OAKLAND, California, April 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Leading a multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general and the city of New York, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the state of California and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final particulate m  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, April 9 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced Joshua McNemar as its new Chief Administrative Officer, effective April 8, 2024. McNemar brings more than seven years of experience in administrative operations and governmental affairs to DRA, after having served in various leadership roles in the public sector. A native of Vidalia, La., McNemar previously worked as the Chief of   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Sonya Hesenius, a former office manager and executive assistant for a company in Alpharetta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling more than $8.5 million between 2015 and 2020. "Hesenius will now be held accountable for her flagrant theft of millions of dollars from her employer to support a lavish lifestyle," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buc  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 9 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of states attempting to stop the Biden administration's collusion with immigration activists. The brief, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, supports states' motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by asylum seekers and immigr  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 9 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed legislation authored by State Rep. Lori Goss-Reaves (R-Marion) into law that ensures pregnant women, who are charged with drug crimes, a pathway into treatment earlier. According to a report from the National Library of Medicine, national estimates indicate that 40% of pregnant women entering jails and prisons have a drug use disorder. Goss-Reaves said these find  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet issued the following news: The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet's (EEC) Office of Energy Policy (OEP) has published the results of a year-long feasibility study that could help advance Kentucky's hydrogen economy, reduce freight emissions, and support leadership in the manufacturing and transportation sectors. Completed by HDR, Inc. an engineering firm in Lexington, though the efforts by Kentucky's regi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 9 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of states attempting to stop the Biden administration's capitulation to illegal immigration activists. President Biden's actions would continue to leave the southern border wide open and communities across the country vulnerable to dangerous drugs and crim  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, David K. Smith, 69, of Paducah, Kentucky, was sentenced to one year and six months of federal probation, including six months on home detention, and River Marine Enterprises LLC and Western River Assets LLC were each fined $100,000 and placed on corporate probation for five years for discharge of refuse into navigable waters.  more