OAKLAND, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Colorado's law requiring a three-day waiting period for firearm purchases. Attorney General Bonta joined the brief in Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis after the district court denied a pre  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California's landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker pro  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Tong today announced three settlements totaling $113,774.89 between the State of Connecticut and AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, and TracFone Wireless, Inc. (collectively, the "Wireless Carriers") resolving investigations into the Wireless Carriers' deceptive and misleading adverti  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker are congratulating three Connecticut students who were named today as 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. The recognition is one of the nation's highest honors for graduating high school seniors. The recipients   more

WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto today hosted a ceremony in Wethersfield to commemorate the grand opening of the Putnam Bridge Trail Connection. Created by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and funded by the state, the trail provides non-motorized access across the Connecticut River by linking the shared-use path on the Putnam Br  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation that repeals state laws and regulations that made it legal for dog racetracks to operate in Connecticut and enacts a new law prohibiting this cruel sport in the state. There are no currently active dog racetracks in Connecticut, however this had been occurring in the state for about 30 years. This includes at Plain  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation that modifies existing state laws concerning Connecticut's Paid Family and Medical Leave program (CT Paid Leave) to allow survivors of sexual assault to utilize this program if necessary to take time off work for the purposes of seeking care or participating in the criminal justice process. The legislation also ena  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation that enacts a law prohibiting health care providers and hospitals in Connecticut from reporting a person's medical debt to credit rating agencies for use in credit reports. It also voids any medical debt that is reported to credit rating agencies. "When medical debt is included in a person's credit report, creditor  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Div  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Convention Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), for the Republican Party Convention being held on May 13, 2024 in Connecticut. As of May 9, 2024, the required disclosure report had not been received from: - Hyde for Senate (CT) The pre-convent  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending May 8, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 208,000 to 209,000. The 4-week moving average was 215,000, a  more

NEW YORK, May 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general today secured more than $10.22 million from AT&T Mobility, LLC and its subsidiary Cricket Wireless, LLC (AT&T); T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile); and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and its subsidiary TracFone Wireless, Inc. (Verizon), for deceptively marketing wireless service   more