ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 31 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 21 other states, in filing a petition for review Tuesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's new effluent limit guidelines for steam electric power. "This new regulation exceeds the agency's authority. It stands to have substantial impacts on approximately eight coal-fired power plants within  more

FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina, May 31 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Walter T. Ham U.S. Army Soldiers and units come together every year to participate in a wide variety of all-Army competitions. Beyond the competitors and units, it takes a team of leaders and support personnel to ensure safe and successful competitions. The all-Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the Year was no exception when EOD teams representing the 52nd EOD Group, 71st EOD Group, U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Sixth round of funding further enhances safety and efficiency at airports The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another round of funding for 90 airport-related infrastructure grants across 34 states. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion tota  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1067) on May 30, 2024, entitled "Productivity by State - 2023": * * * Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector increased in 36 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in 47 states and the District and declined in Delaware, Iowa, and South Dakota. Hours worked increased in 42 states and the District. Alaska experienced the  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on May 30, 2024: * * * Soil cores will be collected and analyzed to generate data for the Molecular Observation Network * * * Eight researchers were recently selected to participate in summer soil sampling for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's Molecular Observation Network (MONet). The awarded principal investigators and research teams w  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Allegiant, Frontier, and Spirit took steps to enhance their travel benefits for service members Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a new "Support Our Troops" dashboard to help U.S. military service members and their immediate family members more easily access travel benefits offered by the 10 largest U.S. airlines. The dashboard clearly displays each airlines' commitments to serv  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Sunoco v. Honolulu, asking the nation's high court to hear arguments in a case where state courts have mistakenly allowed local jurisdictions to bind energy policies and promotions of companies engaging in interstate and international commerce. The City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Honolulu B  more