SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 14 attorneys general on a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v. Mayorkas. The coalition, led by the State of Florida, requests that the nation's high court hear arguments in a question of a legal right of intervention to defend a federal immigration rule. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published an immig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 24 large metropolitan areas (those with a population of at least 1 million in the 2010 Census) from June 2023 to June 2024 and was essentially unchanged in 27 large metropolitan areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderso  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in a case brought by online video game maker Epic Games Inc. against Google LLC's app store, which outlines how the court should consider potential remedies when determining effective relief to restore competition after Google was found liable for illegal monopolization. The FTC filed its amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of C  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the appointments of Michael Leeser and Ole Tvedten as District Court Judges in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. Leeser will replace the Honorable Greta M. Smolnisky and will be chambered in Moorhead in Clay County and Tvedten will replace the Honorable Sarah E. Hennesy and be chambered in St. Cloud in Stear  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with attorneys general from 14 other states, submitted a comment letter to the Department of the Treasury, emphasizing the need for fair and unbiased regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector. The letter urges the Department to focus solely on risks to financial reliability and consumer protection rather th  more