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Mo. A.G. Hanaway Files Suit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers For Insulin Pricing Scheme
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 16 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Files Suit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers For Insulin Pricing Scheme
Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed suit against 19 Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) companies and drug manufacturers operating in Missouri. For years, PBMs and manufacturers have manipulated Missouri's health care markets, resulting in skyrocketing prices of life-sustaining insulin medication.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 16 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Files Suit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers For Insulin Pricing Scheme
Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed suit against 19 Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) companies and drug manufacturers operating in Missouri. For years, PBMs and manufacturers have manipulated Missouri's health care markets, resulting in skyrocketing prices of life-sustaining insulin medication.
"At a timewhen health care costs continue to soar, we are taking a stand against insulin price manipulation and fraud," said Attorney General Hanaway. "It is quite clear that the health care administration conglomerates do not want the prices for diabetes medications to go down, choosing profit over affordable health care for people at risk. Missourians deserve a fair and just marketplace and we demand nothing less."
As a direct result of the Insulin Pricing Scheme, the prices uninsured Missouri residents with diabetes pay for the at-issue life-sustaining drugs have increased rapidly over the past fifteen years. In Missouri, nearly 450,000 Missouri residents are uninsured, and approximately 18 percent of those uninsured Missouri residents are diabetic. Notably, manufacturers published prices in Missouri of $300-$400 for the same at-issue drugs that were sold in other countries for less than the equivalent of $5 USD. Missouri diabetics rely on the PBMs to achieve the lowest prices for insulin and to construct formularies designed to improve their health and lower costs, only to be deceived with artificially inflated list prices.
"Access to life-sustaining insulin should not be restricted by radical pricing practices that disproportionately harm families," said Interim Deputy Attorney General Jeremiah Morgan, "PBMs have found a way to game the system for their mutual benefit--the Insulin Pricing Scheme, and consumers have said 'enough.'"
The petition, filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, details how certain PBMs knowingly engaged in a conspiracy and violated Section 301.210, RSMo, and the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA), which prohibits deceptive and unfair business practices. The suit names 19 defendants, including PBMs and manufacturing defendants:
* Evernorth Health, INC. (Formerly Express Scripts Holding Company) (located in St. Louis County);
* Express Scripts, Inc. (located in St. Louis County);
* Express Scripts Administrators, LLC;
* ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc. (located in St. Louis County);
* Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. (located in St. Louis County);
* Medco Health Solutions, Inc.;
* CVS Health Corporation;
* CVS Pharmacy, Inc.;
* Caremark Rx, LLC;
* CaremarkPCS Health, LLC;
* Caremark, LLC;
* UnitedHealth Group, Inc.;
* Optum, Inc.;
* OptumRx, Inc.;
* OptumInsight Life Sciences, Inc.;
* OptumInsight, Inc.
* Eli Lilly and Company;
* Novo Nordisk Inc.; and
* Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC.
Together, these health care administration conglomerates make virtually all of the diabetes medications available in Missouri. The PBMs are solely responsible for the price of almost every single vial of insulin sold in Missouri and across the United States. In the US, 1 in 4 diabetics can no longer afford their diabetes medication and are forced to ration and skip doses, as a direct result of the Insulin Pricing Scheme.
The Attorney General's Office is asking the Court to take the following actions to protect Missouri consumers and enforce state law:
* Declare this Insulin Pricing Scheme Unlawful: The lawsuit seeks a court order to determine that Defendants have unlawfully received a financial windfall and have violated, and are violating, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and Missouri common law by committing deceptive and/or unfair practices against Missouri consumers, by being unjustly enriched, and by conspiring to commit unlawful acts.
* End Predatory Behavior: Grant comprehensive injunctive relief and permanently enjoin Defendants from engaging in the above described unfair and deceptive acts and practices.
* Require PBMs Pay What is Owed: The suit calls for defendants to pay all restitution, damages, disgorgement, and other relief that may be owed to Missouri consumers affected by Defendants' unlawful acts and practices.
If successful, this action will hold Pharmacy Benefit Managers and manufacturers accountable, require financial restitution, and send a clear message to other businesses: If you deceive Missouri consumers, you will face the full force of the law.
To view the full petition, click here (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ago.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55bd24fd8f5e7d3dc227d1072&id=663306f69f&e=db9c683b19__;!!EErPFA7f--AJOw!FC8XrQ3-3-POpcm_sV_WoiUceodnUSuG9WGQwit72ZnUS27mbFWgwjW2S7ZOMYiye9WOm9hRsXIO2yYqzzL8QEEC$).
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Original text here: https://ago.mo.gov/missouri-attorney-general-hanaway-files-suit-against-pharmacy-benefit-managers-for-insulin-pricing-scheme/
N.J. A.G. Platkin, Division on Civil Rights File Lawsuit Against Clark Township for Discriminatory Policing Practices
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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AG Platkin, Division on Civil Rights File Lawsuit Against Clark Township for Discriminatory Policing Practices
Clark Township Allegedly Used Police Department to Harass and Intimidate Black and Other Non-White Motorists to Keep Them Out of Clark
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Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that they have filed a complaint in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that Clark Township and the Clark Police Department
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TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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AG Platkin, Division on Civil Rights File Lawsuit Against Clark Township for Discriminatory Policing Practices
Clark Township Allegedly Used Police Department to Harass and Intimidate Black and Other Non-White Motorists to Keep Them Out of Clark
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Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that they have filed a complaint in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that Clark Township and the Clark Police Department(CPD) systematically discriminated against and harassed Black and other non-white motorists in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the New Jersey Constitution.
The complaint is based on an investigation conducted by DCR that focused on the time period from 2015 through the end of the Union County Prosecutor's Office's (UCPO) supersession of CPD's operations in March 2025. The investigation found that Clark Township and CPD instituted a variety of discriminatory policing practices at the behest of the longtime former Mayor of Clark, Salvatore Bonaccorso, and CPD leadership.
The complaint explains that, prior to UCPO's supersession of CPD's operations in July 2020, leadership in Clark Township and CPD leadership expressly instructed officers to keep Black people out of Clark and directed officers to engage in policing practices that were designed to accomplish exactly that. The complaint alleges that former Mayor Bonaccorso directed CPD leadership to engage in discriminatory policing to "keep chasing the spooks out of town," using a racial slur to refer to Black people. And CPD then implemented a variety of practices designed to achieve that outcome.
"Elected officials and law enforcement leaders must treat every single person, no matter their race or national origin, with dignity and respect. That's the bare minimum. But for many years before the Union County Prosecutor's Office took over operations in 2020, leadership in Clark Township and the Clark Police Department completely and utterly failed to meet that basic obligation," said Attorney General Platkin. "Through overt racial animus and discriminatory policing practices, Clark violated New Jersey's civil rights laws and the New Jersey Constitution. While we have already taken substantial steps to address these issues, today's complaint gives voice to the many New Jerseyans who have suffered discrimination in Clark and will ensure that Clark's leadership never allows it to happen again."
The complaint filed today is the latest step in ongoing efforts to address allegations of misconduct in Clark Township and CPD. In July 2020, the Union County Prosecutor's Office (UCPO) assumed control via supersession of the police department's operations, which continued until March 2025. In November 2023, the Office of the Attorney General released a public report following UCPO's and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability's (OPIA) investigation into alleged criminal and administrative misconduct by township and CPD leadership. That report referred allegations of bias in policing to DCR. And in March 2025, after supersession concluded, Attorney General Platkin established a state law enforcement monitorship of CPD, which is led by the Department of Law and Public Safety's Office of Policing Strategy and Innovation.
The complaint alleges through detailed expert statistical analysis that Black and Hispanic drivers were stopped and searched at far higher rates than white drivers prior to UCPO's supersession. While some of these racial disparities--driven by ingrained policing practices--persisted to some extent even after UCPO's supersession of CPD in 2020, the data from 2020 to 2024 do reveal some notable changes and improvements in policing practices that coincide with the reduction of some of these racial disparities.
The complaint explains that, at the behest of former Mayor Bonaccorso and CPD leadership, CPD established and enforced a variety of policing practices that resulted in discriminatory policing and harassment. They established and enforced quotas for motor vehicle enforcement actions. And in connection with that quota system and the directive from Township leadership to keep Black motorists out of Clark, CPD leadership implemented at least three practices that resulted in discriminatory policing and harassment: (1) focusing motor vehicle enforcement on roadways connecting Clark to the Garden State Parkway and to neighboring Rahway and Linden, which have much larger Black and Hispanic populations; (2) prioritizing the policing of low-level administrative and equipment violations over moving violations more directly related to traffic safety; and (3) using false allegations concerning the odor of marijuana as a basis to search vehicles.
"New Jersey has some of the nation's strongest civil rights laws, but for years leadership in Clark brazenly violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and violated individuals' Constitutional rights," said DCR Director Yolanda N. Melville. "We cannot and will not allow the repugnant behavior of public officials in Clark Township and the unlawful practices that the Clark Police Department engaged in for years."
The complaint offers detailed expert statistical analysis demonstrating that CPD policed Black and other non-white motorists very differently than they policed white motorists.
Among other things, while Black and Hispanic residents make up less than 11% of Clark's population, CPD's vehicle stop data from 2015 to 2020 indicate that, of the stops for which the driver's race was recorded, over 37% of the drivers stopped by CPD were Black or Hispanic, and over 53% of the drivers stopped by CPD outside of Clark's boundaries were Black or Hispanic.
CPD's vehicle search data also reflect substantial statistical disparities: from 2015 to 2020, of stops for which the driver's race was recorded, CPD searched Black and Hispanic drivers, respectively, at rates 3.7 times and 2.2 times higher than white drivers.
Ultimately, the complaint alleges that Clark and CPD subjected Black motorists and other motorists perceived as non-white to disproportionate motor vehicle enforcement when compared to white motorists in violation of the LAD. The LAD makes it unlawful for a place of public accommodation or its employees to discriminate against any person based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, or other protected characteristics. The LAD also prohibits certain practices and policies that disproportionately affect individuals of one race, color, national origin, or other protected characteristics.
The complaint alleges that Clark's and CPD's discriminatory conduct was aided and abetted by leadership within the Township with oversight and management responsibilities over CPD, including former Clark Mayor Bonaccorso, former Chief of Police Pedro Matos, and Police Director Patrick Grady, all named defendants in the complaint.
The State seeks, among other things, an injunction stopping Clark Township and the Clark Police Department from "from discriminating against individuals based on their actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, or nationality in violation the LAD"; the monitoring of Clark and CPD by the Division on Civil Rights; and that Clark and CPD pay damages to victims of their discriminatory policing practices and policies.
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DCR is represented in this matter by Deputy Attorneys General Shefali Saxena, Michelle Kostyack, Surinder Aggarwal, and Nancy Trasande under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General Mayur P. Saxena and Deputy Director Sara M. Gregory of the Division of Law's Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group. DCR's investigation was conducted by Deputy Associate Director Danielle Thorne, Legal Specialists Katrina Tattoli, Lilly Hecht, Jerry Santer, Investigators Jason Arce and Shay Kostin, and Honors Attorney Samantha Seltzer, under the supervision of Associate Director Malcolm Peyton-Cook.
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Anyone with information about discrimination by Clark Police Department can contact DCR's Affirmative Enforcement Unit at AffirmativeEnforcement@njcivilrights.gov.
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) is the state agency responsible for preventing and eliminating discrimination and bias-based harassment in employment, housing, and places of public accommodation (e.g., places open to the public like courts, schools, businesses, hospitals). DCR enforces the LAD, the New Jersey Family Leave Act, and the Fair Chance in Housing Act.
To find out more information or to file a complaint, visit www.njcivilrights.gov.
View Complaint (https://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-0115_Clark-Complaint-with-CIS.pdf)
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Original text here: https://www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-division-on-civil-rights-file-lawsuit-against-clark-township-for-discriminatory-policing-practices/
Ariz. A.G. Mayes Announces Investigation Into X's AI Chatbot
PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 16 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Investigation into X's AI Chatbot
Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that the Arizona Attorney General's Office has opened an investigation into reports that X's artificial intelligence chatbot, known as Grok, has been used to generate and distribute potentially illegal and harmful content, including child sexual abuse imagery.
Recent reporting has raised serious concerns that the chatbot may have been used to create non-consensual
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PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 16 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Investigation into X's AI Chatbot
Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that the Arizona Attorney General's Office has opened an investigation into reports that X's artificial intelligence chatbot, known as Grok, has been used to generate and distribute potentially illegal and harmful content, including child sexual abuse imagery.
Recent reporting has raised serious concerns that the chatbot may have been used to create non-consensualand exploitative images. Attorney General Mayes said the allegations warrant immediate scrutiny.
"These reports are deeply disturbing," said Attorney General Mayes. "Artificial intelligence should never be used to exploit or harm people, especially children. Technology companies do not get a free pass to create powerful artificial intelligence tools and then look the other way when those programs are used to create child sexual abuse material. My office is opening an investigation to determine whether Arizona law has been violated."
Attorney General Mayes is calling on any Arizonans who believe they were victimized or harmed by X's AI chatbot, including through the creation or distribution of non-consensual or illegal AI-generated images, to contact the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
"Technology companies cannot turn a blind eye when their products are used to cause real-world harm," Attorney General Mayes said. "If you believe you were targeted or victimized, we want to hear from you."
If any Arizonans believe they were harmed by Elon Musk's Grok chatbot, they should file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office here (https://azag.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cc1fad182b6d6f8b1e352e206&id=11fd7150fb&e=9153ff6c96).
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Original text here: https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mayes-announces-investigation-xs-ai-chatbot
Del. A.G. Jennings: Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration From Defunding Medical and Public Health Research
DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 16 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following statement on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Appeals court blocks Trump Administration from defunding medical and public health research
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a policy that would cut billions of dollars in funds that support
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DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 16 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following statement on Jan. 15, 2026:
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Appeals court blocks Trump Administration from defunding medical and public health research
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a policy that would cut billions of dollars in funds that supportcutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country, regardless of whether their state joined the lawsuit:
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"It continues to be beyond both belief and reason that this Administration is trying to gut life-saving medical and public health research. Fortunately, the Court has affirmed what we already knew: these proposed cuts are illegal. The groundbreaking work from these sectors is a crown jewel of both Delaware and America at large, and I will continue to fight tooth and nail to protect it."
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The ruling protects critical funds that facilitate biomedical research, like lab, faculty, infrastructure, and utility costs. Without them, the lifesaving and life-changing medical research in which the United States - and Delaware, in particular - has long been a leader, could be compromised. Most NIH-funded research occurs outside of the federal government in institutions such as public and private universities and colleges. The NIH's proposed reduction of funds would hit those institutions especially hard: the University of Delaware, for example, would lose out on approximately $12 million that it needs to support its research programs. The loss of these funds would immediately impact and undermine the University of Delaware's ability to support critical research, meet essential obligations associated with maintaining its research facilities, and support clinical trials in Delaware. Delaware State University would also stand to lose $1.4 million from the NIH cut, which would impact biomedical research programs into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, breast cancer, and AI-assisted analysis of medical imaging.
On February 10, 2025, less than six hours after AG Jennings and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general filed their lawsuit against the Administration, a judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issued a temporary restraining order against NIH, barring its attempts to cut the critical research funding. The court subsequently issued a permanent injunction preventing the Trump Administration from implementing its policy restrictions on this important category of funding. The Trump Administration appealed that ruling to the First Circuit. The First Circuit's recent ruling denied that appeal, allowing the permanent injunction and invalidation of the Trump Administration's policy restrictions to stand.
NIH is the primary source of federal funding for medical research in the United States. Medical research funding by NIH grants have led to innumerable scientific breakthroughs, including the discovery of treatment for cancers of all types and the first sequencing of DNA. Additionally, dozens of NIH-supported scientists have earned Nobel Prizes for their groundbreaking scientific work.
Joining Delaware in filing the lawsuit, which was led by the attorneys general of Massachusetts, Illinois and Michigan, were the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
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Original text here: https://news.delaware.gov/2026/01/15/appeals-court-blocks-trump-administration-from-defunding-medical-and-public-health-research/
Friday Court Hearing on S.D. A.G. Jackley's Injunction on Abortion Deceptive Advertising Postponed Over State's Objection
PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 16 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release:
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Friday Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley's Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Postponed Over State's Objection
Friday's scheduled court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley's motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been postponed at the request of Mayday Health.
The State objected to the postponement, arguing that the deceptive advertisements remain harmful
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PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 16 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release:
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Friday Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley's Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Postponed Over State's Objection
Friday's scheduled court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley's motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been postponed at the request of Mayday Health.
The State objected to the postponement, arguing that the deceptive advertisements remain harmfulto women and need to be immediately taken down.
The date and time of the rescheduled hearing has not yet been set. The hearing will be held at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre.
For more information, contact Tony Mangan at 605-773-6878.
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Original text here: https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2989
S.D. A.G. Jackley Announces Former SDSU Equestrian Coach Indicted for Using State Resources for Personal Use
PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 15 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jackley Announces Former SDSU Equestrian Coach Indicted for Using State Resources for Personal Use
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the former equestrian coach at South Dakota State University has been indicted on one felony count of Grand Theft for using SDSU and taxpayer resources for her personal use.
Kamerra Brown, 38, of Brookings was indicted Thursday by a Brookings County Grand Jury. The sentence carries a maximum sentence of
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PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 15 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Jackley Announces Former SDSU Equestrian Coach Indicted for Using State Resources for Personal Use
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the former equestrian coach at South Dakota State University has been indicted on one felony count of Grand Theft for using SDSU and taxpayer resources for her personal use.
Kamerra Brown, 38, of Brookings was indicted Thursday by a Brookings County Grand Jury. The sentence carries a maximum sentence of10 years in prison if convicted.
Brown is alleged to have used SDSU resources to pay for her vet bills for her horses and to board her personal horses for about a year. Total value is estimated at between $5,000 and $100,000.
The case is being investigated and prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office's Public Integrity Unit.
The defendant is presumed innocent under the U.S. Constitution.
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Original text here: https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2988
Okla. A.G. Drummond Reaches Fair Settlement With George's, Inc. in Chicken Litter Pollution Case
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Drummond reaches fair settlement with George's, Inc. in chicken litter pollution case
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced the State of Oklahoma has reached a settlement agreement with George's, Inc., resolving claims related to poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River Watershed.
"This settlement demonstrates that fair, good-faith negotiations can produce outcomes that serve everyone's interests--protecting Oklahoma's water resources while
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Drummond reaches fair settlement with George's, Inc. in chicken litter pollution case
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced the State of Oklahoma has reached a settlement agreement with George's, Inc., resolving claims related to poultry litter pollution in the Illinois River Watershed.
"This settlement demonstrates that fair, good-faith negotiations can produce outcomes that serve everyone's interests--protecting Oklahoma's water resources whilerespecting the economic realities facing our agricultural partners," Drummond said. "George's willingness to come to the table and work toward meaningful remediation, rather than prolonged litigation, reflects the kind of responsible corporate citizenship I hope to see from all parties in this case. I remain committed to working with all parties to achieve comprehensive solutions for the Illinois River Watershed while preserving the economic vitality of Oklahoma's poultry producers."
The settlement reflects a balanced approach that holds George's accountable while providing a reasonable path toward compliance. Details of the settlement are:
* George's agrees to pay $5 million to the State for remediation and conservation projects and attorney fees;
* George's commits to removing poultry litter from the Illinois River Watershed over seven years, progressively reducing the amount remaining from no more than 40% to no more than 20%;
* George's pays $250,000 for a Special Master to monitor compliance;
* George's agrees that litter removed from the Illinois River Watershed will not be applied to land in any other nutrient-sensitive watersheds in Oklahoma; and
In exchange, the State releases all claims against George's.
Last month, a federal court issued a judgment holding the poultry corporations jointly responsible and requiring Tyson, Cobb Vantress, Cargill, George's, Simmons, Peterson Farms and Cal-Maine to fund decades of cleanup and imposing strict restrictions on waste application practices.
The settlement with George's does not affect ongoing proceedings involving the other defendants: Tyson, Cobb Vantress, Cargill, Simmons, Peterson Farms and Cal-Maine.
Read the Settlement (https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/oag/news-documents/2026/january/Joint%20Motion%20for%20Entry%20of%20Consent%20Judgment%202026.1.14.pdf)
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Original text here: https://oklahoma.gov/oag/news/newsroom/2026/january/drummond-reaches-fair-settlement-with-georges-inc-in-chicken-litter-pollution-case.html
Md. A.G. Office: Body-Worn Camera Footage Release Delayed From December's Fatal Police-Involved Collision in Calvert County
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- The Maryland Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Body-Worn Camera Footage Release Delayed from December's Fatal Police-Involved Collision in Calvert County
The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today announced the delay in the release of the body-worn camera footage of the fatal police-involved collision that occurred on December 12, 2025, in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland.
The delay in the release of the footage is the result of additional
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- The Maryland Office of the Attorney General issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Body-Worn Camera Footage Release Delayed from December's Fatal Police-Involved Collision in Calvert County
The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today announced the delay in the release of the body-worn camera footage of the fatal police-involved collision that occurred on December 12, 2025, in Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland.
The delay in the release of the footage is the result of additionaltime needed to allow the involved parties to view the video before it is released to the public.
Per IID protocols, "The IID will generally release body-worn and/or dashboard camera footage within 20 business days after the incident. There may be situations where more than 20 business days are necessary, including, but not limited to: investigators needing more time to complete witness interviews; technical delays caused by the need to redact information that raises privacy or safety concerns; or allowing family members or subject officers to view the video before it is released to the public. There may also be situations where the IID releases video sooner than 20 days where there is a substantial public interest in doing so. If the release of video is delayed, the IID will notify the public there's been a delay and state the reason for the delay."
To read the original news release, click here: https://oag.maryland.gov/News/Pages/Independent-Investigations-Division-Investigating-Fatal-Police-Involved-Collision-in-Calvert-County.aspx
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Original text here: https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Body-Worn-Camera-Footage%c2%a0Release-Delayed%c2%a0from%c2%a0December%e2%80%99s%c2%a0Fatal%c2%a0Police-Involved%c2%a0Collision%c2%a0in%c2%a0Calvert%c2%a0County.aspx
Md. A.G. Brown Announces No Charges Will Be Filed in the June 24, 2025 Fatal Police-Involved In-Custody Death in the City of Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Announces No Charges Will Be Filed in the June 24, 2025 Fatal Police-Involved In-Custody Death in the City of Baltimore
Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Tuesday, June 24, 2025 fatal police-involved in-custody death that occurred in the City of Baltimore, Maryland.
On June 24, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., a man, later identified as Dontae Melton, Jr., approached an officer with
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Announces No Charges Will Be Filed in the June 24, 2025 Fatal Police-Involved In-Custody Death in the City of Baltimore
Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Tuesday, June 24, 2025 fatal police-involved in-custody death that occurred in the City of Baltimore, Maryland.
On June 24, 2025, at approximately 9:40 p.m., a man, later identified as Dontae Melton, Jr., approached an officer withthe Baltimore Police Department (BPD) who was in his marked police cruiser stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of West Franklin Street and North Franklintown Road. Melton appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis. While the officer spoke with Melton, Melton repeatedly ran into the street, despite requests from the officer to stay out of the street. The officer attempted to restrain Melton for his own safety but was unable to do so. When additional BPD officers arrived on scene to assist, they placed Melton in handcuffs and leg restraints. The officers called for emergency medical services (EMS). While waiting for EMS, Melton became unresponsive. Despite officers making multiple requests, EMS never responded. Officers then transported Melton to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead the following day, June 25, 2025.
The Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division (IID) began investigating the fatal police-involved in-custody death on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, and concluded its investigation on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. After completing its investigation and evaluating all the available evidence, the Office of the Attorney General has determined that the subject officers did not commit a crime under Maryland law. Accordingly, the Attorney General has declined to prosecute the subject officers in this case.
A copy of the IID's detailed investigative findings and analysis of relevant legal issues can be found in its declination report (https://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/Documents/pdfs/IID/25-IID-013%20FINAL_Declination%20Report%20Baltimore%20In-custody%206.24.25.pdf).
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Original text here: https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Attorney-General-Brown-Announces-No-Charges-Will-Be-Filed-in-the-June-24,-2025-Fatal-Police-Involved-In-Custody-Death-in-th.aspx
Md. A.G. Brown Announces $850,000 in Restitution for Maryland Consumers in Settlement With Title Insurance Companies
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Announces $850,000 in Restitution for Maryland Consumers in Settlement with Title Insurance Companies
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that his Consumer Protection Division has entered into a settlement with Maryland-based KVS Title, LLC (KVS Title), a real estate title company, and joint venture companies that KVS formed with real estate agents and brokers in order to sell title insurance to consumers. The joint venture
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Announces $850,000 in Restitution for Maryland Consumers in Settlement with Title Insurance Companies
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that his Consumer Protection Division has entered into a settlement with Maryland-based KVS Title, LLC (KVS Title), a real estate title company, and joint venture companies that KVS formed with real estate agents and brokers in order to sell title insurance to consumers. The joint venturecompanies were Alliance Title Services, LLC; Clear Title Solutions, LLC; Eversure Title, LLC; Realty Settlement Solutions, LLC; Title Pro Group, LLC; and Washington Title Team, LLC. The Division alleged the joint venture companies unlawfully paid fees to real-estate agents and brokers who were members of the joint ventures, in exchange for the referral of consumers who purchased title insurance, in violation of the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, the Maryland Real Estate Settlements Act, and the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
Under the settlement, the joint venture companies will be dissolved, and KVS Title is prohibited from forming any new joint venture companies with real estate agents or brokers for the purpose of making unlawful payments for referrals of Maryland consumers in connection with title insurance. KVS Title and the joint venture companies must also pay $850,000 in restitution to Maryland consumers and make a $200,000 payment to the Division that may be used for consumer protection purposes, including future enforcement or consumer education. Within ninety days, consumers who are entitled to relief will be contacted by letter by the claims administrator, Kroll Settlement Administration LLC, and restitution to these consumers will be automatically issued. Questions for the administrator may be directed to PO Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391 or (833) 462-3479.
Consumers with questions about the Attorney General's settlement with KVS Title can call the Consumer Protection Hotline at 410-528-8662.
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Original text here: https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Attorney-General-Brown-Announces-$850,000-in-Restitution-for-Maryland-Consumers-in-Settlement-with-Title-Insurance-Companie.aspx
Del. A.G. Jennings Sues Big Pharma Over Insulin Price Hikes
DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 15 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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AG Jennings sues Big Pharma over insulin price hikes
Attorney General Jennings today announced a lawsuitOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader against several drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) who conspired to increase insulin prices by as much as 1,000 percent over the past fifteen years.
"The level of greed that would drive someone to price-gouge consumers over life-saving diabetes medicine is almost unfathomable," said Attorney General
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DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 15 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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AG Jennings sues Big Pharma over insulin price hikes
Attorney General Jennings today announced a lawsuitOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader against several drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) who conspired to increase insulin prices by as much as 1,000 percent over the past fifteen years.
"The level of greed that would drive someone to price-gouge consumers over life-saving diabetes medicine is almost unfathomable," said Attorney GeneralKathy Jennings. "It is an avarice that not only hurts diabetics across the country financially, but in many cases leads to medication hoarding and preventable deaths. The thousands of Delawareans living with diabetes need to know that we will hold these companies accountable."
The lawsuit was filed in the Court of Chancery against the nation's three primary insulin manufacturers (Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi) and its three largest pharmacy benefit managers (CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx). It alleges that the pharmacy benefit manager defendants used their near-absolute control of pricing, dispensing, and reimbursement systems in Delaware to coordinate with the manufacturer defendants to illegally raise insulin prices by astronomical levels at the expense of diabetes patients in Delaware.
In Delaware, the public health impact of diabetes is staggering: roughly 112,000 Delawareans live with diabetes, and another 130,000 live with prediabetes, putting them at greater risk for developing diabetes in the future. The disease costs Delaware's economy roughly $1.1 billion per year. The uninsured population has a diabetes prevalence rate of nearly twice the state's average, which has left them especially susceptible to injury from the illegal pricing scheme. Nearly all diabetics in Delaware rely on daily insulin treatments to survive.
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Original text here: https://news.delaware.gov/2026/01/14/ag-jennings-sues-big-pharma-over-insulin-price-hikes/
Del. A.G. Jennings Opposes Trump Administration's Proposals Aimed at Further Restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care
DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 15 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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AG Jennings Opposes Trump Administration's Proposals Aimed at Further Restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Attorney General Jennings today announced a statement opposing two of the Trump Administration's newly proposed rules: one that would prohibit federal reimbursement for gender-affirming care for minors in the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs, and another that would prohibit providers who perform gender-affirming care on minors from participating
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DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 15 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026:
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AG Jennings Opposes Trump Administration's Proposals Aimed at Further Restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Attorney General Jennings today announced a statement opposing two of the Trump Administration's newly proposed rules: one that would prohibit federal reimbursement for gender-affirming care for minors in the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs, and another that would prohibit providers who perform gender-affirming care on minors from participatingin the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
"History tells us that faltering regimes have a tendency to seek out scapegoats, and the Trump Administration is no exception with its obsession with transgender youth." said Attorney General Kathy Jennings. "These brutal, unscientific, and illegal proposed rule changes are yet another attempt by this Administration to distract from their failures and frame trans youth as problems that need to be solved. We're not going to stand for it."
"We live in a state of freedom, and Delaware will not allow the federal government to bully or erase the transgender community," Governor Matt Meyer said. "I will use every tool at my disposal to ensure our state remains a place where people can live safely, access the healthcare they need, and be treated with respect--no matter who they are or who they love."
The Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Rule would stop two federal healthcare programs from paying for medically necessary gender-affirming healthcare for anyone under the age of 18 under Medicaid and under age 19 under CHIP. The "Condition of Participation" Rule would unlawfully prohibit providers of medically necessary gender-affirming care from participating in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is required to accept public comments on the proposed rules for 60 days. After that, HHS may publish Final Rules that would become effective 60 days later, but only if no court blocks the Final Rules from going into effect.
Gender-affirming care (such as hormone therapy or other medically recognized treatments) is legal in Delaware and recognized by medical authorities as medically necessary. While nationwide, some states are banning or penalizing such care; House Bill 205 ensures that Delaware remains a safe state where providers can practice without fear of cross-state legal consequences, and protects patients and their health information from being used in hostile legal actions elsewhere. In addition, Delaware has an executive order issued by Governor Matt Meyer in June of 2025 that that limits cooperation with out-of-state subpoenas or disciplinary actions relating to GAC.
In early December, AG Jennings joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's (U.S. DOJ) subpoena targeting the release of private medical records, including patient records, related to gender-affirming care at Children's Hospital Colorado. In October, AG Jennings filed similar amicus briefs opposing U.S. DOJ's subpoena for patient records related to gender-affirming care at Boston Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. And in August, AG Jennings joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit that challenges the Trump Administration's executive order that attempts to restrict the provision of medically-necessary gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of 19 by threatening providers with civil and criminal prosecution under specious legal theories. Attorney General Jennings continues to stand firmly in support of healthcare policies that respect the dignity and rights of all people and has worked tirelessly to protect the LGBTQ+ community against unlawful threats from the Trump Administration.
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Original text here: https://news.delaware.gov/2026/01/14/ag-jennings-opposes-trump-administrations-proposals-aimed-at-further-restricting-access-to-gender-affirming-care/
