LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 26 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 25, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after co-leading, alongside Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a coalition of 17 states in suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an erroneous interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA):  more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer as well as physician group, and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging them to take action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients impacted by the catast  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Attorney General William Tong announced today that he has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth Group is the   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody, in a 17-state coalition of attorneys general, is taking legal action against the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over its new rule requiring both state and private employers to accommodate abortion through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Unelected commissioners under  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 26 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today she has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies and patients harmed by the recen  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 26 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 25, 2024: On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, alongside Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, led a coalition of 17 States in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA). "Congress passed the  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 26 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 25, 2024: The State of Utah continues to benefit from Utah's enforcement of the 1990s-era tobacco settlement. The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), orchestrated in 1998 by former Utah Attorney General Jan Graham, has resulted in over $800 million in payments to the State of Utah. Today, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes announced a settlement extension agreement, securing Utah's 2023 and 2024   more