WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following agency statement on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) is one of the most widely popular butterfly species in North America. We are accustomed to seeing its beautiful orange wings with black-veined outlines flying in gardens and wildflower fields during the summer season. Can you envision the summers without the monarch butterfly? Imagine the im  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a coalition of eight states in supporting Ohio's lawsuit against the Biden-Harris EPA for authorizing California's illegal ban on traditional, gas-powered cars. California's mandate requires that all cars, trucks, and SUVs sold be electric by 2035. Car manufacturers will be forced to ban traditional cars to keep up with woke green quotas  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the appointments of Michael Leeser and Ole Tvedten as District Court Judges in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. Leeser will replace the Honorable Greta M. Smolnisky and will be chambered in Moorhead in Clay County and Tvedten will replace the Honorable Sarah E. Hennesy and be chambered in St. Cloud in Stear  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Governor Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Secretary of State Michael Watson filed a complaint on behalf of the State of Mississippi challenging an illegal Executive Order directing an all-of-government voter registration effort by federal agencies and led by the White House. "This executive order is a prime example as to why the Biden-Harris administration has been such a disaster,  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon announced that Wyoming will lead a lawsuit with Texas, North Dakota, and 14 other states challenging the latest in a slew of rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) targeting the coal industry. This is the fourth suit the Governor has filed since EPA released the rule package targeting coal-fired power plants this spring. Wyoming previously filed three lawsuits challen  more