DES MOINES, Iowa, April 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Urges Top Credit Ratings Agencies to Stop Using Unlawful Policies that Hurt Iowa Farmers * Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has joined a coalition of 23 states urging the top three credit rating agencies to stop using unlawful environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies in their credit rating process. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Mood  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 23 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill Joins Letter to Top Credit Ratings Agencies Raising Concerns Over ESG Policies * Attorney General Murrill today joined a coalition of 23 States in questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies of three top credit rating agencies. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings-have pledged to systematic  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Groups Sue DOJ to Block National Voter Surveil-and-Purge Database Today, Common Cause and four individual members sued the Trump Administration to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans' confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters. The complaint argues that the DOJ's actions are unc  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on April 23, 2026: * * * February State Unemployment Remained Unchanged in 24 States, Decreased in 9, Increased in 18 Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its monthly State Employment Update, outlining the employment situation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In February, among all 50 states and D.C., the unemployment rate fell in 9, rose in 18, a  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news: * * * Governor Stitt Signs Bill to Accelerate Path to Zero Income Tax, Secure Oklahoma's Historic Savings * OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2026) - Governor Kevin Stitt has signed House Bill 4072 into law, creating the Oklahoma Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund to eventually eliminate the state's income tax. The Governor called on the Legislature to establish this fund in his State of the State address. Mode  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * UPDATED DATA: Inflation, Gasoline Costs Continue to Soar Under President Trump New reports show that families have spent $2,300 more each on daily expenses since Trump took office; Americans have paid $16 billion more on gas since start of Iran War * Today, the Joint Economic Committee - Minority released two updat  more

MEDINA, Minnesota, April 24 -- Polaris Industries, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, midsize and heavyweight motorcycles, issued the following news release on April 23, 2026: * * * Polaris Announces Spring 2026 TRAILS GRANTS as Program Marks 20 Years More than $125,000 awarded to 14 off-road and snowmobile riding clubs across the U.S. and Canada as Polaris surpasses $4 million in total giving since the program's inception * Today, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII), the global lead  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 23 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Reimer to share how AI is transforming health care * Reimer will speak during a panel discussion, Looking Ahead - What Will the Enterprise AI Ecosystem Look Like? The panel discussion will examine how enterprise AI operating models are evolving, which emerging technologies will be critical to long-term success and how leaders can make future-proof investments while navigatin  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs  more