LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statements on May 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today issued the following statements after filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of four other state attorneys general alongside an Arkansas high school athlete against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX: "The ove more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 9, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing Arkansas will receive $104,246.46 as part of a $10.25 million, 50-jurisdiction settlement with AT&T, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless, and TracFone Wireless resolving state attorneys general investigations into the wireless carriers' deceptive and misleading advertising practices: "Cel more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 9 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of Sarah Mazander, 39, of Judsonia after she pleaded guilty in White County Circuit Court to the charge of Abuse of an Endangered/Impaired Person, a Class C Felony: "I am grateful for the diligence of everyone in my office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, especially Assistant Attorney Gene more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Following a decision in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in a single section of the LEARNS Act, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "Today's decision confirms what I've said all along. Arkansas law doesn't prohibit teaching the history of segregation, the civil rights movement, or slavery. I'm pleased that the District  more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The jewel of college baseball, which can be found at the corner of Washington Street and McElroy Road in Stillwater, wouldn't be possible without Cecil O'Brate. The cheering crowds, the concourse concessions with its peanuts and Cracker Jacks, the immaculate grass and the state-of-the-art video board blasting The Gap Band after a Cowboy home run wouldn't exist without O'Brate. Oklahoma State University lost th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R42755) on May 7, 2024, entitled "The Post-9/11 GI Bill: A Primer" by education policy specialist Cassandria Dortch. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers several educational assistance programs, most notably the GI Bills, that provide funds to or on behalf of veterans and servicemembers and their family members to facilitate their enrollment in an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release: * * * Apply Now * * * The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges state, local, and tribal governments to apply for up to $3.0 million in grant funding for the Pool Safely Grant Program (PSGP or grant program). The two-year grants are to be used to reduce deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. The PSGP is an essential part of CPSC's nationa more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 9 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Paul Applegarth to the Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees. Paul Applegarth Applegarth is the Chief Executive Officer of Value Enhancement International. A veteran of the United States Army, he was previously appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation by President George W. Bush an more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Following the dismissal of attorney and blogger Matt Campbell's lawsuit against Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today by the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "This was the proper outcome for this baseless case after Mr. Campbell failed to serve process within 120 days of filing the complaint--the second time this y more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Phil Shockley loved all things cars growing up, especially dragsters. On several occasions during his childhood, his family would drive from their home in Fresno, California, to Bakersfield for the March Meet drag races. Twelve-year-old Shockley took his Instamatic camera to one of the events and attempted to capture the lightning-fast machines as they streaked down the strip. When he got the developed pictures more PR

NEW YORK, May 10 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following transcript of an interview on May 8, 2024, by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield with Jason Whitely of WFAA: * * * AS DELIVERED QUESTION: Madam Ambassador, good to see you. Thank you for coming by the station here. AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Thank you very much. I'm really happy to be in Dallas. QUESTION: Well, we appreciate you being here in Texas. I want to ask you about what's happen more PR

LEXINGTON, Virginia, May 7 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors approved tuition and fees for the 2024-25 academic year at their spring meeting last weekend. Tuition and fees will increase by 2.8% next year representing an overall increase of $882 for Virginia cadets and $1,772 for out-of-state cadets. At an earlier meeting of the Virginia Council of Presidents, Gov. Glenn Youngkin had urged schools to keep any tuition and  more PR