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

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

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

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

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

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

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 15 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Aug. 14, 2024: Gov. Doug Burgum today participated in a beam signing ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, marking a significant milestone in the construction of the nation's 15th presidential library. The project has raised over $270 million in private donations, far surpassing the $100 million that was originally required to trigger a $50 million state endowment whose earning  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 15 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 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