Wednesday - January 15, 2025
News Tipoffs - South Dakota Editors Newsletter for Wednesday January 08, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $12 Billion in Long-Term Assistance to Communities Impacted by Disasters
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $12 Billion in Long-Term Assistance to Communities Impacted by Disasters Funds will support recovery from Lahaina Wildfire, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and other 2023 & 2024 disasters WASHINGTON \- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in C  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Pushes Back Against Unlawful Racial Discrimination in Law School Admissions
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson signed onto a letter raising concerns that proposed changes to the American Bar Association's (ABA) admission standards for law schools violate a Supreme Court ruling and unlawfully use racial preferences when deciding which students to accept. "Merit should be the criteria for law school admission, not racial preference," said A  more

The Biden-Harris Administration Awards 14 States and Washington, D.C. with CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Planning Grants for Expanding Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Note to editors and reporters: Video b-roll of a CCBHC (4 minutes, 41 seconds)opens in a new tab and an explainer video "What is a CCBHC? (50 seconds) , external link opens in a new tab" are available for download and use in reporting, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.  more

White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor Surrounded by canyon walls in the Eastern Coachella Valley, today President Biden will sign  more