| News Tipoffs - Oklahoma Editors Newsletter for Saturday April 06, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
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Ga. A.G. Carr Shuts Down Biden Administration's Unlawful Climate Mandate for Businesses
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 6 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release:
Attorney General Chris Carr has successfully blocked an unlawful climate disclosure rule from the Biden administration's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Among other items, this rule seeks to require companies to produce disclosures concerning greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks, and risks related to the physical impact of storms, drought, and higher temperatures. The rule would also
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N.D. A.G. WRIGLEY: MULTISTATE COALITION DEFEATS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S GREEN AGENDA IN COURT
BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 6 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on April 4, 2024:
Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced today that a 21-state coalition including North Dakota persuaded a federal judge to block the most recent example of federal overreach by the Biden Administration. The new federal rule would have required states to meet burdensome and expensive bureaucratic mandates for on-road vehicles. The 21-state coalition filed the successful court action
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Okla. A.G. Drummond: 101 Subdivisions Apply for First Round of Opioid Abatement Grants
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 6 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 5, 2024:
The Office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond is reviewing 101 applications for the first distribution of grant funds from the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board. The application process for $23 million in funds to fight Oklahoma's opioid crisis ran from December through March.
Applications from eligible political subdivisions span 34 counties, 33 school districts,
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Okla. U.S. Attorney: Gang Member Sentenced to Life, Plus 10 Years for Retaliation Murder After Federal Trial Conviction
TULSA, Oklahoma, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release on April 5, 2024:
A Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang member was sentenced today for First Degree Murder in Indian Country and Carrying, Using, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced, Bennie Frank Withrow, IV, 38, of Tulsa, to life plus 120 mon
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USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted for from WWII (George, G.)
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 2nd Class (S2c) George T. George, 26, of St. Louis, Missouri, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 26, 2017.
On Dec. 7, 1941, George was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The
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Va. A.G. Miyares Shuts Down Biden Administration Climate Mandate on Businesses
RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 5, 2024:
Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a victory against the Biden Administration's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") mandate that forces businesses to track and report greenhouse gas emissions. Virginia joined a 25-state coalition in securing a temporary, nationwide block on President Biden's extreme climate mandate while the lawsuit continues.
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