OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Brian Brackens, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs PALMDALE, Calif. - In a big win for U.S. Air Force readiness, the "Spirit of Nebraska" a B-2 bomber, returned to operations 91 days ahead of schedule, after completing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on Oct. 15, 2024. Previously, it has taken B-2s approximately   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced $196 million in grants, funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to repair and replace aging natural gas pipes. In total, this round of funding will support 60 modernization projects for natural gas pipelines across 20 states. "Aging, leak-prone n  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led eight other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah's case requesting control over its own land. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of Utah's land--almost half of which is being held by the government without any designated purpose, such as for national parks, national monuments, wildlife, or recreation areas. Uta  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against a Biden Harris Administration rule to allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are in the country while also affording them the possibility of employment and access to public benefits programs. In an amicus brief filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Drummond and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced $196 million in grants, funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to repair and replace aging natural gas pipes. In total, this round of funding will support 60 modernization projects   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The White House issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding on July 31, 2024. Federal funding also is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit org  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Nebraska to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding on July 31, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basi  more