BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

DENVER, Colorado, April 10 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Governor Polis appointed J. Chris Larson to the 20th Judicial District Court. The vacancy is created by the retirement of the Honorable Patrick Butler and is effective May 11, 2024. Mr. Larson is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado, a position he has held since 2023. Previously, Mr. Larson was a Deputy U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following commentary on April 8, 2024: * * * Community Colleges: Building Pathways to the Future By Amy Loyd, Assistant Secretary, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education The American postsecondary education system has seen many transformations, but none so democratic and revolutionary as the founding of the first community college in Joliet, Illinois in 1901. Then-president of the University of Chicago William Harpe  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A former police officer with the Warren Police Department in Michigan pleaded guilty today to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Matthew Rodriguez, 49, pleaded guilty to using excessive force against an arrestee while fingerprinting and photographing him at a local detention facility. "This police officer carried out a violent assault on a man who was doing nothing to  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 10 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), in partnership with the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME), is announcing the Michigan Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program (SSSG) and accepting applications to support quick-build projects led by incorporated cities and transit agencies that improve user safety, enhance mobility and support l  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that yesterday Troy Davonn Morgan, age 23, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for operating as an armed drug dealer in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In imposing the sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker rejected Morgan's plea for leniency, emphasizing   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 10 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Michigan State Police (MSP) Office of School Safety officials shared with the State Board of Education today significant progress in protecting the physical and emotional safety of children in Michigan schools. New gun safety laws, dramatic increases in funding for school safety and children's mental health services, and training for  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more