OAKLAND, California, July 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that California will restrict state-funded travel to Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming as a result of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation recently enacted in each state. The recent passage of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is part of a concerning trend of discriminatory practices in states across the country, aiming to roll back hard-won prot  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Joshua Thomas Alan Casiano, 36, of Kearney, Nebraska, on July 10, 2023 to five years' imprisonment for possession of stolen firearms, fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: * * * Begins Special Series of Community Assistance Visits to Help Taxpayers in 8 States to Expand Service for People Who Aren't Near Agency Offices * * * As part of an expanding effort to improve service, the Internal Revenue Service continues expanding Taxpayer Assistance Centers across the country while also starting a special series of events to help taxpayers located   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Jerry L. Jensen has been appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland as the Acting U.S. Trustee for Arkansas, Nebraska, and Missouri (Region 13) effective Aug. 1, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees announced today. Jensen replaces Daniel J. Casamatta, who is retiring after 35 years of dedicated service to the department, including the last eight years as the Acting U.S. Trustee in Region 1  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-21523): * * * In the Matter of GANESH H. BETANABHATLA, Respondent. CORRECTED ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 203(f) OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby ar  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act resources, the IRS delivered dramatically improved service in Filing Season 2023. The IRS achieved an 87% Level of Service, exceeding Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's goal of 85%. Through the end of Filing Season, the IRS answered 3 million more calls, cut phone wait times to three minutes from 28 minutes, served 140,000 more taxpayers in-person, digitized 8  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 15 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on July 14, 2023: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an Idaho-led amicus brief in Barnett v. Raoul, pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The 23-state coalition supported Caleb Barnett in a Second Amendment matter arising from Illinois. Earlier this year, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn heard four "consolidated cases with requests for the imposition of a   more