MANHATTAN, Kansas, July 23 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Sure, Matt Bachman will be excited to see his old professors and friends when he returns to Kansas State University in a few years, now as a graduate of the university's Carl R. Ice College of Engineering. But the recent construction science and management graduate will be particularly keen on seeing if anyone is using the electric vehicle charging station he helped get built on campus. As part of an unde  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-CONS-3006-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Jim Snyder, Inc. Date Filed: 07/18/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3007-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - PT Oil, LLC Date Filed: 07/18/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3008-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - BCE-Mach III, LLC Date Filed: 07/18/2024 * * * 25-  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 19 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-TRAM-5005-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 07/19/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order consolidating dockets (No. 24-CONS-3373-CPEN; 24-CONS-3374-CPEN): * * * In the matter of the failure of Nacogdoches Oil & Gas, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-407 at the Spradling #68 well in Labette County, Kansas. In the matter of the failure of Nacogdoches Oil & Gas, LLC (Operator) to report activity that occurred during the 2023 calendar year in compliance with K.A.R. 82-3-409. ORDER CONSOL  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 25-CONS-3008-CPEN): * * * In the matter of the failure of BCE-Mach III, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the Diel B #2 well in Barber County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned well, assesses a $100 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully described below. I. JURIS  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 25-TRAM-049-UCR): * * * In the Matter of the Investigation of Jeda Fence LLC, of Olathe, Kansas, Regarding the Violation(s) of the Motor Carrier Safety Statutes, Rules and Regulations and the Commission's Authority to Impose Penalties, Sanctions and/or the Revocation of Motor Carrier Authority. PENALTY ORDER The above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the Stat  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 25-CONS-3006-CPEN): * * * In the matter of the failure of Jim Snyder, Inc. (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at thirteen wells in Butler County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned wells, assesses a $1,300 penalty, directs Operator to come into compliance, and further rules as more fully described below. I. JURISDI  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 25-CONS-3007-CPEN): * * * In the matter of the failure of PT Oil, LLC (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3-111 at the Mellor #1-WD and Mellor #3 wells, and with K.A.R. 82-3-126 at the Mellor lease, in Butler County, Kansas. PENALTY ORDER The Commission finds Operator has violated K.A.R. 82-3-111 regarding the captioned wells and K.A.R. 82-3-126 regarding the captioned lease, assesses a $300  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, July 18 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following penalty order (No. 25-TRAM-050-UCR): * * * In the Matter of the Investigation of SC Trucking LLC, of Hesston, Kansas, Regarding the Violation(s) of the Motor Carrier Safety Statutes, Rules and Regulations and the Commission's Authority to Impose Penalties, Sanctions and/or the Revocation of Motor Carrier Authority. PENALTY ORDER The above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the St  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: On Monday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of eleven States in submitting a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act. The comment letter was submitted in response to the Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regardi  more