Friday - November 29, 2024
News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Thursday August 15, 2024 ( 8 items )  

AG Reyes Joins Brief Challenging Federal Attempt to Undermine Title IX Protections
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 22 attorneys general in an amicus brief in Alabama v. U.S. Secretary of Education at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The filing, which was led by the State of Mississippi, supports a challenge to the federal government's brazen attempt to undermine Title IX discrimination protections for girls and women. At its core, Title IX ensures women an  more

Attorney General Bailey Files Suit to Prohibit Obamacare From Funding Illegal Immigrants
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 15 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: In his ongoing fight to protect Missourians' tax dollars from misuse, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced today that he joined a 15-state coalition in filing suit against the Biden-Harris Administration over its rule treating illegal aliens as legal citizens and making states pay for their public benefits. "Not only is the Biden-Harris Administration re  more

Attorney General Griffin Leads 26-State Amicus Supporting West Virginia Title IX Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 15 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 25 other state attorneys general calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state's law protecting girls' sports: "Like Arkansas, West Virginia has a strong interest in sa  more

Attorney General Mike Hilgers Challenges Biden-Harris Administration's Unlawful Voter Registration Scheme
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 15 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of nine attorneys general in challenging the Biden-Harris Administration's unlawful plan to repurpose federal tax dollars for voter registration and threatening to diminish state authority over elections. Executive Order 14019, signed by President Biden in 2021, unlawfully directs federal agencies and departments to use money given to  more

Attorney General Miyares Joins Amicus Brief Supporting West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act
RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a 26-state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state's law protecting girls' sports. "West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act is about fairness and protecting the integrity of women's s  more

Biden-Harris Administration Invests $775 Million from Investing in America Agenda for States to Plug Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $775 million for 21 states to clean up legacy pollution through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. These historic resources to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites of which over $1 billion has already been distributed are creating good-paying jobs, catalyzing economic growth, eliminating harmful methane leaks,   more

Integrated Deterrence Is Key to Meeting Challenge of Future Conflicts, Brown Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., today explained how incorporating the concept of integrated deterrence the Defense Department's planning, coordinating and operating with all government agencies, as well as allies and partners is key to meeting the challenges of an increasingly complex strategic environment. Brown discussed the concept while delivering a keynote speech at the 20  more

ResourceOne to Pay $47,500 in EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: TULSA, Okla. Worldwide Printing and Distribution, Inc., doing business as ResourceOne, a Tulsa commercial printing, direct mailing and direct marketing company, will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to resolve a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, in August 2022, a Resource  more