SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the federal government's motion for preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of Idaho's near total ban on abortion. The brief, filed in United States of America v. Idaho, argues that Idaho's abortion ban confli  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing two amicus briefs in USA v. Idaho and Texas v. Becerra defending access to emergency abortion care. The cases involve the federal government's interpretation and enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following news release: Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Idaho joined 49 other states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the federal government to settle allegations of fraud against Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC (formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). It is a U.S. subsidiary of the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc (collectively Mallinckrodt), which sells and markets pharmaceutical products th  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Governor Brad Little announced today the State of Idaho achieved a key milestone of the "Leading Idaho" plan - approval of the state's innovation waiver, ensuring accessible health insurance for more Idahoans. "Idahoans benefited from another win from our 'Leading Idaho' plan today. The approval of the state's innovation waiver is estimated to reduce insurance premiums for individuals by abo  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: More than a quarter of Idaho's growing 1.8 million population is new to the state, according to a University of Idaho analysis that uses novel data. Census data confirmed last year that Idaho is the fastest growing state in the nation. But new research by U of I professor Jaap Vos finds Idaho's population and demographics have also drastically changed from a massive influx of new residents, paired wit  more

LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 17 (TNSpar) -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: Lewis-Clark State College and the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a formal partnership that will allow the college to deliver dual credit online courses in both general education and Career & Technical Education to students at the three juvenile corrections institutions in Idaho, officials have announced. In the partnership, LC Sta  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General Maura Healey today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by California and New York in filing two amicus briefs supporting the federal government's defense of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to preserve abortion access in Idaho and Texas. The first brief, filed in United States of America v. Idaho, argues that Idaho's  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her fight to protect nationwide reproductive health care access and limit the effect of dangerous abortion bans. Co-leading a multistate coalition with California, Attorney General James filed two amicus briefs in U.S. District Courts in Idaho and Texas arguing that near total bans on abortion conflict with the federal E  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 17 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined 21 state Attorneys General in filing two "friend of the court" briefs--one in Idaho and one in Texas courts -- defending abortion access for millions of Americans. One supports the federal government's lawsuit to prevent Idaho's near-total abortion ban from interfering with medically necessary emergency abortions. The other opposes a  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 17 (TNSconf) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: The University of Idaho College of Law, the Idaho Supreme Court and the Idaho State Bar Association will host United States Solicitor General Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar for the 2022 Sherman J. Bellwood Memorial Lecture on Sept. 6-7 in Boise and Moscow. Prelogar, born and raised in Boise, will first present at 5 p.m. Sept. 6 in JUMP Boise's Pioneer Room. She will then deliver her Moscow lecture, "When  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 17 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General Bob Ferguson today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to file a friend of the court brief supporting the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit challenging Idaho's restrictive new abortion law. The law is set to go into effect later this month. The lawsuit asserts that because Idaho's law does not have adequate exemptions for emergency, lifes  more