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

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 21 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that on March 19, 2024, the Rockingham County Superior Court entered a consent decree resolving the allegations that Loren Faulkner had violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, RSA Chapter 354-B. "This consent decree provides another example of the Attorney General's Office's commitment to ensuring that in the 'Liv  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $199,433 in back wages for 37 workers after finding a Lawrence construction subcontractor failed to pay prevailing wages and fringe benefits to employees working on a federally funded project at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Providence, Rhode Island. The department's Wage and Hour Division investigation found S  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 21 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-043) on March 20, 2024, involving the Town of Pelham: * * * Request for Approval of Pelham Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On March 15, 2024, the Town of Pelham (Pelham) filed its Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (the Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 21 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-045) on March 20, 2024, involving the Town of Randolph: * * * Request for Approval of Randolph Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On March 20, 2024, the Town of Randolph (Randolph) filed its Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (the Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall a  more

KITTERY, Maine, March 21 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: In an historic milestone, after nearly 30 years of extensive remediation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deleted Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) from the National Priorities List (NPL), more commonly known as the Superfund Site list. "Congratulations to the incredible team at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for an accomplishment that was decades in the making," said Meredith Berger, the Assis  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 21 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes recently joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to keep the Biden administration from using gamesmanship to manipulate a political liability, the border crisis. The Biden administration appears to have decided to abandon its defense of the "Circumvent  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