SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general encouraging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting en banc, to affirm a 2021 district court decision rejecting a Second Amendment challenge to a Florida law that prohibits any person under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms and prohibits federally licens  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/nra-en-banc-amicus-brief---as-filed.pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold Florida's law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 31 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following consummating order (Docket No. 20240101-TA; Order No. PSC-2024-0382-CO-TA) on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * In re: Petition for expedited review of NXX-X code denial by North American Numbering Plan Administration for Tampacen rate center, by Teleport Communications America, LLC. CONSUMMATING ORDER BY THE COMMISSION: By Order No. PSC-2024-0316-PAA-TA, issued August 8, 2024, this Commission proposed to take c  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following Faculty and Staff Briefs for August on Aug. 30, 2024: By Anna Prentiss Florida State University's faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across campus. Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors,  more

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: PHILADELPHIA - Aug 29, 2024 - Alexander L. Scarola, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice, will speak at the Bond Buyer Infrastructure Conference taking place Sept. 17-18 in Philadelphia. The conference will gather municipal finance leaders to convene for strategic conversations aimed at driving the industry forward. Scarola will spe  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold Florida's law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms. Raoul and the coalition filed the brief in National Rifle Association v. Commis  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 31 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kelsey Klopfenstein, Montse Zeron His Excellency Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 78th Session, visited Florida State University this week to engage with students, learn about the university's groundbreaking research and deliver a lecture about some of the world's most pressing issues. "I came to Florida State University because I always seek opportunities to engage   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to JD Vance's fundraiser with anti-choice extremist Wilton Simpson in Florida tonight, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Donald Trump may be trying to hide his extreme Project 2025 agenda to outlaw abortion in Florida and across the country, but JD Vance is making the Trump-Vance ticket's anti-choice extremism clear, cozying up to an architect of Florida's cruel   more

SARASOTA, Florida, Aug. 30 -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: By Marc R. Masferrer, University Communications and Marketing A local scholarship fund has awarded $7,500 to Grow Your Teacher Leadership (GOYTL) Academy, a graduate certificate program offered through the USF College of Education to help Manatee County teachers become leaders from within their classrooms and help bolster student success. Cheryl Ellerbrock, Sarasota-Manatee campu  more

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 31 -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * An overall increase of 24 persons in Miami-Dade County's Urban Core keeps August 2024 census data relatively flat year-over-year. * * * The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, together with homeless outreach teams and volunteers, fanned out across Miami-Dade County on Thursday evening, August 22, 2024, and into the early hours of August 23, 2024, to enumerate persons experienci  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami issued the following news: By Michael R. Malone University of Miami economists assess the factors that cause food prices to fluctuate, while noting that government policies to reduce food costs likely have little impact. The latest consumer inflation report indicates that grocery prices have stabilized, yet the perception of high food costs lingers for many. David Andolfatto, professor and chair of the University of Miami Pa  more