WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of February 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. For February 2024, 0.6% of flights were canc  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced today that it is accepting applications for the third year of its Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. The SMART Grants Program was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021. As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, the program wil  more

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management awarded a contract to LCI Trucking and Construction out of Pavillion, Wyoming for $551,111.40 to repair public lands impacted by erosion in southwestern Wyoming near the town of LaBarge. The contract will re-grade incised channels to re-establish a broad draw with numerous stable micro-channels to reduce stream velocities during high ru  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on five draft Recreation Business Plans that would modernize the way recreation fee sites are managed for the following locations: Kingman Field Office, Lake Havasu Field Office, the Arizona Strip Field Office's Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area, the Phoenix District's Recreational Shooting Sites, and the Vermi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits to stop both the Biden Administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. Today, a coalition of 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administrat  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 14 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will open its 12th biennial Juried Art Show to the public this week, a few weeks ahead of Celebration 2024, when winners will be announced. Jurors selected 32 pieces by 24 artists for the exhibit, which will open on Friday, May 17, in the Nathan Jackson Gallery at SHI's Walter Soboleff Building in downtown Juneau. The following artists and pieces were acce  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Leading a coalition of eighteen states, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today filed a lawsuit fighting federal agency overreach by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 29, 2024, the EEOC issued new sexual harassment guidance that unlawfully extends Title VII's protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender identity. Under the EEOC's gu  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 14 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A 24-state coalition filed a petition for review today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administration's new regulation of emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The States' D.C. Circuit sui  more