JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 26 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: (Kodiak, AK) - William Vitkus is the new District Attorney at Kodiak, on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Vitkus attended the University of Arizona Law School, graduating with honors in 2019. Following law school, Vitkus worked as a law clerk in Arizona before relocating to Alaska to join the Anchorage District Attorney's Office as the sole attorney in Dillingham. While in  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 26 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following statement on the signing of Proposition 139, Arizona's Right to Abortion Initiative: * * * Today is a good day for Arizona. With the passage and signing of Proposition 139, voters have spoken loudly and clearly in support of protecting a woman's right to make decisions about her own body without government interference. That is a cause for celebration. I want to thank the volunteers and organizers who worked  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 27 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * Funds will continue to strengthen Arizona's construction talent pipeline with a focus on women * * * Governor Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) today announced $1 million in funding for the next phase of the BuildItAZ Apprenticeship Initiative (BuildItAZ), which aims to connect Arizonans with the skills they need for construction and trades jobs.   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 27 -- Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law issued the following news: * * * Lawyers, academics and industry professionals gather at ASU's California Center to explore the legal impact of AI, other technologies on the entertainment industry * * * By Dolores Tropiano What protections do writers, actors, producers and others have from AI? Will changing laws around name, image and likeness (NIL) eliminate less lucrative college sports? And what  more