LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 5 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after sending a letter on behalf of himself and the 26 other Republican state attorneys general to Meta demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content: "According to The Wall Street Journal, Meta's own staff raised alarms after Instagram enabled those running 'parent-managed minor a  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Survival rates for new business establishments vary from year to year due to several factors, including the business cycle, industry, and location. In recent years, 1 year survival rates (that is, an establishment still in business one year after the year in which the establishment was born) were generally lowest for establishments born in 2001 and  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 5 -- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control issued the following news release: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has developed 12 online dashboards providing state- and county-level data on several important environmental and health topics. The S.C. Tracking Dashboards (https://scdhec.gov/sc-environmental-public-health-tracking) provide the public with available data, as well as trends over time.   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments: Gen. James J. Mingus to vice chief of staff of the Army, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as director, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. Lt. Gen. Michele H. Bredenkamp to director's advisor for Military Affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, D.C. She most recently served as commanding general, U.  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 23-406) on March 4, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Greenville, South Carolina) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/1 issued in response to a Pe  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 5 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding Meta immediately cease monetizing child exploitation and prohibit child-modeling accounts on Instagram. The call comes after news reports revealed the social media platform monetized minor accounts and actively promoted the accounts of young girls to those with overt sexual interest in minors. Attorney General Moody, along with 26   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 5 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 16-state coalition in a letter demanding YouTube remove dangerous and misleading information labels attached to videos discussing chemical abortion pills. The label contains inaccurate information that jeopardizes women's health. An upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case, Food & Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 5 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following letter on March 4, 2024: * * * To: Ms. Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer, Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Re: Letter from the State of Arkansas and 26 other States demanding that Instagram cease monetizing child exploitation Dear Ms. Newstead: The States of Arkansas, Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify developers interested in executing a commercial, clean energy solar project on NNSA-administered land at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). This project is part of DOE's Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative to increase clean en  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 5 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Jennifer Helen Wilks, 43 years old, of Seneca, S.C., for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-0085 (D)} and one count of Financial Transactions Card Fraud, more than $500 in a six-month period {16-14-0060(A)(1-5)}. Wilks was booked into the An  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Nuclear Solutions issued the following news release: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) continues to strengthen its partnership and philanthropic contributions to the Dreams, Imagination and Gift (DIG) Development Program, a local organization providing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities to promote rural growth and development. This year, SRNS provided $30,000 in sponsorship to supp  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to BlackRock fund directors to express continued concerns over past and present actions involving their fiduciary duties to clients and commitments to radical environmental organizations. The letter, which was led by the State of Montana, requested answers to a series of questions in the wake of BlackRock's recent announcement that it would substantially  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 5 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By T. T. Parish Women have a rich history in the U.S. military since before the nation's founding. During Women's History Month, we are highlighting women across the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) and the contributions they make each day to the Army's medical development and sustainment missions. When a Soldier retires, it would make sense for them to ride off into the sunset, secure in  more