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News Tipoffs - Montana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday July 30, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Attorney General Bird Supports President Trump Appeal and Reversal of Unprecedented $350 Million New York Fine
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 15-state coalition in supporting President Trump's appeal of a court order wrongly fining him more than $350 million. The suit was brought by New York's Democrat attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge of using "every legal avenue to pursue" President Trump. The judge required President Trump to pay an unprecedented almost half  more

Attorney General Platkin Announces Settlement With Video Sharing Service
TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Multistate Agreement Resolves Issues with Cameo Celebrity App Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-0729_Baron-App-Inc-dba-Cameo.pdf) * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined 29 other Attorneys General in announcing a settlement resolving potential consumer protection and Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") Endorsement Guideline  more

Civil Engineers From Around the Country Join Forces to Repair Minot AFB Runway
MINOT AFB, North Dakota, July 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Trust Tate, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Aircraft runways at military installations across the world require small-scale repair and maintenance at regular intervals due to wear and tear associated with normal operations. When the time came for more extensive maintenance work on the Minot AFB runway, Airmen assigned to the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron teamed up with Airmen  more

Department of Labor Finds Appalling Disregard of Safety Standards by Building Contractor in Collapse of Boise Airport Hangar That Killed 3 Workers
WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Big D Builders Inc. ignored regulations, visible warning signs before deadly incident * * * BOISE, ID - A federal workplace safety investigation into the fatal injury of three workers and injuries to at least eight others, after an airport hangar collapsed near the Boise Airport in January 2024, found the building contractor ignored standard safety proced  more

Los Alamos Studies Innovative Energy Sources for the Intermountain West
WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Well retrofits and hydrogen are key to cleaner energy * * * Two new papers, both authored by Mohamed Mehana of the Earth and Environmental Sciences division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, explore the feasibility of well retrofitting and clean hydrogen production from fossil fuels. "With no action taken, over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide will leak int  more

Nonfarm payroll employment up in 27 states from June 2023 to June 2024
WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From June 2023 to June 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27 states and was essentially unchanged in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+3.5 percent), Missouri (+3.2 percent), and Nevada (+3.1 percent). The following states also had over-the-year employment increases of a  more

Wash. U.S. Attorney: Former Rhode Island Man Convicted of Attempt to Smuggle More Than 400 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Across Strait of Juan De Fuca to Canada
SEATTLE, Washington, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: A 67-year-old former resident of Rhode Island, Texas, and Chicago was convicted late Friday July 26, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Seattle of three federal felonies connected to his scheme to smuggle duffle bags full of drugs across the strait bordering Washington State and Canada via watercraft, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Joh  more