Iowa counties that are eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) following severe weather last month. Iowa Workforce Development is now accepting applications for DUA from Iowans in Woodbury County whose employm  more