LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statements on May 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today issued the following statements after filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of four other state attorneys general alongside an Arkansas high school athlete against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX: "The ove  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 7, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in March 2024 than a year earlier in 269 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 89 areas, and unchanged in 31 areas. A total of 77 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 12 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent. * * * Chart: Metropolitan area unemployment rates, March 2024 * * * ates  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 8 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined 20 other states in suing Biden for abolishing longstanding Title IX protections for women. Biden's new gender ideology mandate tears down more than 50 years of landmark protections for girls in preschool through college who will now be forced to share private facilities such as restrooms, locker rooms, and showers with males. The rule  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-naag-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-legal-services-corporation-lsc/download) sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys gener  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey today announced he is co-leading a multistate coalition in filing suit against the Biden Administration's unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX that forces schools and universities to allow biological males in female spaces. He filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of six state attorneys  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 8 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley today joined Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, an Arkansas high school athlete, and a coalition of three other state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. Congress enacted  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of six state attorneys general filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the U.S. Department of Education over its new rule interpreting Title IX. "Title IX has a long history of protecting women from harassment and creating opportunities for female athletes. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration thinks it   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Nebraska man who planned to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced on May 7, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City. Calvin Wright, 33, from Creighton, Nebraska, pled guilty on January 24, 2024, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Wright was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in 2016 in Nebraska. Evi  more