ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 6 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is joining Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and a coalition of 25 other state attorneys general in a letter to Meta demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content. "The protection of our children from those who would prey on them is one of our most sacred responsibilities," said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy "as is dismantling sys  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (ACMC) Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney visited Austal USA, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding, March 4, 2024, demonstrating the Navy and Marine Corps full integration and commitment to delivering warfighting advantage. This visit gave Franchetti and Mahoney the opportunity to se  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 6 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on March 5, 2024: A bill that would require clear labeling of lab-grown meat and poultry products sold in Minnesota is gaining traction at the State Capitol. Senate File 4026, authored by Sen. Rich Draheim (R-Madison Lake), would mandate that any restaurant, grocery store, or other establishment offering cell-cultured meat or poultry must prominently disclose it on menus and packaging. The bill rec  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 6 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Governor Tate Reeves today announced the appointment of Lisa Beech McGloflin as County Court Judge for Pearl River County. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the promotion of the Honorable Richelle Lumpkin, who was appointed Fifteenth Circuit Court Judge, Place 3. "I'm proud to appoint Lisa as county court judge," said Governor Tate Reeves. "She knows Pearl River Count  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, March 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Covington, Louisiana man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute approximately 1,000 pills laced with fentanyl. Santana Phillipe Elzy, 23, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on August 29, 2023, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration followed up on a  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 6 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes is joining a coalition of 23 other state attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Texas in support of the state's law prohibiting pediatric gender-transition procedures. States are responsible for protecting the health and safety of their children from dangerous and experimental medical procedures. Texas' law is presumptively constitutional  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 26 other state attorneys general in a letter to Meta demanding that Instagram immediately stop monetizing child exploitation content and prohibit child-modeling accounts altogether. "Meta's negligence and lack of proper safeguards only aids and abets child exploitation. Even after Meta employees alerted  more