OAKLAND, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 19 attorneys general in a multistate amicus brief in support of the Transgender American Veterans Association's (TAVA) petition for increased access to gender-affirming care for transgender veterans in TAVA v. Veterans Affairs. TAVA's rulemaking petition seeks to compel the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to amend a regulation excluding me  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the federal government's regulations involving mifepristone, a drug which is widely used for medication abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit i  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/23-235Amicus-Br-for-State-of-NY-et-al.pdf) in the U.S. Supreme Court defending access to medication abortion. The brief supports efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Danco Laborat  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the fiscal year 2025 budget adjustment proposal that he will present to lawmakers when they meet in February to convene the next legislative session will include a recommendation that licensure application fees required for workers to obtain certain jobs in the education, childcare, and healthcare fields be eliminated. The governor said t  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Public Transportation (CTDOT) honors Transit Equity Day 2024 with a commitment to high-quality, accessible public transportation and filling gaps between communities and vital jobs and resources. Transit Equity Day is marked annually on the birthday of late civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who helped spur legislation that created more equitable transport  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) will conduct a virtual public information meeting concerning installing aesthetic lighting on the Bulkeley Bridge between Hartford and East Hartford over the Connecticut River on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The virtual public information meeting is being held to provide the public and local community   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery today announced that the District of Connecticut collected $233,519,760 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, approximately $185,939,535 was collected in criminal actions and approximately $47,580,225 was collected in civil actions. The Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office also worked  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Roberto Coviello, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL B. PINES, 75, of Avon, waived his right to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket 23-237; WT Docket No. 02-378) on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * The Region 8 (New York Metropolitan and Northern New Jersey)/1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold their 2024 quarterly meetings on the following dates. The Region Secretary will email the virtual meeting link information two weeks prior to each virtual meeting. To  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: * * * Grant awards to over 7,000 projects represent the largest amount of annual federal funding provided through HUD's Continuum of Care program in history, expanding housing and services projects for people experiencing homelessness, including survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 1 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, with 23 attorneys general, filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. Raoul and the coalition filed the amicus brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/23-235.Amicus%20Br%20for%20State%20of%20NY%20et%20al.pdf?language_id=1) supporting efforts undertaken by the U.S. Fo  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 1 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General Aaron Frey today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC's efforts to reverse a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that reinstated cer  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/013024_Texas%20v.%20Biden%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf) supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage paid by certain federal contractors to $15 per hour. The policy was first enacted by presidenti  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a multistate coalition of 24 Attorneys General to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/013124_23-235_Amicus_Mifepristone.pdf) in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 1 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. Attorney General Stein and a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general filed the brief in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC's efforts to reverse a U.S. Court of Appeals   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to medication abortion nationwide (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/amicus-curiae/fda-v.-ahm-amicus-brief.pdf). The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC's efforts  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release v: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Gyanendra Asre pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an anti-money laundering program in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, as part of a scheme to bring lucrative and high-risk international financial business to a small, unsophisticated credit union. Today's proceeding took place before United States District Judge   more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 1 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, a multistate coalition of 24 state attorneys general, including Oregon, banded together to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) and Danco Laboratories LLC's efforts to reverse a ruling by a conservative federal appeals court --the Fifth Circui  more