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

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 14 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * AG James Leads Multistate Coalition in Amicus Brief to Support Commonsense State and Federal Regulations on Sale of Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in support of commonsense state and federal laws that regulate the sale of guns to keep communities safe. Attorney General James and the coalitio  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Dwayne Davis has been indicted by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud his business partner, Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO), of more than $5 million. "Davis occupied a position of trust in his relationship with his business partner and allegedly abused that trust to facilitate and conceal   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Governor Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Secretary of State Michael Watson filed a complaint on behalf of the State of Mississippi challenging an illegal Executive Order directing an all-of-government voter registration effort by federal agencies and led by the White House. "This executive order is a prime example as to why the Biden-Harris administration has been such a disaster,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: ATLANTA Pilot Air Freight, LLC, an international freight shipping and logistics company, will pay $400,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC alleged in its lawsuit that, in early June 2019, Thomas Hunt informed his manager that he needed to request  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Benjamin Johnathan Newman, 38, an inmate in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. Newman has been incarcerated in the state prison system since 2012, serving a 25-year sentence for drug tra  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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * The Jacqueline A was transiting the Atlantic Ocean on way to shipyard for repairs * * * The sinking last year of a towing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean was due to a lack of watertight integrity, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The Jacqueline A was transiting the Atlantic Ocean from Virginia to a Louisiana shipyard, where the vessel was to b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Aug. 13, 2024, by John Podesta, senior adviser to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation, at Third Way's celebration of the Inflation Reduction Act's two-year anniversary: * * * Thanks so much, Josh, and thanks to Third Way for hosting today's event and for your years of advocacy for a clean energy future. It's great to be here with all of you. We're gathering during a summer that's been defined by th  more