BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 11 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: A North Dakota federal court yesterday halted a Biden Administration rule that would have provided taxpayer-subsidized health plans to illegal aliens. Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 18 other state attorneys general in suing to stop the proposed rule from going into effect. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led the coalition and personally argued the case i more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced today the launch of the new Towns grant program. This program is an initiative designed to spur quality-of-place improvements in rural Kansas communities that have received no funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce since 2019. This new opportunity will have $100,000 available for its first round of funding.  more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that more than $400,000 has been awarded for projects that will boost tourism throughout the state. Funding from the Attraction Development Grant program, which focuses on assisting local communities in the development of sustainable travel experiences through new and existing tourism attractions, will be divi more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5038-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 12/10/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3183-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Apollo Energies, Inc. Date Filed: 12/10/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3184-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Carol Holt Date Filed: 12 more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following news release: The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has announced the appointment of Commissioner Dwight D. Keen of the Kansas Corporation Commission to the Association's Board of Directors. As the supervisory body, the NARUC Board oversees the Association's general and financial functions and approves resolutions that serve as the Association's policy. NARUC is a non-profit organiz more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 11 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news: By Jill Pritchard The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is monitoring reports of sick and dead waterfowl, such as geese and ducks, across the state. The Department is actively collecting birds to determine the cause of illness but suspects highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be the cause. Other states, including Kansas and Iowa, are experiencing similar occurrences. Avian i more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey sticks to passenger airliners. With hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon fiber produced around the world every year, scientists have sought useful, cost-effective methods for recycling the material. But carbon fiber -- strands of carbon atoms bonded together in a matrix -- i more PR