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News Tipoffs - Montana Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 23, 2024 ( 6 items )  

A.G. Coalition: U.S. Military Must Cease Its Unlawful Use of Racial Quotas
TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 23 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today led coalition of 19 state attorneys general in a letter urging U.S. military leaders to stop using unlawful and immoral racial quotas for recruitment and admission to military academies. "Racism has no place in the U.S. government, especially not in the United States military. The Supreme Court has made clear what the Constitution requires  more

BLS Issues Report on State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-2364) on Nov. 20, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and de  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Drop Last-Ditch Effort to Push Woke Agenda Out the Door
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to end his last-ditch effort to push the Biden-Harris Administration's woke agenda through the door before Biden leaves office. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is meeting this week to negotiate an international plastics agreeme  more

Mont. Gov. Gianforte Celebrates Record-Breaking Growth in Apprenticeships
HELENA, Montana, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: * * * Highlights record number of new apprentices, businesses engaged in 2023 Governor's Office * * * As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Governor Greg Gianforte and the Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today released a new report showing a record-breaking increase in apprenticeship opportunities across Montana. "During National Apprenticeship Week, we're celebr  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Limit Girls' Sports Teams to Biological Females
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 23 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 23 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an Arizona case to protect girls' and women's sports. "Sports teams are divided by sex to begin with to give girls a level playing field so they're not competing against boys," Attorney General Wilson said. "Arizona's law restricting girls' sports teams to biologic  more

USDA Announces Investments for Tribal Communities and Acequias and Finalizes Agreements with Irrigation Districts to Produce Water-Saving Commodities
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced next steps and selections within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Water-Saving Commodities program to support agricultural commodity production while reducing water losses in communities across the West. Today, USDA is announcing the preliminary selection of three Congressionally-authorized Indian Irrigation Projects supported by the U.S. Department  more