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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 21 -- The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued the following news release: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Highway Safety Office (HSO) announces the availability of Alaska Highway Safety Office grants, which are open to a wide range of organizations, and focus on behavioral safety changes to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries. Eligible projects may include initiatives to reduce impaired driving,  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 22 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: GCI, the official technology sponsor of the Alaska School Activities Association, stepped it up for ASAA's largest event - March Madness Alaska. Network hardware was upgraded in the Alaska Airlines Center to more than double GCI's wireless capacity, ensuring coaches, players and fans have the connectivity they need throughout the tournament. In addition to wireless network upgrades, GCI employe  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading a coalition of 16 states in a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The State of Louisiana is joined by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina,   more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: In America, it is a sad reality that your ethnic background and zip code can be a contributing factor to the likelihood that you become a victim of both fatal and non-fatal firearm violence. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals experience a higher prevalence of firearm violence nationwide. A confluence of social, economic and  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

ONEIDA, New York, March 23 -- The Oneida Indian Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: In honor of Women's History month, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution this week recognizing the notable achievements of Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian women have made throughout the country's history, including Oneida ancestor Polly Cooper. Polly Cooper walked hundreds of miles from Upstate New Yo  more