WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 30 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends Oklahoma pork producers against California's radical Proposition 12 OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 30, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against California's strict hog-housing regulations that would adversely impact Oklahoma's pork producers. In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a law requiring out-of-state pork producers to comply with  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief opposing taxpayer-funded sex change operations for state prisoners. Overall, Carr has taken roughly 50 legal actions to prevent taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries and the chemical and surgical mutilation of Georgia's children. "Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for sex changes," said Carr. "We're proud to stand with our fe  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * Gov. Kelly Armstrong released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior, making him the second North Dakotan to hold the position. Armstrong reached out to Burgum to congratulate him on his confirmation. "The strong support Governor Burgum received throughout the confirmation process spea  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 23 other states in filing a brief arguing that taxpayers should not have to pay for sex change operations for prison inmates. The brief was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case from Indiana. "The fact that a prison inmate thinks a sex change should be paid f  more