LANSING, Michigan, June 15 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: As part of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a letter sent by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Langworthy and co-sponsored by a bipartisan 1  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 14, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Garland v. Cargill, which challenged the federal ban on bump stock. In a 6-3 decision, the Court found that a bump stock did not meet the statutory definition of a machinegun. This was not a Second Amendment challenge. "This disappointing decision is a serious  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statements on June 14, 2024: * * * Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz released the following statements regarding today's U.S. Supreme Court 6-3 ruling in Garland v. Cargill, striking down a federal rule issued by the Trump administration banning bump stock devices. The devices increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic weapons to the rate of automatic weapons. "This is a terrible decision  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), in consultation with the Connecticut Cybersecurity Planning Subcommittee, is now accepting applications for the first round of funding authorized under Connecticut's State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. This newly established program was created as a   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has approved a series of state grants totaling $26.3 million that will be used to support the remediation and redevelopment of 130 acres of contaminated land throughout Connecticut, consisting of 22 properties located in 17 towns and cities. The funds will support the communities with the costs of cleaning up these properties so they c  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 15 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement on June 14, 2024: * * * Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following statement in response to Governor Scott's veto of H.121, An act relating to enhancing consumer privacy and the age-appropriate design code: "I am extremely disappointed in the Governor's decision to veto H.121. The process to arrive at this bill took years of public forums, research, broad and various testimony, and c  more