LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 26 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 25, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after co-leading, alongside Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a coalition of 17 states in suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an erroneous interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA):  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 26 (TNSres) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on April 25, 2024: The Board of Directors approved a first quarter 2024 dividend to be paid at an annualized rate of 9.25 percent on average activity-based stock, an increase of 0.25 percent from the prior quarter, and 6.00 percent on average membership stock, an increase of 2.45 percent from the prior quarter. The Federal Home Loan Ban  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody, in a 17-state coalition of attorneys general, is taking legal action against the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over its new rule requiring both state and private employers to accommodate abortion through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Unelected commissioners under  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 26 (TNSres) -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General's Office has concluded that the March 16, 2024, fatal shooting of Tyler Stansberry by Fort Dodge Police Department officers was legally justified. Stansberry charged at the officers from a hiding place a few feet away with a knife in each hand before the officers fired in self-defense. The Attorney General's conclu  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 26 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that she will lead a trade mission to India later this year to strengthen Iowa's trade and investment relationship with one of the world's fastest growing economies. The trade mission is planned for September 13-22, 2024, and will include Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and a delegation of agricultural and business leaders. "India is the world's lar  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Ashley Brown, DNP, ARNP, from Des Moines, Iowa, has agreed to pay $52,560 to the United States to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3729, by signing hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for expensive orthotic braces in exchange for kickback payments of $20 per patient. The full claims against Brown are contained   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 26 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Iowa-American Water Company (Iowa-American) filed customer notices with the IUB today regarding its proposed water and sewer rate increases. The notices, filed in Docket No. RPU-2024-0002, include locations for in-person consumer comment meetings for which the IUB previously approved dates in an April 8, 2024 order (https://wcc.efs.iowa.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionM  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 26 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has announced the appointment of Brynne Holsten Puhl of Lincoln to Nebraska's Workers' Compensation Court. The primary location of the vacancy is Lincoln, Lancaster County. Judges appointed to the court have statewide jurisdiction. Since 2015, Puhl has been an attorney with Atwood Law, focusing on the litigation and appeals of worker compensation cases in both Nebraska and Iowa. P  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 26 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 25, 2024: On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, alongside Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, led a coalition of 17 States in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA). "Congress passed the  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: A man who distributed heroin and fentanyl to a victim who subsequently overdosed was sentenced today to more than 19 years in federal prison. Jacob Lee Blauer, age 32, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a November 29, 2023 guilty plea to distribution of a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury. Evidence in   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Kelli Biller, 38, from Sheldon, Iowa, pled guilty April 24, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City. Biller was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. At the plea hearing, Biller admitted that from about January 2022 through November 2023, she was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 1200 grams of methamphetami  more