WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration today is announcing an additional investment of $70 million to expand student access to school-based mental health services across the nation. These grants support the President's Unity Agenda for the nation and build on the historic levels of funding to address youth mental health provided under President Biden and Vice President Harris' leadership through the passage of t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding is Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda FORT YATES, N.D., Oct. 17, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Dr. Basil Gooden today announced nearly $173 million in funding to connect rural residents, farmers and business owners in the Dakotas and eight other states to reliable high-speed internet. Projects are being financed by the fifth rou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * The EPA will host an open house on 10/29 and a formal public meeting on 11/18 * * * BUTTE, Mont. (October 16, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the completion of a Proposed Plan detailing changes to the existing residential cleanup level for lead (Pb) and the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) boundary. The plan proposes a new cleanup level of 17  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 24-193; RM-11986) on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Huntley, Montana) REPORT AND ORDER By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Audio Division has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Order to Show Cause,/1 issued in response to a Pet  more

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador and a coalition of 23 other states filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stop the Biden-Harris Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers in Nebraska v. EPA. This coalition has joined the suit alongside Nebraska as petitioners to challenge the new rule. In April, the federal Environm  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 18 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 17, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A coalition of 24 States teamed up in Nebraska v. EPA to challenge the new rule. "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' bureaucrats in D.C. want everyone in Louisiana to drive   more

MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte yesterday highlighted the work of Missoula FFA students and their work to build tiny home at the FFA State Convention earlier this year. "Innovation in education and through programs like FFA is critical to student success and to unlock the full potential of the next generation of Montanans," Gov. Gianforte said. "It was great to visit with Missoula FFA stud  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Emphasizes importance of Montana's all-of-the-above energy approach * * * Governor Greg Gianforte today praised an announcement that Montana Renewables will receive up to $1.44 billion to expand a renewable fuels facility in Great Falls. "In Montana, we embrace an all-of-the-above approach to energy, whether it be coal, gas, or renewables," Gov. Gianforte said. "I congratula  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana was ranked as a top state for fiscal responsibility and tax relief in a recent report from the nationally-recognized Cato Institute, which graded states and their leadership on tax and spending records since 2022. "I'm proud of my record to reduce government spending and return Montanans more of their hard-earned money," Gov. Gianforte   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 18 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of states in filing a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today. Hilgers's suit is aimed at stopping the Biden-Harris Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. Attorney General Hilgers is leading a coalition of 24 States in Nebraska v. EPA to challenge the new rule. "The   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stop the Biden-Harris administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A coalition of 24 states teamed up in Nebraska v. EPA to challenge the new rule. "This is yet another overreach by the Biden-Harris administration trying to do something they  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorgan  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 18 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 17, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, encouraging Michigan's top cop to "stand strong" against pressure to drop charges against people who were "involved in allegedly unlawful activities during anti-Israel protests at the University of Michigan" in spring 2024. Earlier this spring, dozens of protesters formed an encampmen  more