SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 11 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 19 attorneys general in a letter to U.S. Senate leaders, urging their legislative body "to promptly pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act)." The letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was led by the State of Arkansas. On June 5, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton introduced this bill (S. 4484), following suc  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 14-state coalition in a brief defending Arkansas's law preventing indoctrination in K-12 schools. In May, a federal court partially blocked an Arkansas law that bans indoctrination in schools. The law does not prevent teachers from instructing on any ideas or theories, but it does prevent schools from punishing kids for not accepting t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 7-state coalition in opposing the illegal attempt by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to regulate cryptocurrencies. SEC's power grab may stop states from protecting their citizens from scams, and it hurts the free market. SEC's policing of cryptocurrency will stifle innovation and devastate the cryptocurrency industry  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, is awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ003424D0022) with a ceiling of $460,000,000. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The Strategic Capabilities Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense intends to utilize Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laborato  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * 46 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across key industries and provide workers with access to the new, good-  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Tennessee, July 11 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on July 10, 2024: * * * Family-owned business set to purchase previous Footwear Industries of Tennessee building * * * Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Steel Warehouse officials announced today the company's plans to expand in Jefferson City, locating in and retrofitting the former Footwear  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: An Indiana man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for sending a communication that included death threats to an election worker in Michigan shortly after the November 2020 election. "The Justice Department has no tolerance for violent threats against election workers, officials, and volunteers, and as this case demonstrates, we will aggressively investigate and prosecute such threa  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration has weaseled its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further their radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on w  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: An Indiana man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for sending a communication that included death threats to an election worker in Michigan shortly after the November 2020 election. "The Justice Department has no tolerance for violent threats against election workers, officials, and volunteers, and as this case demonstrates, we will aggr  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, July 10 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Online businesses cannot be allowed to evade state consumer protection laws that help level the playing field for everyday consumers against big corporations. But the lower court in this case essentially found that because online companies do business everywhere, they can be held accountable nowhere. I was proud to stand with AG Ford and these 29 other Attorneys General in  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 11 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: State Rep. Brad Barrett (R-Richmond) recently received appointments to serve as chair of key committees including Medicaid Oversight Committee, the Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force, and the Interim Study Committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services. Interim committees meet throughout the summer and fall to explore and review policy issues and work together to identify sol  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 11 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: State Rep. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) recently received an appointment to serve as chair of the Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code. Interim committees meet throughout the summer and fall to explore and review policy issues and work together to identify solutions. Legislators will hear testimony from the public, various experts and stakeholders as they work on bill recomme  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 11 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: State Rep. Lindsay Patterson (R-Brookville) recently received appointments to serve on key summer study committees. Interim committees meet throughout the summer and fall to explore and review policy issues and work together to identify solutions. Patterson will serve as a member of the Interim Study Committee on Roads and Transportation and the Interim Study Committee on Environmental Affairs.   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition urged the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA's Food and Nutrition Service today awarded a total of $10 million in grants through its partnersFull Plates Full Potential and the Illinois Public Health Instituteas part of USDA's $100 million Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative. The initiative empowers schools to continue serving delicious, healthy meals that give students nutrition to grow and thrive. The grants announced today are through the   more