LANSING, Michigan, June 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 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 are not actually free for most consumers. In a brief filed in Intuit v. Federal Trade Commission, the attorneys general arg  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 26 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: Attorney General Kris Mayes this week joined 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 most consumers. In a brief filed in Intuit v. Federal Trade Commission, the attorneys general argue tha  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 27 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Kaul joined 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 most consumers. In a brief filed in Intuit v. Federal Trade Commission, the attorneys general argue that the Un  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania have filed another set of amicus briefs in federal courts across the country this month to defend Title IX's protections of students from sex-based discrimination and harassment in education. Attorney General Platkin, the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), and their state partners are seeking t  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A former city of Newark official who served as deputy mayor and director of the Newark Department Economic and Housing Development (DEHD) and served as executive vice president and chief real estate officer of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) today admitted conspiring with two Newark business owners to obtain corrupt payme  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Jamal Wilson, aka "Vill," 49, of Trenton, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner in Trenton feder  more

ALBANY, New York, June 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: On its 70th anniversary, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the opening of the new Ransom Road bridge (milepost 411.6) over the New York State Thruway (I-90) in the towns of Clarence and Lancaster. The $4 million bridge replacement project, which started in August 2023, included several upgrades to enhance safety for motorists such as an increased vertical clearance from 14'1" to 1  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 27 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) today announced the first-ever Career and Technical Education (CTE) Scholar Awards to 111 high-school CTE students for the 2023-2024 school year. The award program, established through a 2023 State statute that calls for a program to recognize outstanding CTE students, requires students to meet specific criteria. "New Jersey   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: PetroChina International America Inc. (PCIA) has entered into an agreement to pay a fine and monetary forfeiture totaling $14.5 million for violations of U.S. export law, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani along with Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Houston, and Special Agent in Charge Trey McClish, Department of Co  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the highest passenger volumes the agency has seen at airport security checkpoints nationwide during this summer's travel season, which runs through Labor Day, and that includes individuals who are planning to fly out of Newark Liberty International Airport. Since mid-May, TSA has seen  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: International Airport by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a loaded handgun among the traveler's carry-on items on Thursday, June 20. The .45 caliber firearm was detected in the traveler's book bag. The TSA officer detected the handgun as the book bag entered the checkpoint X-ray machine. Port A  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million grant to the city of Atlantic City, New Jersey, to support the Fisherman's Park Pump Station Improvements and Atlantic City Inlets Retrofits projects. This grant will support pumping station infrastructure impro  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on June 24, 2024, with state attorneys general on the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade: * * * Yesterday, to mark the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, and Tom Perez, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernm  more