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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 16, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Helps Secure Ruling to Vacate Illegal Biden-Harris Overtime Pay Rule
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'This is yet another failed attempt by the Biden-Harris administration to rewrite laws passed by Congress' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated, nationwide, the Biden-Harris administration's rule regulating overtime pay for exempt employees:  more

CAFB hosts last 2024 Base Community Council
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The 14th Flying Training Wing hosted the last monthly Base Community Council meeting for 2024 on November 13, at the Columbus Event Center, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The BCC is a community organization that supports the interest of military and civilian communities through mutual understanding and joint participation in common activities. These meetings provide the i  more

CCAF Returns to CAFB
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. Nine 14th Flying Training Wing Airmen received their Community College of the Air Force degrees November 12, 2024, at the Columbus Air Force Base Event Center. CCAF graduations were commonplace at CAFB before the 2019 pandemic and were further delayed by program restructures. The CCAF graduation ceremony was the first in five years held on base and wa  more

FinCEN: September 2024 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Outreach Activities
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued the following news wrap up: Over the past year, FinCEN has directly reached small businesses and other key stakeholder groups through hundreds of beneficial ownership events and other engagements--including conferences, webinars, roundtables, and informational sessions--in partnership with Secretaries of State, industry groups, Members of Congress, corporate service providers, Chambers of Comme  more

Foundation for Mississippi History Awarded $225,000 for Margaret Ann Crigler Park
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 16 -- The Foundation for Mississippi History, a nonprofit organization that conducts fundraising efforts to help support and promote the projects and programs of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, issued the following news release: The Foundation for Mississippi History has been awarded $225,000 by the Mississippi Arts Commission for the construction of Margaret Ann Crigler Park in Jackson. The foundation is one of 20 organizations in Mississippi awar  more

Hawaii A.G. Lopez Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "While we work to identify and reduce the amount of illegal robocalls   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Opposes Biden-Harris Mandate That Jeopardizes Lifesaving, Small-Town Fire Departments
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 16 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she led 19 other states in a comment letter opposing a new Biden-Harris mandate that will shut down small-town, volunteer fire departments. Approximately 70% of the nation's fire departments are made up of volunteers; in Iowa, that number is more than 90%. With the Biden-Harris Administration's changes to Occupational Safety a  more

Miss. U.S. Attorney: Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Murder on the Natchez Trace Parkway
JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: A Mexican national pled guilty today to murder on the Natchez Trace Parkway. According to court documents and statements made in open court, on September 23, 2018, Cristian Mitchel Mondragon Gonzales, 29, had an altercation with the victim following a party at a residence where they both lived. The victim left the residence and Mondragon   more