OAKLAND, California, April 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 17 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter supporting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) proposed overdraft fee rule, amending Truth in Lending Act (TILA) regulations. The proposed rule would require large banks to apply consumer protections, include interest rate disclosures, to overdraft fees. In doing so, the proposed ru  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 2 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT DIX, New J - Fort Dix, NJ - Instructors from the 83rd U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Command, under the 100th Training Divisions, certified 26 soldiers with the Holistic Health and Fitness Integrator (H2F1) additional skill identifier (ASI). The H2F1 course was formerly the Master Fitness Trainer course. The biggest difference is the H2F1 course combines all aspects of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 3 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced today that Illinois joined a multistate lawsuit (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/94d7f053-243e-4a0a-9c9b-8834238e3c2d/fileAsset/US_DIS_PAED_2_22cv3253_d75853018e4903_AMENDED_COMPLAINT_Second_against_MARINER_FINANCE_L.pdf) against Mariner Finance for violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance ch  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 3 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: In an effort to protect Missouri consumers, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and a coalition of seven other attorneys general filed a motion to ban John Caldwell Spiller II from engaging in all telephone-related services after Spiller violated permanent robocall and telemarketing bans. "As Attorney General, I will enforce the laws as written, which includes holding accountable  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on April 2, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein consented to Dogwood Health Trust's selection of a new independent monitor to oversee HCA's compliance with the Asset Purchase Agreement it signed when it purchased Mission Health System in 2019. The Asset Purchase Agreement requires Dogwood to obtain the Attorney General's consent when selecting the Independent Monitor. Dogwood selec  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission's Water Quality Committee will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. on April 9 in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building in Raleigh. Members of the public may attend in-person or join the meeting by computer or phone. Meeting information, including agendas and supporting documents, can b  more

MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Fishermen purchasing or renewing fishing licenses or vessel registrations at Division of Marine Fisheries offices can now use their credit cards for payment. The Division of Marine Fisheries' license offices will accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express for in-person payments. The cardholder must present the card and a photo ID at th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, Governor Cooper announced that more than 400,000 North Carolinians now have access to health care through the state's Medicaid expansion following record enrollment numbers and a coordinated campaign to enroll North Carolinians across the state. "So many younger, working people desperately need affordable health insurance and Medicaid Expansion fills the bill for th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 3 -- The North Carolina Department of Revenue issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The deadline for filing state individual income tax returns with the North Carolina Department of Revenue is Monday, April 15. Electronically filed returns must be submitted electronically by midnight on April 15. For taxpayers filing via paper, returns must be postmarked by April 15 to meet the deadline. Taxpayers may apply for a 6-month extension to file their retu  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that six new states have joined Pennsylvania in its federal lawsuit against Mariner Finance regarding widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. Illinois, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin filed a Motion to Intervene in the lawsuit, which the court gra  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 3 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 2, 2024: On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance charged consumers for hidden add-on products that consumers were not fully informed about or, in some instances, did not agree to buy. I  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Based on a review of the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that the Roanoke logperch, a large freshwater darter, is no longer at risk of extinction. The Service is proposing to remove the fish from the endangered species list. The Roanoke logperch, or Percina rex, is known as the king of the darters because of its size   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 3 (TNSres) -- The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news on April 2, 2024: On March 6th, 2024, Paul Caseley, program manager for WDVA's Veteran Commercial Tobacco Cessation Program, presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) Awardee Meeting in Atlanta, GA. With grant funding from the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health through the Washington State Department of Health, your   more