MINOT AFB, North Dakota, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Abigail Kinder, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs On the cold morning of December 19, 1963, six F-106 Delta Darts departed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on a routine training mission that would end in tragedy. The aircraft were operated by pilots assigned to the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, an Air Combat Command unit responsible for protecting the United States' northern border from So  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 25 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * Griffin: '[Y]et again a federal court has stopped the Biden-Harris administration from going around Congress' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the preliminary injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education halting the implementation  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 25 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that the Eastern District of Missouri granted his motion to block Joe Biden's unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX that would allow biological males in female spaces. "This is a huge win for women and girls across the country. The Court recognized that Joe Biden's plan to allow biological males into female spac  more

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

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1475) on July 24, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 1 state on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates and total separations rates both increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, hi  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 24, 2024: * * * Projects Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Support the Expansion of a Modernized Electric Grid, Accelerate State and Local Permitting, Create Good-Paying Jobs and Build Up Community Infrastructure * * * In a continued effort to expedite the build out of a resilient and reliable electric grid, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 20 projects across 16 sta  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

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * DUNSEITH, N.D. -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded a Design-Build contract to McGough Construction that will replace all existing outmoded buildings at the Dunseith Land Port of Entry with more secure, efficient, and high-capacity new faci  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 25 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on July 24, 2024: North Dakota Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley announced today the North Dakota Lottery contributed $9.92 million to the state's general fund, to support a drug fighting task force and compulsive gambling treatment efforts during the Fiscal Year 2024, which ended June 30, 2024. "While most North Dakotans think about the Lottery and the potential to win a life-changing amount, and th  more

STUTTGART, Germany, July 25 -- The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, a service component of the U.S. Africa Command, issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson ACCRA, Ghana - U.S. Army Sgt. Brielle Marman, a dental assistant with the North Dakota National Guard, was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant during a special ceremony at 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana. The promotion was officiated by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Todd R. Wasmund, the commanding general of U.S.  more