DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 15-state coalition in supporting President Trump's appeal of a court order wrongly fining him more than $350 million. The suit was brought by New York's Democrat attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge of using "every legal avenue to pursue" President Trump. The judge required President Trump to pay an unprecedented almost half  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Multistate Agreement Resolves Issues with Cameo Celebrity App Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-0729_Baron-App-Inc-dba-Cameo.pdf) * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined 29 other Attorneys General in announcing a settlement resolving potential consumer protection and Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") Endorsement Guideline  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on July 29, 2024: This afternoon, Governor Mike Dunleavy visited Fairbanks and signed four pieces of legislation addressing health care, timber sales, military affairs, and motor vehicles. Each bill was sponsored by a member of the Alaska Legislature's interior delegation. House Bill 104 creates a new category of timber sales, called expedited timber sales, for state forest land with high annual fire danger or s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 26 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G063909). Here are excerpts: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three JOSE MEDINA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ST. GEORGE AUTO SALES, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants. OPINION Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Brian S. McCarville, Judge. Affirmed. Wade W. Poulson for Defendants and App  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From June 2023 to June 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27 states and was essentially unchanged in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in South Carolina (+3.5 percent), Missouri (+3.2 percent), and Nevada (+3.1 percent). The following states also had over-the-year employment increases of a  more