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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Friday August 09, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Attorney General Moody Leads Multistate Coalition Against Biden-Harris Border Gamesmanship
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 9 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a 15-state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in support of intervenor states that seek to prevent the Biden-Harris administration from weaponizing sue-and-settle tactics to avoid accountability for the border crisis. The Biden-Harris administration appear to have abandoned its defense of  more

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Wyoming's "Internet for All" Initial Proposal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * Wyoming Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $347 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Wyoming's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet for All"  more

BLM Seeks Input for Proposed Dry Creek Trona Mine in Southwest Wyoming
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office issued the following news release: KEMMERER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer and Rock Springs field offices are seeking public comment on the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Dry Creek Trona Mine south of Green River in Sweetwater County. Trona is a mineral used to make soda ash, an essential raw material in baking soda, glass, chemicals, detergents, and o  more

Interior Department Provides $325 Million to Increase Access to the Outdoors
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: PHOENIX Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis today announced the distribution of $325 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Stateside Assistance Program to all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia the largest annual distribution from the program since 1979. Investments from the LWCF are helping support the Biden-Harris administration's America the Beautiful   more