COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 14 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends President Trump's Executive Order on birthright citizenship ( COLUMBIA, S.C. ) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 18 other state attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, supporting President Trump's Executive Order that clarifies the limits of birthright citiz  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for October 2025 oil and gas lease sale in North Dakota BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on seven oil and gas parcels totaling 3,001 acres that may be included in an October 2025 lease sale in North Dakota. The comment period ends Apr  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 14, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity $5,000,000,000 ceiling contract for F110 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) engines. This contract provides five years of pricing for F110-129 install and spare engines, with modernized engine monitoring system computers and spare engine accessories s  more

HELENA, Montana, March 14 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Honors Two State Employees with Outstanding Service Award * March 14 2025 BOZEMAN, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte yesterday recognized two Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees, James Washburn, and JD Douglas, with the Outstanding Service Award for their exceptional response to a fatal traffic accident near Townsend last month. "A true public servant steps up in   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 8, 2025. * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 226,000, an increase of 1,500 from   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) that reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in educa  more