9+ hour, 31+ min ago  (84+ words) Arkansas Governor Sanders signed on February 16th an Executive Order 26-04 (EO) styled: EXECUTIVE ORDER TO MAKE ARKANSAS THE BEST STATE IN AMERICA TO DO BUSINESS THROUGH STREAMLINED, CLEAR, AND EXPEDITIOUS PERMITTING PROCESSES THAT PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (978+ words) Update on Reporting Requirements for Foreign Agricultural Landholders'JD Supra Update on Reporting Requirements for Foreign Agricultural Landholders - What's new: The USDA has launched a new online portal for AFIDA filings, released updated data on foreign land ownership and penalty assessments,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (226+ words) The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued a January 20th Notice of Violation (NOV) to Jefferson County Waste Tire Processing Facility (Jefferson County) addressing alleged violations of the waste tire regulations and a waste tire…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (198+ words) The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and Big Land Investments, LLC (BLI) entered into a January 5h Consent Administrative Order (CAO) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (290+ words) Florida AG James Uthmeier and Last Energy, Inc. filed a petition with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking a declaratory order stating that the licensing requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 are inapplicable to Last Energy's nuclear reactors. READ MORE…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (194+ words) H2Ozarks announced in the January Basin Bulletin that it is accepting applications for its Mill Creek Cost-Share program (Program). The Program is stated to provide landowners with financial and technical support for conservation practices that benefit both their land and water…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (241+ words) Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell obtained a preliminary injunction against online prediction market platform KalshiEX, LLC barring it from offering sports-related event contracts to Massachusetts customers. READ MORE Texas AG Ken Paxton settled with Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to resolve allegations…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (229+ words) A Petition to Initiate a Rulemaking Docket (Petition) was filed on January 9th before the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) by the general staff. See Docket No. 26-006-R. The Petition proposes to make changes to the Arkansas Gas Pipeline Code (Code). The…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (224+ words) A group of 20 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers supporting the agencies" updated definition of "waters of the United States. READ MORE Following Connecticut…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (198+ words) On December 1, 2025, a new law took effect in North Carolina permitting private schools to authorize their employees and volunteers to carry certain weapons on their campuses. Session Law 2025-81 created a carveout in N.C. Gen. Stat. " 14-269.2 to allow an employee or volunteer…...