WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DENVER Colorado, Wyoming and several other states are currently fighting multiple fires that are prompting evacuations, causing power outages, and impacting air quality with heavy smoke. FEMA Region 8 has approved federal assistance to battle five fires across Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. In addition to supporting these firefighting efforts, we encourage  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 2 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a 20-state coalition in a letter to the Biden-Harris administration, demanding it stop its fearmongering attempt to block state laws that protect Americans from discriminatory debanking. Debanking discriminates against Americans for their religious and political beliefs and denies them access to basic resources such as bank accounts or   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 2 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Today, Attorney General Miyares of Virginia announced the sending of a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) demanding that they immediately reinstate the contractual agreement that was made with Maximus--a private call center headquartered in Virginia that handles calls about crucial Medicare and Hea  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 2 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today is leading 19 other attorneys general in opposition to the Biden-Harris administration's claim that state laws preventing de-banking are a "national security threat." Attorney General Moody and the coalition claim this is another attempt to stoke confusion about state laws to advance extreme activist agendas. Attorney General Ashley Moody   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Three States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.6 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Montana, Oklahoma, and Vermont's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Bide  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: A Lame Deer man who admitted to distributing methamphetamine and acting as a drug debt collector on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, James "JC" Luis Costilla, 37, pleaded guilty in March to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: FRENCHTOWN, Mont. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently directed two additional sampling events with a third now underway at the Smurfit-Stone Mill Site, a former paper and pulp mill located 11 miles west of Missoula, Montana. Since 2015, EPA has directed and overseen extensive site investigation by potentially responsible parties (PRPs) under the Comprehensive Environmental Respon  more