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News Tipoffs - South Dakota Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 16, 2024 ( 5 items )  

At the White House Tribal Youth Forum, USDA Announces New Investments in Tribal Students and Higher Education
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agricultural professionals. During his remarks, Secretary Vilsack announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program. These programs ref  more

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Projects Stewarded by Interior Department Supported More Than 28,000 Jobs, $3 Billion to the Economy Last Year
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, ahead of the third anniversary of President Biden signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of the Interior released a new analysis that estimates that investments from the Law supported more than 28,000 jobs and contributed more than $3.3 billion to the economy in fiscal year 2024. "Today's report further demonstrates how President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is deli  more

Hawaii A.G. Lopez Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "While we work to identify and reduce the amount of illegal robocalls   more

Iowa A.G. Bird Opposes Biden-Harris Mandate That Jeopardizes Lifesaving, Small-Town Fire Departments
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 16 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that she led 19 other states in a comment letter opposing a new Biden-Harris mandate that will shut down small-town, volunteer fire departments. Approximately 70% of the nation's fire departments are made up of volunteers; in Iowa, that number is more than 90%. With the Biden-Harris Administration's changes to Occupational Safety a  more

White House Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Transforms Nation's Infrastructure, Celebrates Historic Progress in Rebuilding America for the Three-Year Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Transforms Nation's Infrastructure, Celebrates Historic Progress in Rebuilding America for the Three-Year Anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Over $695 billion in funding and over 74,000 projects announced thanks to President Biden's Investing in America agenda For far too long, this country's infrastructure was under resourced and neglected, lea  more