WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is inviting public comment on the Spring Creek Mine Federal Mining Plan Modification Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The 45-day public comment period will open when the draft EIS is published in the Federal Register. OSMRE prepared this EIS to further analyze the environmental im  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 31 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas, along with a bipartisan coalition of 29 other states, has reached a settlement ending the outstanding damages phase of an unclaimed property dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas and the other states will take possession of more than $190 million in unclaimed property. In 2023, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court sided with Texas and its coalition partners, holding that unclaimed official ch  more

STUTTGART-MOEHRINGEN, Germany, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Africa Command issued the following news release: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, USAID Senior Development Advisor (SDA) Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Michael Woods, Command Senior Enlisted Leader traveled to Tunisia, to further cooperation between the United States and Tunisia, August 28, 2024. During his visit, Langley, along with U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia  more