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

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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Jan. 25, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 207,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,500, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised a  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * Promotes income tax, property tax relief for Montanans * * * Governor Greg Gianforte today promoted the importance of delivering income tax and property tax relief during a visit to a small business in Bozeman. "As I meet with Montanans in every corner of our state, I hear loud and clear: tax relief is a priority," Gov. Gianforte said. "That's why we've proposed to cut taxe  more

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * Montana as a national leader in reducing taxes * * * Governor Greg Gianforte and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform today held a press conference at the State Capitol to discuss his proposals to reduce Montana's income tax rate and to deliver permanent property tax relief for homeowners at their primary residence. "I'm pleased to be joined today by Grover Norquist w  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