BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * 21 Attorneys General, 60 Members of Congress File Amicus Briefs Supporting Louisiana's Lawsuit to Protect Women and Children from Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is thanking her fellow Republican attorneys general and 60 U.S. lawmakers for filing amicus briefs in support of her lawsuit against the FDA to vacate a Biden-era rule that removed a  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 20 (TNSxrep) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jackley Releases 2025 Crime in South Dakota Report South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the overall number of reported criminal offenses statewide in 2025 decreased by 6.03 percent compared to 2024. The Crime in South Dakota 2025 Report includes 64,261 criminal offenses in 2025 compared to 68,388 in 2024. Drug offenses decrease  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Statement on Live Nation Lawsuit * New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Live Nation's attempt to have all claims dismissed in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Attorney General James, a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces April 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in the Dakotas * BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 28, 2026, to offer 23 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,993 acres in North Dakota and South Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in November 2025 and held a public comment period  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- State Job Openings and Labor Turnover December 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Feb. 19, 2026 (22 pages) * * * Job openings rates decreased in 6 states in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates increased in 9 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressmen Davis, Johnson Introduce Legislation Improve Support for Rural Water Systems * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressmen Don Davis (NC-01) and Dusty Johnson (SD-At-Large) introduced H.R. 7530, the Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2026, to provide the Department of Agriculture (USDA) with additional authorities to provide grants, zero-interest and low-interest loans, loan forgiveness, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Curtis Statement on New USPTO Community Engagement Office in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY, UT- U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) issued the following statement on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s announcement that a new community engagement office will be opened at the University of Utah: "Today's announcement is an investment in American ingenuity and reinforces Utah's leadership in research, te  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 19 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Marshfield Clinic using new heart arrhythmia technology * Jeff Starck Marshfield Clinic Media Relations 715-389-4978 / starck.jeffrey@marshfieldclinic.org MARSHFIELD, WIS. - Marshfield Clinic is using the newest technology to help treat dangerous heart arrhythmias for patients. Marshfield Clinic performed the first implant in Wisconsin of the Medtronic OmniaSecure, th  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Drummond demands answers from YouTube over alleged censorship of conservative voices Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants answers from YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., regarding concerns that politically conservative voices may have been unfairly suppressed on the platform. Drummond and 15 state attorneys general sent a letter to Alphabet r  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 20 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * College of Nursing gift helps Indigenous STEM students attend national conference By Ellen Koester When members of South Dakota State University's AISES chapter wanted to attend the national organization's conference, the College of Nursing stepped up to make it happen. The college donated $4,000 to support travel and event costs. "In alignment with the university, the College of Nursing has   more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 20 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * SDSU work highlighted at National Bison Association conference By Allie Arp South Dakota State University students and faculty made their annual migration to the National Bison Association conference in Denver, Colorado, lost month. More than just attending, the SDSU representatives made considerable contributions to meeting's agenda from planning to presenting. Three of the conference's six e  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * U to expand innovation support across West in partnership with USPTO Federal patent officials to celebrate new community engagement office's opening Friday in Research Park * The University of Utah has entered into a new agreement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to host a community engagement office on the U campus, strengthening access to intellectual property (IP) education,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release: * * * Utah selected for new USPTO community engagement office location * Grand opening of new community engagement office to serve as innovation center for local/regional innovators ALEXANDRIA, VA-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the selection and grand opening of a new community engagement office location in Utah to serve innovators in part of t  more