CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/b90e70a6-2539-4ecb-a91c-3e9db13b8d43/fileAsset/RMGO%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit supporting the state of Colorado's prohibition on the sale of guns to individuals under the age of 21. "Under our na  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order in his federal antitrust lawsuit challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule, allowing college athletes who have been prevented from competing to immediately be eligible. The decision - issued by a federal judge in the Northern Dist  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 15 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 26-state coalition in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, urging the Corps to allow oil and gas to flow through the Dakota Access that has safely operated from North Dakota to Illinois for over six years. The letter also opposes the Corps's proposed alternatives--requiring shutting down, digging up, or building more than   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) investment -- more than $100 million to 18 teams at academic institutions across the nation. NSF's investment will enable academic institutions to accelerate the pace and scale of translational research that will grow the nation's economy. "NSF endeavors to empower academic institutions to  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Three Southland residents and a fourth defendant have been named in a seven-count indictment charging them with participating in a scheme to launder the proceeds of cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes involving millions of dollars in victim funds, the Justice Department announced today. Two of the defendants - Lu Zha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on Dec. 13, 2023, by Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard and American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling with the participants of the Community Navigator Pilot Program: * * * Today, Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, and White House American Rescue Plan Coordinator Ge  more