PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 16 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: Thanks to the collective efforts of many, the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) continually provides a safe and efficient public transportation system across South Dakota. SDDOT seeks new ways to engage stakeholders and users of the transportation system, with the ultimate goal that everyone arrives home safely, each and every day! A key in  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 16 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. In September 2024, Attorney General Hilgers led a 24-State coalition in filing a formal comment letter with the EPA opposing California's request. California's Advanced Cl  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today just a few months after filing a formal comment letter opposing the request. In September, Drummond and 23 other state attorneys general filed a letter with the EPA arguin  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 16 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today a victory in fighting a move that would have cost South Carolina consumers and businesses more money. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California's request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. Last September, Attorney General Wilson joined a 24-state coaliti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * * * * There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 January 15, 2025 Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. No  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * Letter from President Biden Four years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities. We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. But we came together as Americans, and we braved through it. We emerged stronger, more prosperous, and more secure. Today, we have the stronge  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * Creating six new national wildlife refuges, including the Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in southwest Florida, the Wyoming Toad Conservation Area in Wyoming, the Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee, the Lost Trail Conservation Area in Montana, and the Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. * Advancing Tribal co-stewardship of feder  more