OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in issuing a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on ways to better address the youth vaping crisis. The bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general urged the FDA to adopt new regulations and stronger enforcement mechanisms to address the rise of flavored, disposable e-cigarettes, whi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Specifically, Raoul is encouraging the FDA to limit flavors that attract minors, reduce nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protect young people from marketing. "I have spent years dedicated to protect  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Attorney General Stein's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 30 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez wrote a letter to Congressional leaders, and gathered support from 13 other Attorneys General around the nation, to urge Congress to pass the Senate-approved bipartisan amendment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), expanding coverage and benefits to thousands of individuals across the country who have suffered due to radioactive ex  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: A team led by NASA in Utah's West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample - slated to land on Earth in September. A mockup of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) sample capsule was dropped Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in t  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 31 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers and a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. The Attorney General's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting young peo  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 31 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and 15 other state attorneys general sounded the alarm on the China-founded, fast-fashion retailer SHEIN's business practices - which include reports of forced labor - and their potential Initial Public Offering (IPO) launch later this year. In a letter sent Thursday to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, the attorneys general   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Nelson Alexander Flores of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico on behalf of MS-13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang. According to information presented in court, between 2018 and May 2020, Flores coordinated with and supplied other  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is awarding $266 million in loans and grants to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to make investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements that will lower their energy costs, generate new income, and strengthen the resilience of their operation. This funding is made poss  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Virginia, in Rudisill v McDonough, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to give American military veterans the full education benefits they earned during their service to the nation. The case involves James Rudisill, who served in the U.S. Army. When Rudisill attempted to redeem his benefits under the GI Bill, the Department of Vete  more