RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 24 other States have filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule imposing burdensome regulations on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declin  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 24 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 20 bipartisan governors joined in urging Congress to pass the Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Act (HR 7906). The legislation would strengthen the ability of Tribes to collect child support by providing them another tool to do so. The letter was written to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 24 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Lawmakers eyed seven measures to reduce regulations and boost housing, but found problems with many and will work on only three. * * * A legislative panel charged with reducing regulations received pushback Thursday from advocates who don't want the state to limit how local governments use rules and fees to mitigate the affordable housing crisis.  The Regulatory Reduction Tas  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Giovanny Bustamante Ibarra, 21, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced to 125 months' imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and carrying firearms during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, on Feb. 28, a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2011 Hyundai with Arizona license plates dr  more