ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 21 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has joined Attorneys General Raul Labrador of Idaho and Todd Rokita of Indiana, and 25 other states, in filing a brief with the Unites States Supreme Court challenging Illinois' unconstitutional ban of AR-15 rifles and their standard 30-round magazines. "What the 7th Circuit has done with the Illinois' ban on AR-15 rifles and magazines should frighten Ame  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to block a new rule that seeks to impose unlawful and burdensome emissions standards on oil and gas producers. "Under the Biden administration, Americans have had to endure energy costs rising to an all-time high," said Carr. "This new 408-page rule will simply drag down vital sectors of our econom  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 21 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and two other state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to establish a legal test for determining the limits of a "very broad" presidential immunity. In an amicus brief filed today in Trump v. United States, Yost and his counterparts from Alaska and Wyoming argue that such a test is necessary because future prosecutions, both civil and  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a coalition of 22 states supporting a Texas law that makes illegal immigration a state crime and authorizes state officials to enforce it. "Joe Biden has created a border crisis of historic proportions," said Attorney General Alan Wilson. "His Administration's flagrant and repeated pattern of ignoring national immigration laws has allowed more t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to Wells Fargo's Chief Executive Officer regarding several debanking policies that Wells Fargo has embraced. The letter, which the State of Montana led, also requests answers from Wells Fargo about its debanking policies and practices and its relationship with BlackRock. The States write that Wells Fargo "appears to be using debanking as a political to  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 21 -- The Wyoming Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the Wyoming Department of Transportation was awarded a $1.5 million Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grant. The competitive discretionary grant will be used to create smarter work zones through connected vehicle programs. Through the Situation Data Exchange, WYDOT will be able to communicate directly to driv  more