OAKLAND, California, June 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) cease-and-desist order against Intuit, maker of TurboTax. The FTC found that Intuit deceptively advertised supposedly "free" tax-filing products and ordered Intuit to cease all deceptive activity and make disclosures to cure the  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a brief in support of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order that bans Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, from deceptively advertising "free" tax preparation software when its services were not actually free for most consumers. In the brief filed in Intuit v. Federal Trade Commission, the coalition of 22 attorneys general argue that the United States Co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing a brief supporting a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order that bars Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, from deceptively advertising free tax preparation software when its services were not actually free for many consumers. In a brief (ht  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: * * * Argues Intuit's Marketing of TurboTax Harmed Millions of Consumers * * * District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in support of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order that bars Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, from deceptively advertising "free" tax preparation software when i  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Two years ago today, the extreme conservative supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion care in this country by overturning Roe v. Wade. Following the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, conservative states across the U.S. passed crushing abortion bans and Republican leaders began working to eliminate access to oth  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to two university consortia to support the basic science that underlies its nuclear security and nonproliferation missions. The two consortia, led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the G  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: A project funded by a $24 million high-speed Internet grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) broke ground in Reno, Nevada today. Under the Biden-Harris Administration's Internet for All Initiative, the Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program is inv  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued its final investigation report into the fatal naphtha release and fire at the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery ("BP Toledo Refinery") in Oregon, Ohio, on September 20, 2022, which resulted in the death of two BP employees, who were brothers. During an emergency situation at the refinery, liquid naphtha was released   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 25 -- The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission held committee meetings, approved land transactions, retained the state classification status of bald eagles and peregrine falcons, and discussed proposed changes to cougar hunting seasons during a meeting in Vancouver on June 20-22. The meeting began Thursday, June 20 with committee meetings. The Big Tent Committee  more