AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls on Costco to End Woke DEI Practices and Unlawful Discrimination Attorney General Ken Paxton sent an Iowa- and Kansas-led multistate letter to Costco demanding that the company fully repeal its discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") practices. Attorney General Paxton's letter follows President Trump's executive order encouraging "the Private   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 30 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends Oklahoma pork producers against California's radical Proposition 12 OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 30, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against California's strict hog-housing regulations that would adversely impact Oklahoma's pork producers. In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a law requiring out-of-state pork producers to comply with  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 30 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: * * * ESPN Heads to Super Bowl LIX, Brings Studio Lineup to New Orleans and Continues Traditional Pre- and Post- Game Shows from Sideline of America's Biggest Game; ESPN's Many Platforms Provide Comprehensive Coverage of Chiefs and Eagles * Super Bowl Sunday: Jason Kelce Joins Postseason NFL Countdown for Extended Four-Hour Edition; NFL Primetime with Chris Berman Follows Lo  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 31 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, is now accepting applications from Kansas licensed early child care facilities to participate in a program to increase child nutrition knowledge and consumption of local fruits and vegetables. The program, titled "Our Earliest Eaters: Bringing the Farm to Kansas Licensed Early   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief opposing taxpayer-funded sex change operations for state prisoners. Overall, Carr has taken roughly 50 legal actions to prevent taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries and the chemical and surgical mutilation of Georgia's children. "Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for sex changes," said Carr. "We're proud to stand with our fe  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Releases Statement Regarding Tragic Plane Crash Near Washington, D.C. Airport TOPEKA -- This morning, Governor Laura Kelly released the below statement: "I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives last night and extend my deepest condolences to the victims' families and loved ones. I have been in constant communication with federal, state, and local officials overnight and wa  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 30 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Hamm, Inc. wins 2024 Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Award Hamm, Inc. received the 2024 Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Award from the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Conservation on January 9, 2025. This award recognizes companies that excel in implementing mined land reclamation and convey a positive image of mining in Kansas; Hamm was recognized for their reclamation  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 31 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell served as outside transactional and regulatory counsel to Marshfield Clinic Health System in a merger with Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States. As a result, the combined system will serve patients and communities across the upper Midwest, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 31 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * 25-DPAX-303-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Utility Solutions of Kansas, LLC Date Filed: 01/30/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-5049-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 01/30/2025 * * * 25-DPAX-302-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: I  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 30 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * RJI's Potter Ambassadors bring benefits of leading-edge education to Missouri news organizations For the first time, students at the Missouri School of Journalism trained both newspapers and broadcast media organizations By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 28, 2024) -- For one week in mid-January, students from the Missouri School of Journalism were once again embed  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 23 other states in filing a brief arguing that taxpayers should not have to pay for sex change operations for prison inmates. The brief was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case from Indiana. "The fact that a prison inmate thinks a sex change should be paid f  more