WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNStalk) -- The Beer Institute issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * The Beer Institute, a national trade organization representing the beer industry, released the following statement after HB 1303 was defeated in the North Dakota state legislature. "We are pleased the North Dakota House rejected HB 1303, which would have arbitrarily reclassified liquor products as wine to reduce their tax rate - blurring the lines between distinctly different alcohol categ  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Feb. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Western Environmental Law Center posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Climate and conservation groups defended the Biden administration in a brief filed today responding to a lawsuit brought by North Dakota seeking to force the federal government to hold more oil and gas lease sales in the state. North Dakota sued last month, claiming that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had violated federal law by not offering oil and gas leases every t  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Climate and conservation groups defended the Biden administration in a brief filed today responding to a federal lawsuit brought by North Dakota seeking to force the federal government to hold more oil and gas lease sales in the state. North Dakota sued last month, claiming the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had violated the law by not offering oil and gas leases e  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 10 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: Climate and conservation groups defended the Biden administration in a brief filed today responding to a lawsuit brought by North Dakota seeking to force the federal government to hold more oil and gas lease sales in the state. North Dakota sued last month, claiming that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had violated federal law by not offering oil and gas leases every three months. Mimicking law  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Climate and conservation groups defended the Biden administration in a brief filed today responding to a lawsuit brought by North Dakota seeking to force the federal government to hold more oil and gas lease sales in the state. "The oil and gas industry needs to take 'no' for an answer," said Dan Ritzman, director of Sierra Club's Lands, Water, Wildlife. "By pursuing this lawsuit, Big  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 7 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release and letter: The Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to city officials in Fargo, North Dakota, warning them to stop their unconstitutional effort to shut down a 69-year-old resident's auto repair shop. For 42 years, John Bultman has run his auto repair shop, John's Repair, at its location on 11th Street North. Despite being in an area that is now zoned residential, John's was grandfathered  more