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

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document (No. AO 2024-05) on May 9, 2024: * * * Federal candidates and officeholders may solicit funds for a state ballot initiative outside the amount limitations and source prohibitions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act). Background Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (NFRF), a 501(c)(4) organization with a state-registered PAC, is collecting signatures to place a state constitutional init  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

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today announced his office entered into settlements with 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"), which resolve an investigation into the wireless carriers' advertising practices. The settlements were joined   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

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist, David A. Peterson, Ph.D., has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to lead the Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) Experiment (PYREX), a large airborne-based field campaign aimed at studying the role that pyroCb activity plays in the warming climate system   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on May 9, 2024, honoring the 2023 WNBA Champions, the Las Vegas Aces: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. So, to the world champion Las Vegas Aces -- (applause) -- Coach Becky Hammon, and Team President Nikki Fargas: Congratulations, congratulations -- (applause) -- and welcome back -- welcome back -- welcome back to the White   more