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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (State) Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 16 items )  

Ark. A.G. Griffin Joins 26-State Coalition Supporting Virginia's Right to Remove Non-Citizens From Voting Rolls
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 30 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Griffin: '[T]he fundamental right of voting belongs to citizens, not non-citizens' * * * FAYETTEVILLE - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after joining with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and 24 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting Virginia's lawful removal of non-citizens from it  more

ESPN's Unmatched Coverage of NCAA Women's Basketball Tips Off This November - More Than 3,420 Games During 2024-25 Season
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 29 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: ESPN continues to be the industry leader in women's college basketball coverage, with a schedule of more than 220 games during the 2024-25 regular season campaign across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and ACC Network. More than 3,200 additional games will be available across ESPN digital platforms, including ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACC Network Extra. The 2024-25 campaign tip  more

Fla. A.G. Moody: Florida Lends Assist to Virginia in U.S. Supreme Court Fight for Ability to Maintain Integrity of State Voter Rolls
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 30 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody and state attorneys general from 24 other states are filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from state voter rolls. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "States have a duty to maintain their voter rolls to ensure that only American citizens are able to vote. Virginia is tryin  more

Husch Blackwell Presents 2024 Pro Bono Impact Award to Cormac Connor
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell presented its annual Pro Bono Impact Award to Washington, DC-based partner Cormac Connor as part of National Pro Bono Week observances. Connor leads the firm's pro bono partnership with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation (LBHF), advancing critical mental health advocacy for healthcare workers. The foundation honors Dr. Lorna Breen, a New York City emergency ph  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "It is gravely concerning that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice and liberal activists are fighting so hard to keep non-citizens on the voting rolls, especially this close to an election,  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Supports Virginia Challenge to Uphold Election Integrity
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today opposed the Biden-Harris Department of Justice's ("DOJ") last-minute effort to force Virginia to re-add self-identified noncitizens onto the State's voter rolls--in violation of both federal and Virginia law. In August, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order to uphold election integrity and remove more than 1,500 self-ide  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Urges Supreme Court to Protect Farmers and Cities From Green Activist Lawsuits
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 24 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect states' powers to regulate and ensure access to clean water. At the Port of Tacoma, woke green activists sued to take regulatory power away from the states and give it to themselves. The same tactic could be used to sue farmers and cities--giving green activists the ability to i  more

Kan. A.G. Kobach Leads 27-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Virginia's law provides mechanisms to protect election integrity, while ensuring only U.S. citizens remain on voter rolls. * * * Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach lead a coalition of attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "It has always been against the law f  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Oct. 28, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 29 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5030-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-200-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Epic Excavating LLC Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Oct. 29, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3165-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Thresher Energy, Inc. Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-201-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: FreeState Electric Cooperative Application Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-202-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenie  more

Louisiana A.G. Murrill Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 30 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "Louisiana stands with Virginia! It's appalling that the federal government would sue Virginia when these people never had the right to vote in our country in the first place. We must  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers Joins Brief Asking Supreme Court to Expedite High-Profile Voter-Registration Case
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 30 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "Election integrity starts with safeguarding the ballot box. Our brief calls on the Supreme Court to let states enforce our own election rules that don't allow non-citizens to vote. By expeditin  more

Ohio A.G. Yost, 24 Other AGs Ask Supreme Court to Intervene in Virginia Voter Registration Case
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 24 other state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to permit Virginia's removal of roughly 1,600 self-identified noncitizens from voter rolls. Virginia is seeking intervention from the Supreme Court following a U.S. District Court ruling on Oct. 25 that ordered state election officials to restore the voter registrations of noncitizen  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case, Protect Election Integrity
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 30 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: With a presidential election less than a week away, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. In an amicus brief filed yesterday, Drummond and a coalition of 25 other states argue that a preliminary injunction halting the state of Virginia from removing self-identified non-citizen  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Joins Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson joined attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "The right to vote in our federal elections is given to every American citizen, but nowhere in the Constitution does that include any non-citizens. Allowing non-citizens to cast a ballo  more

University of Kansas: Study Finds Influential Textbooks Labeled American Actions as Imperialist, Contradicting American Exceptionalism
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The ideology of American exceptionalism has long held that the United States is and has been exceptional throughout its history, not making the same mistakes or perpetuating the same evils of other world powers. Yet a new study from the University of Kansas has found that influential history textbooks have long argued that America acted as an empire, especially in the late 19th century. Stephen Jackson,   more