ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Tim Walz today announced $4.5 million in grants for 46 law enforcement agencies in Minnesota to support officer training and recruitment. The Governor made the announcement alongside cadets and police chiefs from across the state at Hennepin Technical College, which is one of two locations that will provide training for law enforcement candidates. "Police departments of all   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Project lead Edgar Lara-Curzio said the effort provides three key benefits: Enabling wider adoption of electric vehicles to slow climate change impacts; protecting national security by reducing dependence on foreign materials; and bringing economic development to former coal mining communities. Bishnu Thapaliya, an electrochemist on the research team, said the poten  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Mark Gordon announced today that Wyoming and Montana have filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Buffalo Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) that ends new federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin. The suit argues that the RMPA record of decision is unreasonable, unjustified, and unsupported by federal law. "Instead of working with the states to a  more