National Association of Manufacturers Archives

16 states file suit challenging pause on LNG export permits

22 March 2024

Led by Louisiana General Attorney General Liz Murrill, the attorneys general of 16 states have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Louisiana challenging the pause on pending approvals of LNG export projects announced by the Biden administration in January.

Attorney General Murrill calls that move an “unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.”

The State of Louisiana is joined in the suit by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/16-states-file-suit-challenging-pause-on-lng-export-permits/

Carriers might decide to risk pushing AB5 enforcement limits

15 July 2022

Concern over California’s AB5 law and its potential effects on trucking is at the point where one high-level official believes some carriers may decide to push the limits of enforcement in order to survive.

“In my opinion, there will be companies that take the risk and say we’ll run as owner-operators until someone decides to enforce AB5,” said Harold Sumerford, CEO of J&M Tank Lines and chairman of the American Trucking Associations. “I’m not willing to take the risk.”

Speaking Thursday at a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-might-decide-to-risk-pushing-ab5-enforcement-limits

Business groups condemn Trump-led insurrection, election fraud claims

7 January 2021

Flag-waving Trump supporters marching in street.

Business groups forcefully condemned President Donald Trump for stoking supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol Wednesday and lawmakers for going along with the president’s debunked conspiracy claims about election fraud by trying to block certification of the Electoral College results.

National Association of Manufacturers CEO Jay Timmons, a staunch supporter of Trump policies, issued a stunning rebuke of the president Wednesday and called for him to be removed from office.

“Armed violent...

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