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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Tuesday August 13, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Establishes Emergency Response Task Force to Support Bases
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Emily Mifsud TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLA - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Task Force Agile Mission Support team is gearing up to provide enhanced emergency response resources to Air and Space Force installations affected by natural disasters and other events. TFAMS is the evolution of AFIMSC's Initial Response team, stood up in 2020 to foc  more

Idaho Joins Coalition to Stop Biden-Harris Administration From Giving Obamacare to Illegal Immigrants
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 13 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a lawsuit in federal court last week to stop the Biden-Harris administration from giving Obamacare to illegal immigrants. Labrador is joined in the lawsuit by attorneys general from 14 other states, and the suit is led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. "The Biden-Harris Administration has made it overwhelmingly clear that our borders are wide ope  more

UAGO Protects Children From Experimental Medical Procedures
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Florida's defense of a law protecting children from experimental medical procedures. In May 2023, the Florida State Legislature passed--and Governor Ron DeSantis signed--SB 254, which prohibited sex changes for minors. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida explained that "Flo  more

USDA Forecasts US Corn Production Down and Soybean Production Up From 2023
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecasted corn production down from 2023 and soybean production up from last year. Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2023, forec  more

VP Harris, Gov. Walz Issue Remarks at Campaign Event in Glendale, Ariz.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued the following remarks at a campaign event at Desert Diamond Arena: * * * GOVERNOR WALZ: Wow! (Applause.) Hey, he- -- hello, Arizona! (Laughs.) (Applause.) Wow. Hey -- AUDIENCE: Coach! Coach! Coach! GOVERNOR WALZ: (Bows.) Yeah. Wow. Well, you might have seen, a few people showed up in Philadelphia the other night. (Applause.) And then 10,000-plus walked into a field in western Wisconsin. (Applause.) And then  more

VP Harris, Gov. Walz Issue Remarks at Campaign Event in Las Vegas, Nev.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 12 -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued the following remarks on Aug. 10, 2024, at a campaign event at Thomas and Mack Center: * * * GOVERNOR WALZ: Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Hey -- (applause) -- AUDIENCE: Gov! Gov! Gov! GOVERNOR WALZ: (Laughs.) (Applause.) Wow. Wow. One more time for Tilly. Thank you. (Applause.) Well, hello, Las Vegas. (Laughs.) (Applause.) Now, I know some of you spent the week googling Minnesota a little bit -- (laughter  more