Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal signed that state’s House Bill 60, or the “Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014” in tolaw on Wednesday. This new state law will allow Georgia residents to carry concealed weapons into many areas that were traditionally off-limits to concealed firearms such as bars, school zones, hospitals, government buildings and even certain areas […]
BP announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to sell interests in four BP-operated oilfields on the North Slope of Alaska to Hilcorp. The sale agreement includes all of BP’s interests in the Endicott and Northstar oilfields and a 50 percent interest in each of the Liberty and the Milne Point fields. The sale also […]
United States Coast Guard received a request for assistance from the Alaska State troopers on Tuesday evening. Troopers had contacted the Coast Guard is reporting that there was a man in distress in a deflating raft in Cook Inlet near Anchorage. According to Alaska State troopers, they had received a 911 call from a 44-year-old Anchorage […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban by the state of Michigan on the use of race as a factor in considering applicants for state colleges and universities. By a vote of six to two, the Supreme Court upheld the right of Michigan voters to prohibit public colleges and universities from taking […]