BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 9, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * National Library Week, usually observed during the second full week of April, promotes literacy, along with support and use of our nation's libraries. Nationwide, employment of librarians and media collections specialists was 133,760 in May 2023, accounting for fewer than 1 of every 1,000 U.S. jobs. * * * Chart: Employment conc  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: From 2010 to 2022, the nation's foreign-born population increased by 15.6%. According to a new report The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2022 released by the U.S. Census Bureau today, the foreign-born population was 46.2 million (13.9% of the total population) in 2022 compared to 40.0 million (12.9% of the total population) in 2010. The report compares 2010 and 2022 Americ  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on April 9, 20224, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson at the 2024 Market Risk Advisory Committee meeting: * * * I am honored to welcome you to the first Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) meeting of 2024. At this meeting, the MRAC will introduce formal recommendations, reports, and presentations with insightful guidance to improve the integrity and stability of our markets. These include   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following remarks on April 9, 2024, by Secretary Miguel Cardona at the National Association for Bilingual Education: * * * It's a joy to be back here. I look forward to NABE every year . . . because when I'm here, I know I'm preaching to the choir. Me siento que estoy entre familia. Espero la sopa ahorita. I don't have to tell this group that being bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural is a superpower. Unlike some leaders wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * NPL 2024-2 Includes the Company's Twenty-Fourth Community Impact Pool Offering * * * Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced its latest sale of non-performing loans as part of the company's ongoing effort to reduce the size of its retained mortgage portfolio, including the company's twenty-fourth Community Impact Pool (CIP). CIPs are typically smaller pools of loans that are geographically focused an  more

STUART, Florida, April 10 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 549, which increases penalties for retail theft, porch piracy, and inciting looting via social media. Retail theft is rampant in blue jurisdictions and a growing problem throughout the country because of social media-organized looting incidents. Retailers nationwide have reported losing $112 billion in 2022 alone. Locations with the sharpest incr  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 8, 2024, by Office on Violence Against Women Principal Deputy Director Allison Randall at the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Conference: * * * Good morning and mahalo nui loa for having me here today. It's an honor to be with all of you at such a profoundly trauma-informed gathering. Thank you to Sandi Capuano Morrison, Bob Geffner and everyone at the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Tra  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-02621; E.D.N.Y. filed April 8, 2024) involving Mark Borden: * * * On April 8, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Canadian attorney Mark Borden with selling billions of penny stock shares on behalf of others without registering with the Commission as a broker, thereby violating the securities laws. Borden has agreed to settle the case by, among other things, payi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:22-cv-4736; S.D.N.Y. filed June 7, 2022) involving Rosenberger et al.: * * * On April 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against Joanna Lanni, imposing an injunction and ordering her to pay civil monetary penalties. According to the SEC's complaint, Lanni falsified Synchronoss's books and records in connection with a 2016 tr  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she has reached an agreement on proposed relief from two conspiracy theorists who launched a robocall campaign designed to prevent Black New Yorkers from voting by mail ahead of the 2020 election. In March 2023, a federal judge ruled in Attorney General James' favor and found Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman liable for targetin  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following notice requesting comments (Case No. 22-T-0558) on April 9, 2024: * * * Application New York Power Authority and Clean Path New York LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 178 miles of Transmission Lines and Associated Facilities From Delhi, New York, to Queens, New York. NOTICE REQUESTING COMMENTS ON WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATE APPL  more

ALBANY, New York, April 10 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following ruling adopting protective order (Case No. 23-T-0660) on April 9, 2024: * * * Petition of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article VII for its Mortimer-Pannell Lines 24/25 Rebuild Project in Monroe County. RULING ADOPTING PROTECTIVE ORDER ERIKA BERGEN, Administrative Law Judge: To facilitate the parti  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"); and Jocelyn E. Strauber, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), announced today the unsealing of Complaints charg  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on April 9, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated a major milestone towards the city's ambitious "24 in 24" plan to advance 24 affordable housing projects on public sites in 2024 that will ultimately create or preserve over 12,000 units of housing. Delivering on a key promise in Mayor Adams' State of the City address, the city has already advanced -- ahead of schedule -- housing on more than half the   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration's new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. The plans, if implemented, would provide debt relief to over 30 million Americans when combined with actions the Biden-Harris Administration has already taken to cancel student debt over the past three years. While   more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * New units feature a camera to match photo on the ID with the person presenting the ID * * * New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in real time is now in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints at JFK International Airpo  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 10 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: * * * Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement after a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge presiding over an enforcement action against Gator's Custom Guns ruled that Washington's ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional. "Today's decision is incorrect and we will immediately file a motion asking the State Supreme Court t  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The White House issued the following transcript of news call on April 7, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and senior administration officials on President Biden's efforts on student debt: * * * MR. FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining our press call regarding the President's ongoing efforts to cancel student debt. Today's call will begin with on-the-record remarks from White House Press Se  more