ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 10 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of a Tennessee-led lawsuit challenging the Biden-Harris administration's revised Title IX rule, which upends the foundation of women's sports and mandates that males and females share bathrooms. Carr previously filed suit against this same rule in April 2024, and he successfully blocked its implementation in Georg  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 11 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * AG James Co-Leads Coalition of 42 Attorneys General in Letter to Congress Supporting the Surgeon General's Recommendation for Warnings on Social Media Platforms * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general in urging Congress to implement warning labels on social media platforms as called for by the United  more

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 11 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: In a letter sent yesterday to Congress, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is also President of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), joined a broad, bipartisan coalition of 42 state attorneys general to urge lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Reginald Travis Pearson, 40, of West Columbia, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. Evidence presented to the court showed that between November 2022 and January 2023, Pearson distributed more than 900 grams of methamphetamine and 28 grams of cocaine to undercover agents from the Bu  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Mark McGarret Lewis, 52, of Mullins, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to five counts of distribution of crack cocaine. Evidence presented to the court showed that on five separate occasions in April 2019, Lewis distributed a quantity of crack cocaine to a confidential informant. Lewis committed the offense after havi  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: * * * The new graduates now go to work at SRS * * * The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began onboarding of 24 graduates from Denmark Technical College, in Denmark, South Carolina, as part of the SRS Production Operator Apprentice Program. DTC, a Historically Black College and University, applauded its graduates, from two separate cohorts, at a recent graduation cerem  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 11 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Bipartisan coalition of 42 AGs support U.S. Surgeon General recommendation * * * Attorney General Bob Ferguson urged Congress today to take action on a U.S. Surgeon General recommendation to require warning labels on social media platforms. Ferguson and a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders. The attorneys gener  more