PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 10 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: Attorney General Kris Mayes this week joined a coalition of 19 state Attorneys Generals in supporting the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees. "The price advertised by a business should be the price paid by a consumer and businesses should be fully transparent about the nature and purpose of fees," said Attorney General Mayes. "Using 'bai  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 10 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes is joining a coalition of 11 attorneys general to protect workers from the dangers of exposure to extreme heat in the workplace. Today, Attorney General Mayes and the coalition petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to implement a nationwide emergency extreme heat standard to take effect this summer to protect workers from h  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 8, 2024, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Connecticut - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 34 in 2022 for Connecticut, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Connecticut was up from the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occupational   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: Attorney General Bonta today joined a coalition of attorneys general representing 32 states and territories urging Congress to provide critical support and services to victims and survivors of crime by taking steps to increase the Crime Victims Fund (Fund) with short term, bridge funding. The balance of the Fund, which was established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended un unlawfully present Salvadoran national and registered sex offender Jan. 26 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 26-year-old, who had been convicted in Norwalk, Connecticut, for possessing child sexual abuse material in 2020. "This unlawfully presen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general opposing Texas' ongoing effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In the amicus brief (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/DACA%205th%20Cir%20amicus%20brief%20%28STAMPED%29.pdf?language_id=1) filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Raoul   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 10 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Congress and the Biden administration to protect workers from the dangers of exposure to extreme heat in the workplace. Raoul and the coalition petitioned OSHA to implement a nationwide emergency extreme heat standard to take effect this summer to protect wo  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 10 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize much-needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims (VOCA) Fund. The VOCA Fund supports the provision of essential direct services for crime victims and survivors across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Jus  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 10 attorneys general to protect workers from the dangers of exposure to extreme heat in the workplace. Today, Attorney General James and the coalition petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to implement a nationwide emergency extreme heat standard to take effect this summer to protec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By 2nd Lt. Sean Cloherty, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve U.S. Marine Corps Col. Daniel S. Sullivan, the last actively serving Marine in the U.S. Senate, retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2024. Sullivan, with a notable service record spanning from 1993 to 2024, served as an infantry and reconnaissance officer, with a secondary military occupational specialty   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 10 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to leadership of the U.S. House and Senate "urging Congress to provide bridge funding to the Crime Victims Fund." The letter, spearheaded by the attorneys general from Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, was sent by the National Association of Attorneys General. According to the letter, the "Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) established the Crime  more