LANSING, Michigan, June 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on states' authority to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In an amicus brief to the Court (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/e9279006-5dfa-42e6-bf36-b27458b7fb7c/fileAsset/Mulready%20v.%20PCMA%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%20Certiorari.pdf), AG Nessel and the   more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 13, 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 the Northern District of Alabama in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by Republican sta  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 12, 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 the Western District of Louisiana in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by Republican st  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week, along with a coalition of attorneys general, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) supporting a final rule to detect and deter corporate offenders that have broken consumer laws and are subject to federal, state, or local government or court orders. Under the rule nonbank entities that offer consumer  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 14 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on states' authority to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Attorney General Stein filed this brief with a bipartisan coalition of 32 Attorneys General to help protect consumers by assuring that all states can regulate PBMs. "Too many prescription drugs are simply too expensiv  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which will preserve access to medication abortion. "Mifepristone has been safely used by millions of patients throughout the United States for nearly a quarter of a century, which is why when access to mifepristone  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a Cook County judge sentenced a suburban physician to prison for defrauding the state out of more than $1.2 million in Medicaid funds. Dr. William McMiller, 69, of Oak Park, Illinois, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Angela M. Petrone and was immediately remanded into custody at the Cook Co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul is encouraging business owners, government officials, directors of non-profit organizations and others interested in cybersecurity to register for the Illinois Attorney General's Office's 2nd Annual Cybersecurity Symposium. The free, virtual event will take place on Monday, June 17, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Tuesday, June 18, from 9:30 a.m.   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 14 -- St. Louis Lambert International Airport issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Avelo Airlines takes off today with exclusive nonstop service between St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and Southern Connecticut's most convenient airport - Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN). Avelo is the only airline offering nonstop service between Missouri and Connecticut. Avelo operates this route twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays, utilizing Boeing Next-Ge  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Illinois, Oregon, and Puerto Rico's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet for All" initiative. This approval enable  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Anni Chung, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Medical Board of California. Chung has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Self-Help for the Elderly since 1981. She was Project Coordinator of the Youth for Elderly Project for the American Red Cross from 1972 to 1973. Chung is a member of the S  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on June 12, 2024: * * * Participants From Municipalities, Tribes, and Community-Based Organizations Will Convene for Six Months To Learn From Each Other and Experts About Agrivoltaics, Residential Energy Efficiency Programs, and Electrifying Municipal Fleets * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new round of leaders from 45 entities that will  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation under the Toxic Substances Control Act to ACCEL Schools Ohio LLC for asbestos and lead paint concerns at three of its public charter schools that may present hazards to students, faculty and staff. EPA discovered these issues during inspections at: Youngstown Academy of Excellence (1408 Rigby St., Youngstown); Nile  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, June 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $9.75 million in grant funding to help coastal and Great Lakes communities protect the health of beachgoers. The funding will assist many states, Tribes, and territories in conducting water quality monitoring and public notification programs for their beaches. "Every summer Americans flock to oceanside and Great Lakes   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 13 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been awarded a federal grant totaling $14,963,220 from the United States Department of Energy's (U.S. DOE) Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund (EE RLF) Grant Program. The federal funding will have a project period from June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2029. The Illinois EPA's Office of Energy has partnered with the Illinois Finan  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 13 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today awarded $5 million in grant funding to 151 recipients through the Back to Business (B2B) Local Chambers program. B2B Chambers provides additional support for local chambers of commerce that experienced negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. A list of B2B Local Chambers gra  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 13 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the implementation of standardized rejection protocols for electronically submitted filings (e-filings) in both circuit courts and reviewing courts through an amendment to Supreme Court Rule 9. Rule 9, which is titled Electronic Filing of Documents, is intended to ensure statewide uniformity; the amendment adopting the Rejection Standards wi  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 13 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, with a coalition of 42 other attorneys general, today announced a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson ("J&J"). The settlement resolves allegations of deceptive marketing practices related to J&J's talc-based baby powder and body powder products. J&J has sold these products for more than a century. While this lawsuit targeted  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office ("AGO"), along with the attorneys general of Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has led a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general advocating for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to reduce barriers to HUD-assisted housing for people with criminal records. This week, the coalition sent a comment l  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 14 -- The Michigan Department of Education issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Leaders from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Michigan's education community today shared the state's efforts and successes in addressing the teacher shortage during a regional U.S. Department of Education conference in Chicago. The federal agency selected Michigan to present because of Michigan's strong and growing work in support of the teaching profession. Te  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state statute outlawing voter intimidation prohibits intentional false speech related to voting requirements or procedures if that speech is made in an attempt to deter or influence a vote, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Defendants in state voter intimidation prosecutions People v. Burkman and People v. Wohl ap  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein led a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general in reaching a landmark $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed the safety and purity of its baby and body powder products containing talc. As part of the investigation and resulting settlement, which is pending approval by a judge, John  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 13 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Today, Attorney General Aaron Ford announced that he and 42 other attorneys general have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As part of this settlement, which is pending judicial approval, Nevada will receive $6,131,236.22. "This case sho  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: A resident of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court on June 11, 2024, to 46 months of incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand imposed the sentence on  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 13 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: As part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a letter sent this week by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy (R-  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 14 -- The Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today that his office has returned more than $2 billion in unclaimed property on his watch, a record-setting total for a state program that's been around for more than 60 years. More than 1.7 million people have been reunited with their missing money during Frerichs' tenure. Frerichs reached the $2 billion mark b  more

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: To combat the uptick in violent crime expected during the summer months, the U.S. Attorney's Office is working to engage with students, expand community outreach and strengthen relationships with law enforcement in southern Illinois. "Typically, as temperatures rise, so do the violent crime rates," said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. "In a proactive  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Reyes, on behalf of the Utah Division of Consumer Protection and with 42 other attorneys general, reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As part of the settlement, Utah will receive $7,540,013 over four years, for approximately $1.88 million each  more