BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 7 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: * * * Armstrong directs state resources to be ready for America 250, TR Presidential Library celebrations * BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Kelly Armstrong today signed an executive order directing state agencies to have personnel and resources ready to assist and respond as needed to the America 250 celebrations over the July 4 th holiday, including the grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt President  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman, Cramer, Hassan, Slotkin Push Expanded Outdoor Rehabilitation for Veterans * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in introducing the Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Act, legislation aimed at helping former servicemembers access outdoor recreation opportunities to improve their well-being. The effort   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * DOT Awards Over $2.3 Million to North Dakota Tribal Nations * BISMARCK, N.D. - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $2,333,044 to two North Dakota tribal nations through the Build America Bureau Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program. The funding will be distributed as follows: * $1,583,044 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to support the Gordon Lake Road In  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 7 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund blasts Oklahoma's outrageous 'Christ is King' resolution An outrageous resolution proclaiming "Christ is King,"back under consideration in the Oklahoma Legislature, is an un-American attack on religious freedom a  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: Grand Farm to Manage Nationwide USDA AgTech Network, Placing North Dakota Precision Ag Ecosystem Front & Center * Senator Secured $11 Million for Grand Farm-NDSU-ARS Cooperative Agreement, Laid Foundation for National AgTech Testing Program WHEATLAND, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced that Grand Farm will serve as the National Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Agricul  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces the Creation of the USDA National Proving Grounds Network to Strengthen U.S. Farm and Ranch Profitability * (Washington, D.C., April 7, 2026) - USDA's Research, Education, and Economics Under Secretary Dr. Scott Hutchins today announced the launch of the USDA National Proving Grounds Network for AgTech (NPG-Ag), a nationwide initiative designed to rigorously evaluate agricultural  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 8 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * West Virginia urging the DOJ to protect federal attorneys from political groups who are weaponizing bar complaints West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General in fighting back against organized, politically motivated campaigns designed to intimidate Department of Justice attorneys and cripp  more