OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ), and a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, alleging unlawful conduct that has hampered competition in the ticketing and promotions of live music concerts. Live Nation's strong domination over ticketi  more

OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in an amicus brief defending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is a piece of landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum e  more

OAKLAND, California, May 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: On behalf of California and leading a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. Thes  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing Thea Montanez of Hartford to serve as senior advisor in the Office of the Governor. In this role, Montanez will lead interagency initiatives to connect more residents to opportunity, including educational, economic, and social service resources, and develop partnerships that engage public, private, and philanthropic institu  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: JAUWAN EDWARDS, also known as "Yaya," 26, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Fannie Mae issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) priced Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Series 2024-R04, an approximately $708 million note offering that represents Fannie Mae's fourth CAS REMIC transaction of the year. CAS is Fannie Mae's benchmark issuance program designed to share credit risk on its single-family conventional guaranty book of business. Year to date, Fannie Mae has issued approximately $2.9 billion of notes under   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees. The EEOC rule would require employe  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on May 23, 2024, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement: * * * Good morning. Early on, in thinking about what your experience would be like at the Coast Guard Academy, I bet you didn't expect to have a Swab Summer that was so very different than the one of every cadet class before you. I bet you didn't expect to live your Fourth Class a year in the   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in National Automobile Dealers Association et al. v. FTC, supporting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) defense of its new Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Trade Regulation Rule. The rule addresses several persistent unfair and deceptive practices in t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant and postpartum employees.   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 25 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and four cities in filing a motion yesterday to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. These vehicles include freight trucks, delivery trucks, b  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 25 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry joined a coalition of 23 Attorneys General defending a final rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and postpartum employees for a broad range of conditi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 25 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general defending a proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. The PWFA is landmark federal legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant and post-partum employees. The EEOC rule  more