OAKLAND, California, June 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Mathew J. Platkin, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by conservative states and groups seeking to undermine   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 31, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at an event entitled "Reimagining Justice at Justice: Supporting Communities as Co-Producers Of Public Safety": * * * I am honored to be part of this conversation today. I want to thank the Columbia Justice Lab and the Square One Project for convening us - and even more importantly, for their leadership and their willingness to boldly re-imagine safety  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The 12 Federal Reserve Banks have released a series of chartbooks that can be used to analyze data from the 2023 Small Business Credit Survey by city, state, owner demographics, industry, size, and other characteristics. The 2024 Firms in Focus chartbooks includes 43 sets of charts that provide insights on how different types of small businesses performed in 2023, the challenges   more

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on May 31, 2024: Richard Corey Fox, 54, and Angelina Larae Norton, 61, a couple living in Idaho Falls, were sentenced to over ten years combined for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine in eastern Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, detectives with the BADGES Task Force initiated an investigation in the summer of 2022 in which the  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that, together with California and Pennsylvania, they have filed the first of several amicus briefs defending Title IX, the landmark law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education, from yet another federal court challenge that threatens the rights of students in schools a  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 1 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release dated May 29, 2024: Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 13 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster who was protesting racial injustice when he was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas. While a jury found Mr. Perry guilty of murder   more

SALEM, Oregon, June 1 -- The Oregon State Legislature issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Yesterday, the Senate Interim Committee on Health Care held their May Legislative Days meeting. The full agenda can be found here (https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023I1/Committees/SHC/2024-05-29-11-30/Agenda). Of note, legislators heard presentations on Health Care Price Transparency in Oregon. "Oregonians and their employers are feeling the pain of rising health care costs. From wh  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 1 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news: By Shannon Collins With a standing start, the Soldier hyper focuses on the 28 914-mm high fixed barriers and seven water jumps he needs to clear in the 3000-mm steeplechase to secure his Olympic dream. Sgt. Anthony Rotich, a chemical equipment repairman assigned to the World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, Colorado, is the man to beat going into the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field in E  more