LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 19 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of a 16-state coalition of state attorneys general in the United States Supreme Court in the matter of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis: "Cities and states must have the flexibility to move employees around to deliver the best services to their constituents and meet critic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: LOCUST GROVE, G.A. -- As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu and Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced $3.46 billion for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across America. Funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts This Q&A report reviews the billions of dollars the Department of the Treasury has awarded to state and local governments to help them cover COVID-19 recovery costs. As of March 31, 2023: States have reported spending $88.2 billion, or 45% of their awards. Localities have reported spending $47.9 billion, or 38% of their awards. The largest category of spen  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in six Arizona counties and neighboring counties in California, Nevada and Utah of the Nov. 17 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to off  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 18 Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Utah of the Nov. 17 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 17 Nevada counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah of the Nov. 17 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest lo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 28 New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah of the Nov. 17, 2023, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 15 Wyoming counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, Idaho and Utah of the Nov. 17 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that Illinois, along with 49 other attorneys general, has reached a bipartisan settlement with a subsidiary of payment processor ACI Worldwide Corporation (ACI) concerning a testing error that led to the attempted unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from the accounts of 477,000 mortgage holders. Under the settlement, ACI has agreed to take steps to a  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that the State, along with 32 other Attorneys General, has reached a settlement with health care clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information ("PHI") of approximately 1.5 million consumers, including 16,423 in Maryland, for almost three years. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to ov  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 19 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson led 18 other states in a letter to Eventbrite requesting clarification on its event screening policies after it deplatformed a South Carolina event where the guest speaker is scheduled to speak about the dangers of pediatric gender transition. "Big Tech suppressing and censoring viewpoints it does not agree with is not a new problem, but the examples   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 19 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2023: Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee and 32 other attorneys general have reached a settlement with healthcare clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information ("PHI") of approximately 1.5 million consumers for almost three years. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to overhaul its data security and b  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes recently announced that Utah, along with 32 other attorneys general, has reached a settlement with healthcare clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed protected health information ("PHI") of approximately 1.5 million consumers for almost three years. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to overhaul its data security and breach notification prac  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today that charges two foreign nationals for illicit drug possession, including fentanyl, with intent to distribute. According to court documents, Juan Robles-Ramos, 22, of Clearfield, Utah, and Pedro De Jesus Figueroa-Roman, 19, of Clearfield, knowingly possessed narcotics with the inte  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging two men from Southern California for allegedly possessing with the intent of distributing methamphetamine in Utah. According to court documents, on October 7, 2023, Oscar Soto-Covarrubias, Sr., 73, of San Diego, California, and Oscar Soto Jr., 26, of Fontana, California, w  more