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

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

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: The Attorney General's Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on June 13, 2024, in the Fords section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. According to the preliminary investigation, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, officers from the Edison Police Department received information from an Automated License Plate Reader that a vehicle sought   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Ravinder Bhatia, a leader and engineer with three decades of experience managing collaborative science initiatives, is the new head of ITER projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). In this role, Bhatia oversees the design and fabrication of six diagnostic systems, or sensor systems, that PPPL is building for ITER, the multinationa  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

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

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the Phoenix Police Department (PhxPD) and the City of Phoenix (City) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Specifically, the Department finds that: * PhxPD uses excessive force, including unjustified deadly force and other types of force. * PhxPD and the City unla  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: A New Jersey man was sentenced today to one year and six months in prison for falsifying a report filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and credit card fraud. According to court documents, in March 2020, Christopher Richardson, 37, formerly of San Antonio, Texas, created an independent, expenditure-only political action committee, or Super PAC, named Americans for Progressive Ac  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

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

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 13 (TNSres) -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Responding to Governor Phil Murphy's call for an "Artificial Intelligence Moonshot" to establish New Jersey as a pioneering state for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered innovations, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today announced it is providing school districts with resources to help educators understand, prepare for, implement, and manage AI in t  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

NEW YORK, June 13 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 12, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated major progress towards achieving the administration's moonshot goal of delivering 30,000 apprenticeships by 2030, a key commitment first laid out in his 2023 State of the City address. The city is currently on track to deliver over 14,000 apprenticeship opportunities by the end of 2024 -- ahead of schedule and nearly halfway towards the moonshot goal an  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 12, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt today announced a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to support a YouthBuild pre-apprenticeship program for youth in Brownsville, Brooklyn NYCHA developments. YouthBuild is a community-based alternative education program for youth who left high school prior to graduation and who also  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), announced the three winning teams of the 2024 Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The annual competition seeks to strengthen entrepreneurial thinking among community college students by challenging them to develop STEM-based solutions to real-world problems. It also e  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The White House issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: * Christy Goldsmith Romero, Nominee to be Chair and Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation * Kristin N. Johnson, Nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury * Caroline A. Crenshaw, Nominee to be a Member of the Sec  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Achieving a sustained fusion reaction is a delicate balancing act, requiring a sea of moving parts to come together to maintain a high-performing plasma: one that is dense enough, hot enough, and confined for long enough for fusion to take place. Yet as researchers push the limits of plasma performance, they have encountered new challenges for keeping plasmas under con  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * "We are thankful that as a result of today's Supreme Court decision, mifepristone remains available for abortion care and miscarriage management nationwide. The Supreme Court correctly and unanimously found that this case should never have moved forward in the first place--because the challengers were not harmed by the FDA's actions and therefore had no right   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * "Two members of our law enforcement community - one from the Woodbridge Police Department and one from the New York City Police Department - are recovering from injuries this morning after being shot overnight in the line of duty while attempting to locate a suspect in a homicide. Details of that incident will be released by my office later today. This incident  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

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