TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 17 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a 23-state coalition in filing a legal action demanding that Biden's Environmental Protection Agency modify its Title VI regulations. These regulations--known as "disparate impact" regulations--are what the EPA is using to advance much of its race conscious "environmental justice" initiatives. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "T  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 17 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/2284e469-b63d-4f83-bfd9-997c61b368db/fileAsset/2024.4.16%20-%20MV%20Realty%20-%20Complaint%20(File%20Stamped).pdf) against MV Realty PBC, LLC and MV Realty of Illinois, LLC, as well as corporate managers Amanda Zachman, Antony Mitchell and David Manchester, for allegedly tricking financially  more

PEORIA, Illinois, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Pere Marquette Hotel developers Gary E. Matthews and Monte J. Brannan were sentenced yesterday in federal court. Matthews, 81, of the 400 block of Highview Road in East Peoria, Illinois, has been sentenced to 40 months in the Bureau of Prisons. Brannan, 71, of the 3200 block of North Elmcroft Terrace, Peoria, Illinois was sentenced to 24 months   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 17 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news on April 16, 2024: Earlier this month, Elliahs Dorsey was sentenced to time served on the charge related to the killing of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath in April 2020. In response, State Rep. Mitch Gore (D-Indianapolis), along with his colleague State Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D-Fishers), asked General Assembly leadership to assign the topic of increasing the crime of  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: A new public notification similar to Indiana's Amber Alert will soon help first responders locate missing and at-risk veterans thanks to efforts supported by State Rep. Stephen Bartels (R-Eckerty) and Shane Lindauer (R-Jasper). A new law, which Bartels co-authored, passed during the 2024 legislative session and will create a Green Alert to notify the public that a veteran or military service mem  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 17 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed legislation authored by State Rep. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) into law that will streamline the competency evaluation process and reduce time spent in jail for those who lack the ability to stand trial. A defendant must be considered competent, or able to understand court proceedings, before a trial begins. Currently, determining a defendant's competence to s  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 17 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses, private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters in Illinois impacted by the ice jams and flooding that occurred Jan. 15-25, to apply for physical damage disaster loans by May 13 deadline. The declaration covers Will County and the adjacent counties of Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee and Kendall in Illin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 17 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 16, 2024: Today, Attorney General Reyes joined a Florida-led coalition of 23 states in filing a legal action demanding that Biden's Environmental Protection Agency modify its Title VI regulations. These regulations--known as "disparate impact" regulations--are what the EPA is using to advance much of its race-conscious "environmental justice" initiatives. AG Reyes stated as follows: The Su  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 17 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 15-state coalition in a letter demanding Bank of America to provide a written report about its account policies and practices, update its terms of service to state that it does not discriminate against customers for their religious or political views or speech, and remove prohibitions on "intolerance" and "hate" from its online banking service agr  more