LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 12 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration's hidden subsidy for electric vehicles and to defend ethanol. In his most recent assault on gas vehicles, President Biden is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six times. This illegal bolstering of electric vehicles negatively affects car owners,  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 12 -- The Oklahoma Department of Corrections issued the following news on April 11, 2024: This week, an Oklahoma judge set a new cost of incarceration rate for inmates housed in the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Judge Natalie Mai set that rate at $66.49 per day, which covers food, clothing and other operating expenses. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections currently reimburses county jails $27 per day per inmate to house ODOC inmates who are awaiting transfe  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 12 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Leaders and educators from the Senate and House Democratic Caucuses are calling on the Legislature to reject State Superintendent Ryan Walters' rules before the 2024 legislative session ends. With about a month and a half left in the session, there's still time for lawmakers to act. "We're hearing from our constituents who are very concerned about this attack on the local control of Oklahoma publi  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 12 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Senate General Government Committee approved House Bill 3623 Thursday. Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, is the Senate author of the measure that ensures state dollars are not used to employ undocumented immigrants. HB 3623 requires businesses contracting with the state to sign an affidavit stating they are in compliance with the state's electronic verification laws. "Oklahoma ta  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Friday, Paul Anthony Thompson, 36, was sentenced for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in Indian Country and Assault of an Intimate Dating Partner by Strangling and Suffocating, and Attempting to Strangle and Suffocate in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge John D. Russell sentenced Thompson to 216 months imprisonment, f  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

AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Idaho Governor Brad Little, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse his Administration's policies that would strip millions of Americans from access to cruc  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- 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 Seaman First Class (S1c) James W. Holzhauer, 22, of Abingdon, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 18, 2018. On Dec. 7, 1941, Holzhauer was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The  more