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News Tipoffs - North Dakota Editors Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 4 items )  

18th Airborne Command & Control Squadron Hosts First Change of Command Since Activation
ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Patrick Sullivan, 78th ABW/PA The 18th Airborne Command and Control Squadron hosted its first change of command ceremony since its activation at Robins Air Force Base in February 2023. Lt. Col. Richard Elmore assumed command from Lt. Col. Scott Sevigny. A geographically separated unit from the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, the 18th ACCS flies the E-11A Battlefi  more

Attorney General Bird Sues to Stop Taxpayer Dollars From Supporting Political Campaign Goals
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 16 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined eight other states in suing the Biden-Harris administration for using taxpayer dollars to influence elections and achieve campaign goals. In 2021, the Biden-Harris administration ordered federal agencies, with no election-related responsibilities, to develop voter registration plans. The agencies have since created these plans in secr  more

BLS Mountain-Plains Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - July 2024'
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - July 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.5 percent in July; up 2.7 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stati  more

Burgum Releases Statement on Passing of State Rep. Randy Schobinger of Mino
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement today regarding the passing of state Rep. Randy Schobinger of Minot, who died Tuesday, Aug. 13, at age 54 at his home in Delano, Tenn. Schobinger served in the North Dakota Senate from 1994 to 2006 and in the state House of Representatives from 2016 to 2024. He announced in January that he would not seek re-election. "Rep  more