HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access in North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief in Bryant v. Stein (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/24-1576_amicus-brief-bryant-v-stein.pdf?rev=1d07055352074e5591c0c788714ad  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. Cruz Construction Co., Inc., agreed to provide $56,000 and injunctive relief to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. According to the EEOC's investigation, the company fired an administrative assistant in July 2023, two days after she requested a reasonable accommodation for a disa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed a brief opposing efforts in North Carolina to restrict access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Raoul and the coalition filed the amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/74b24de40a/24-1576_Amicus%20Brief%20Bryant%20v%20Stein.pdf?language_id=1) in Bryant v. Stein, askin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/ef5fe23f-19ec-4373-a51e-8741642982b9/fileAsset/PCIAA%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%20As-Filed.pdf) urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 19 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, demanding that the company stop suspected illegal robocalls. Attorney General Bird, as part of the bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation task force, is calling on iDentidad to quit fueling mass suspected scam robocalls. This follows actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 19 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today warns Iowans to be on high alert for government imposter scams. This warning follows an instance last Thursday where a scammer attempted to defraud a woman by calling from what appeared to be the Iowa Attorney General's office's phone number. Government imposter scams occur when a scammer pretends to be affiliated with a government agency to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, has co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/bryant-v-stein-amic  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * AGs Oppose Industry Bid for Regulatory Exemption to HUD Discriminatory Effects Rule * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/101824_PCIAA_Amicus.pdf) urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urb  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * 18 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Arguing that North Carolina Mifepristone Requirements Conflict with FDA Jurisdiction * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.maryland  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * AG James and 17 AGs File Amicus Brief to Protect Access to Mifepristone in North Carolina * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 17 attorneys general today filed an amicus brief in support (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/24-1576_amicus-brief-bryant-v-stein.pdf) of a district court decision finding that North C  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 19 -- The Oregon Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Lessons and Toolkit help districts educate students about fentanyl and opioid dangers, and develop policies and practices for substance use prevention and response * * * As fentanyl keeps showing up in a variety of drugs on the illicit market, state agencies are continuing their effort to help Oregon educators engage with students about the drug's dangers - and preventing  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 19 -- The Oregon Department of Transportation issued the following news release: On Sept. 27, the Oregon legislature's statewide Transportation Safety and Sustainability Outreach Tour held its final stop in Hillsboro. The 12-stop tour started June 4 in Portland before taking legislators along the roads, bridges, bus routes, and pedestrian paths of Oregon's coast, the Willamette Valley, southern Oregon, eastern Oregon, central Oregon and back to the Portland metro area. Leg  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1340X) entitled "CG Railway LLC - Discontinuance Of Service Exemption - In New Orleans Louisiana": * * * Digest:/1 This decision allows CG Railway, LLC, to discontinue service over approximately 3.4 miles of rail line in New Orleans, La. On July 1, 2024, CG Railway, LLC (CGR), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 for an exemp  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 19 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2024: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and seventeen other state attorneys general joined in asking President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken to designate Tigran Gambaryan as a hostage pursuant to the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. The attorneys general express grave concern for the life of Mr. Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and law enforcement l  more