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Biden names former N.J. attorney general to run Drug Enforcement Agency
Updated Apr 12, 2021;
Posted Apr 12, 2021
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President Joe Biden on Monday nominated former New Jersey state Attorney General Anne Milgram as head of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Milgram, who served as the state’s chief law enforcement officer under Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine from 2007 to 2010, serves as a special counsel for the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler and teaches law at New York University School of Law.
“Anne is a great choice for this extraordinarily important position,” said another former New Jersey attorney general, Chris Porrino, a partner at Lowenstein Sandler. “We look forward to her swift confirmation and continued success in this new role.”
Drought Is Consuming the Western U.S., but Water Technologies Offer Lifelines
Apr 13, 2021
It’s only April, but in parts of the U.S. Southwest, it already feels like summer. With temperatures in the upper-90s last week and virtually the entire western half of the U.S. in drought, it seems we can prepare for yet another year of record-breaking weather.
Parts of Texas have yet to recover from the deadly winter storm two months ago while now facing an onslaught of hot, dry days punctuated by the upcoming hurricane season. It’s not unprecedented: Texas last saw such a severe winter storm in 2011, followed that summer by the worst year of the state’s multiyear drought which included 90 days of 100 degrees-plus temperatures and catastrophic wildfires.