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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (State) Newsletter for Sunday December 22, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ill. Natural Resources Dept.: Illinois State Museum Announces New Director
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 21 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced Jenn Edginton will serve as director of the Illinois State Museum, a division of IDNR. Edginton has been the interim director of the Illinois State Museum since February 2023. She joined the museum in January 2021 as director of interpretation. Prior to that, she worked at the Museum of Science and  more

Kan. A.G. Kobach: Biden Withdraws Illegal Student Loan Forgiveness Schemes
TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 21 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Today, the Biden administration's U.S. Department of Education announced plans to withdraw proposed regulations that would have cancelled student loans for some borrowers. Biden's proposed illegal student loan forgiveness schemes would have forced blue collar Kansans, many of whom did not go to college, to pay off the student debt of New Yorkers with gender studies degrees to the   more

Kansas Supreme Court: Rural Justice Initiative Committee Releases Report and Recommendations
TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 21 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release: A committee formed two years ago to examine unmet legal needs in rural Kansas has released its findings and recommendations in a report to the Kansas Supreme Court. The Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee was charged with studying the trend toward fewer attorneys living and working in rural Kansas and how it impacts rural Kansans who need legal services. The report includes 10 recommendations to enco  more

Multi-State Coalition Led by New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Calls for Abolishment of Federal Insurance Office
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 21 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release: A coalition of Insurance Commissioners from Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia have issued a joint letter to the newly appointed leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The letter urges DOGE to recommend the elimination of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) as par  more

N.C. Gov. Cooper Presents Ex-UNC Basketball Coach Roy Williams With Order of Long Leaf Pine
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Governor Roy Cooper presented Coach Roy Williams with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the State's Highest Honorary Society, for his significant impact on the State of North Carolina during his tenure as Men's Basketball Coach at UNC Chapel Hill and for contributions to the state of North Carolina. "Coach Williams exemplifies what it means to be a Tar Heel and a North Caro  more