DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 16-state coalition in a lawsuit challenging the Biden-Harris Administration's amnesty scheme that authorizes hundreds of thousands of aliens to illegally enter the country. The Biden-Harris program will parole more than 500,000 aliens, illegally allowing them to live and work in the country. The scheme breaks federal law by bypassin  more

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug. 24 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech by Chair Jerome H. Powell at an economic symposium entitled "Reassessing the Effectiveness and Transmission of Monetary Policy", which was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: * * * Four and a half years after COVID-19's arrival, the worst of the pandemic-related economic distortions are fading. Inflation has declined significantly. The labor market is no longer overheated, and conditions are now  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 24 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) publicly released their proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for their Rock Springs Field Office. The plan outlines how the BLM will manage 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming. The Governor's statement on the RMP follows: "Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the FEIS f  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Brennon Scott, 25, of Lander, Wyoming was sentenced Aug. 20, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court documents, on Feb. 2, the Fremont County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop on Scott after witnessing him swerve and drive over the  more