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News Tipoffs - Utah Editors Newsletter for Wednesday October 23, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Iowa A.G. Bird Urges Supreme Court to Hear State's Request for Control Over Its Own Land
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led eight other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah's case requesting control over its own land. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of Utah's land--almost half of which is being held by the government without any designated purpose, such as for national parks, national monuments, wildlife, or recreation areas. Uta  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Seven Members of Moscow-Based Criminal Organization Plead Guilty in Over $1.7 Billion International Telemedicine Scheme
BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Hafizullah Ebady pleaded guilty to health care fraud conspiracy. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II. Ebady is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in connection with a sprawling international health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Ebady's co-defen  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Asks Federal Court to Halt Program Rewarding Illegal Immigration
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against a Biden Harris Administration rule to allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are in the country while also affording them the possibility of employment and access to public benefits programs. In an amicus brief filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Drummond and   more

U.S. Transportation Command Announces 15 Additional Installations to Begin Domestic Phase-in Under Global Household Goods
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Command's Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO), in coordination with the military services and U.S. Coast Guard, has selected the following additional installations to begin servicing Global Household Goods (GHC) shipments during the month of October: 1. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 2. Eglin Air Force Base, Florid  more