LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 17 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'Our Constitution gives states-not the federal courts-the responsibility to regulate the practice of medicine' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the amicus brief he and the attorneys general of Kentucky and Indiana filed on behalf of a 22-state coalition asking the United States Supreme Court to uphold a Tennes  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5956) on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS COUNCIL #53 (Union) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Agency) 0-AR-5956 * * * DECISION October 15, 2024 Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wagner, Members I. Statement of the Case Arbitrator Joyce M. Klein issued   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024, by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on the final trade regulation rule concerning recurring subscriptions and other negative option programs (File No. P064202): * * * As is common in rulemaking proceedings, this Final Rule that the Commission promulgates is somewhat different from what it originally proposed--clarified, narrowed, and ultimately improved by the process of grappling with the   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 16 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Bismarck, ND - (October 15, 2024) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today asked the U.S. District Court in North Dakota to temporarily stop the Biden-Harris administration from implementing a regulation that would give Obamacare to illegal aliens. The regulation, set to take effect on Nov. 1, would make more than 200,000 deferred action for childhood arrival (DACA) recipients eligible for taxp  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 16 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: A trade delegation from China visited Kansas and Nebraska in October to source high-quality American Paint Horses for the growing equestrian market in China. Co-hosted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the American Paint Horse Association, the delegation included industry experts and equine enthusiasts eager to explore partnerships and connect with local breeders, traine  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 17 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers is pleased to announce the upcoming addition of a satellite location of the Nebraska Attorney General's Office in Ogallala, Nebraska. The Attorney General's Office currently has two outstate investigators in western Nebraska. The expansion is part of the Attorney General's vision to have more on-the-ground presence to support law enforcement in G  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Jim Pillen announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Janousek as director for the Division of Behavioral Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The appointment is effective Oct. 21 at an annual salary of $175,000. Dr. Janousek has been the deputy director of clinical excellence within the Division of Behavioral Health since Oct. 2022. Prior to joining the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: * * * Awards will support 35 Tribes across 15 states, bolstering fish and wildlife conservation * * * The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $6.4 million to federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native Tribes to benefit fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. This year's funding will support 35 Tribes for conservation projects acro  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 17 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of stopping the Biden-Harris administration's rule that would allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are in the United States, while also allowing them the possibility of employment and affording them access to public benefits programs. Th  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Gordon announced today that he directed Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill to join a 22-state coalition led by Kentucky, Arkansas, and Indiana in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the rights of states to regulate the appropriateness of providing life-altering gender-transition procedures to minors. The brief, filed in support of Tennessee in U.S.  more