CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 13, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Eric, for that generous introduction. And for your leadership. I am grateful to be here in Wyoming, and to have the chance to thank, in person, our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners gathered around this table. This group of leader  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 14 attorneys general on a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v. Mayorkas. The coalition, led by the State of Florida, requests that the nation's high court hear arguments in a question of a legal right of intervention to defend a federal immigration rule. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published an immig  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a coalition of eight states in supporting Ohio's lawsuit against the Biden-Harris EPA for authorizing California's illegal ban on traditional, gas-powered cars. California's mandate requires that all cars, trucks, and SUVs sold be electric by 2035. Car manufacturers will be forced to ban traditional cars to keep up with woke green quotas  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 307) entitled "Wyoming and Colorado Railroad Co. Inc. - Abandonment Exemption - In Carbon County, Wyoming": * * * On May 31, 2006, the Board granted a petition for exemption filed by Wyoming and Colorado Railroad Company, Inc. (WYCO), authorizing WYCO to abandon a 23.71-mile rail line between milepost 0.57, near Walcott, and milepost 24.28, at Saratoga, in Ca  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon announced that Wyoming will lead a lawsuit with Texas, North Dakota, and 14 other states challenging the latest in a slew of rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) targeting the coal industry. This is the fourth suit the Governor has filed since EPA released the rule package targeting coal-fired power plants this spring. Wyoming previously filed three lawsuits challen  more