WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Biden-Harris Administration today announced nearly $830 million in grant awards for 80 projects nationwide that will help states and local communities save taxpayers money while strengthening surface-transportation systems and making them more resilient to extreme weather events worsened by the climate crisis, flooding, sea-level rise, heat wave  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development issued the following news: Today, the Minnesota Senate voted to confirm Matt Varilek as Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's second term. Varilek has served as DEED commissioner since June 2023. Before joining DEED, Commissioner Varilek was president of the Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation,  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley offered South Dakota's nine Native American tribes a historic opportunity to train tribal law enforcement officers. "People in tribal communities continue to suffer because of the well-documented shortage of tribal law enforcement officers. This hurts all of South Dakota's nine reservations, so we are taking the   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 12 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 21 of her fellow Republican governors urged the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden Administration to pause implementation of the PM2.5 rule under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. "I joined my colleagues in this letter because this shortsighted ridiculous rule will crush South Dakota farmers, manufacturers and their empl  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, April 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news on April 9, 2024: By Airman 1st Class Brittany Kenney, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs Military children were celebrated in a Purple Carpet Roll Out event at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, April 8, 2024. Now in its fourth year, the event was held at the Youth Program Center on base to kick off the Month of the Military Child, being the first of several events   more