Wednesday - April 30, 2025
News Tipoffs - North Dakota Editors Newsletter for Tuesday January 07, 2025 ( 3 items )  

N.D. A.G. Wrigley Places EPA on Notice on Intent to Sue
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: For nearly 50 years, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been promulgating and enforcing its own rules regarding the storage, treatment, and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR). When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would allow states to apply for program primacy for regulating CCR activities, NDDEQ promptly prepared and  more

N.D. Gov. Armstrong Appoints Jill Kringstad to Succeed Fedorchak on N.D. PSC
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Kelly Armstrong today appointed Jill Kringstad, manager of business operations for the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC), to fill the PSC seat vacated by former commissioner Julie Fedorchak, effective immediately. Fedorchak was elected to Congress in November and sworn in Friday to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kringstad has served as the PSC's manag  more

The Biden-Harris Administration Awards 14 States and Washington, D.C. with CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Planning Grants for Expanding Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Note to editors and reporters: Video b-roll of a CCBHC (4 minutes, 41 seconds)opens in a new tab and an explainer video "What is a CCBHC? (50 seconds) , external link opens in a new tab" are available for download and use in reporting, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.  more