SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 22 attorneys general in an amicus brief in Alabama v. U.S. Secretary of Education at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The filing, which was led by the State of Mississippi, supports a challenge to the federal government's brazen attempt to undermine Title IX discrimination protections for girls and women. At its core, Title IX ensures women an  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 15 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 25 other state attorneys general calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state's law protecting girls' sports: "Like Arkansas, West Virginia has a strong interest in sa  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a 26-state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state's law protecting girls' sports. "West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act is about fairness and protecting the integrity of women's s  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $775 million for 21 states to clean up legacy pollution through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. These historic resources to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites of which over $1 billion has already been distributed are creating good-paying jobs, catalyzing economic growth, eliminating harmful methane leaks,   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on Aug. 14, 2024: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomed members of the House Committee on Natural Resources to Alaska to learn more about Alaska's gold standard for responsible resource development, the opportunities natural resource development provides working Alaskans families, and the real-life consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration's job-killing actions against Alaska. "Alaska is an energy giant. W  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency's MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency's MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community Success) program, formerly the Science Missi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA and the State of Alaska released the Summary Report for the Alaska Aquaculture Opportunity Area Spatial Planning Workshops. The first workshop took place on February 26, 2024, in Anchorage. The second was held on March 26 and 27, 2024, in Juneau. Front Cover of the Summary Report for Alaska AOA Spatial Planning Workshops. Credit: NOAA Fisheries. The workshops fostered extensive informa  more

MENLO PARK, California, Aug. 15 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * His wide-ranging curiosity, novel way of looking at problems and sheer joy in solving them drove many important contributions to particle physics. * * * Theoretical physicist James D. "BJ" Bjorken, a professor emeritus at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University whose work played a key role in revealing the exist  more