News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday September 18, 2024 ( 4 items ) |
Iowa A.G. Bird Urges EPA to Shut Down California's Green Fleet Mandate
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024:
Today, during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sent a letter to the Biden-Harris EPA, urging it to deny California's request for a waiver that would allow it to mandate that if a traditional gas-powered truck hauls through the state of California, even one time, the entire fleet become 100% electric.
The green-fleet mandate applies to al
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Omaha District's Meg Zuercher Selected for Army Engineer Research & Development Center University
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story:
By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Researchers from eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).
Meg Zuercher, a Hydraulic Engineer with the USACE Omaha District, has been chosen as a participant for this deta
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S.D. U.S. Attorney: South Dakota Surgical Hospital Agrees to Pay More Than $12.7M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release:
Siouxland Surgery Center LLP, doing business as Dunes Surgical Hospital (Dunes), United Surgical Partners International Inc. (USPI) and USP Siouxland Inc. have agreed to pay approximately $12.76 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations relating to improper financial relationships between Dunes and two physician groups. Dunes is a surgical hospital located in
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USDA Issues World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates Report for August 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 651) on August 12, 2024:
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WHEAT: The outlook for 2024/25 U.S. wheat is for lower supplies, slightly higher domestic use, unchanged exports, and smaller ending stocks. Supplies are reduced on lower production, down 26 million bushels to 1,982 million, as reduced harvested area was only partly offset by a higher average yield
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