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

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert: * * * Name of Product: Cargo bicycles Hazard: The frames of the recalled cargo bicycles can crack and can bend and break, posing a fall hazard to the rider. Remedy: Refund Recall Date: June 20, 2024 Units: About 300 (In addition, about 445 were sold in Canada) Consumer Contact: Babboe toll-free at 833-220-7867 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, email at service.us@babboe.com, or o  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Key researchers from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories converged on NETL's Albany, Oregon, site to discuss hydrogen energy-related research work of eXtremeMAT-H2-- an NETL-led consortium of laboratories that accelerates the development of cost-effective alloys for use in the harsh environments of advanced energy systems. Clean hydrogen is int  more

SALEM, Oregon, June 26 -- The Oregon Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Several advisory committees holding public meetings in July are listed below. There may be other committees meeting during the month as well. You can find information about these and all other advisory committee meetings on our "Get Involved" website and by clicking the links below. You can also check Oregon's Public Meetings website (https://www.oregon.gov/transparency/pages/public-meetings.asp  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following document on June 24, 2024: On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As we celebrate this Independence Day, we reflect on how our Founding Fathers enshrined in our Constitution the importance of data as a vital tool for measuring America. Most of the following facts are possible thanks to responses to U.S. Ce  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced improvements to the camelina pilot crop insurance program for the 2025 and succeeding crop years. USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options by allowing enterprise units and increasing maximum coverage levels. In addition, RMA is aligning planting dates with winter wheat for the Southern Plains. "The  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