AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills' Statement in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement today in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: "During a 1957 speech in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' As we observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day--the only federal holiday desig  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 21 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2025: On Friday, January 17, Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined the Attorneys General of Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, and Georgia in a lawsuit to stop President Joe Biden's illegal ban on new offshore drilling. On January 6, only two weeks before the end of the Biden-Harris Administration, President Biden issued two memoranda purporting to permanently "withdraw from dispositio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * RESTORING NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It is in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation and ensure future generations of American citizens celebrate the legacy of our American heroes. The nami  more