LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 9, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reverse a lower court ruling denying a preliminary injunction in Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. v. Garland: "This is a victory for the rights of Americans and the rule of law as the Eighth Circuit concluded   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 10 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2024: Today, in an effort to defend Missourians and their constitutional rights, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office secured a win against the Biden-Harris Administration's illegal attempt to ban pistol braces. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the unconstitutional rule is "arbitrary and capricious" and ordered the case remanded bac  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 10 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2024: * * * DEC Firefighters Assisted Efforts to Contain Wildfires in Montana and Oregon * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the safe return of 21 wildland firefighters led by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers after two-week assignments in Montana and Oregon. A 20-person crew assisted with firefighting efforts at the Grouse Fire in Montana. An   more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 10 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following letter on Aug. 9, 2024: * * * Dear Friends, Summer vacation is drawing to a close. Next week will see most of our kids back to school. Parents will begin the rituals of packing lunches, double-checking schedules, waiting in the seemingly endless drop-off line, shuttling kids to sports and events in the afternoon, and then doing it all again the next day, but with more laundry and less sleep. Back-to-school a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Innovative Services Northwest (ISNW), a social services nonprofit, will pay $136,500 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. The lawsuit alleged ISNW failed to accommodate a former employee of its janitorial services program who sought to return to work after medical treatment  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 10 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Burgum are inviting the general public to join them for Recovery Reinvented, an event dedicated to eliminating the shame and stigma of the disease of addiction, on Oct. 30 at the Bismarck Event Center. The event will also be livestreamed. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and is currently open for both in-person and online atte  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level helicopter flights are planned over a broad region in Idaho and Montana to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will be conducted from July 2024 for approximately 5 months, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting. Surveying may resume in the spring or summer of 2025 if data collection is not completed in 2024. Flights wil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2024: The National Park Service today announced $3 million in grants to 13 Tribes and 21 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation, and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Enacted in 1990, NAGPRA requires museums and federal agencies to inventory and identify Na  more