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*Oklahoma Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday November 13, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Crapo Joins Second Amicus Brief to Protect Idaho Transportation Department from Federal Overreach
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined a bicameral group of colleagues in filing a second amicus brief requesting an Appeals Court uphold a District Court decision vacating a rule that would require local entities to regulate greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions from cars and trucks. In November 2023, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) adopted a final rule requiring state departments of transportation and metro  more

Mullin, Cramer Lead Second Bicameral Amicus Brief to Overturn FHWA's Unlawful Emissions Rule
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: In November 2023, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) adopted a final rule requiring state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the highway system and set declining targets. U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcom  more

Okla. U.S. Attorney: Tahlequah Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Charges
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces that Trae Allen Cordell, age 30, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm. The Indictment alleged that on April 3, 2024, Cordell knowingly and intentionally p  more

SEC Issues Accounting & Auditing Enforcement Order Involving Elanco Animal Health
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4537) on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * In the Matter of ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it   more