OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond announces victory after EPA filing OKLAHOMA CITY (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  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 17 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Attorney General Mike Hilgers hosted a press conference today to highlight his legislative priorities for 2025. Attorney General Hilgers was joined by Senator Kathleen Kauth and Senator Tanya Storer to unveil two bills in addition to those he announced earlier this week to protect children. "I am grateful to Senator Kauth and Senator Storer for carrying these bills, which ar  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following state of the state address on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * President Kelly, Speaker Arch, members of the 109th Legislature, tribal leaders, fellow Nebraskans. What a time of promise and opportunity for our state and nation. What a tremendous moment for those of us who have been blessed with the privilege to serve our fellow citizens in public office. I am as grateful today for that privilege as I was when I stood in thi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Administrator Guzman Grants More Than $26M to Create 13 New Women's Business Centers WASHINGTON -- Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, awarded $26.25 million to create 13 new Women's Business Centers (WBC) and support 17 existing WBCs ac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.6 Million for Infrastructure Improvements to Support Business Growth in Kearney, Nebraska WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the city of Kearney, Nebraska, for infrastructure improvements neede  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: Fighter aircraft from Japan, and the Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral escort flight of U.S. bombers operating in the Indo-Pacific, Jan. 15, 2025. Two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s and two Republic of Korea Air Force F-15Ks escorted two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers. This first trilateral flight of 2025 builds upon a history of strong trilateral cooperation, enabling an immediate coordin  more