LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni was appointed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to fill a two-year term on the Arkansas Supreme Court: "I want to offer my sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Nick Bronni on his appointment to the Arkansas Supreme Court. It is obvious to anyone who has obser  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that Cole Jester will serve as Arkansas' Secretary of State. Jester will replace Secretary of State John Thurston, who will be sworn in as Arkansas' Treasurer in January. "If my team ever needs someone to do a deep dive on the law, prep for a court hearing, or craft a brilliant defense of conservative legal philosophy, on  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 21 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced Jenn Edginton will serve as director of the Illinois State Museum, a division of IDNR. Edginton has been the interim director of the Illinois State Museum since February 2023. She joined the museum in January 2021 as director of interpretation. Prior to that, she worked at the Museum of Science and  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Earlier this week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other interested parties filed comments (PDF) (https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs00000RSvqEAAT) with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) in response to an audit of the electric distribution system of Consumers Energy Company and DTE Electric Company. The audit followed a   more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * Michigan college students benefiting from no- or reduced cost tuition saving over $131.5 million * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that 56,100 students across Michigan are benefiting from no- or reduced-cost tuition this fall through the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, which includes the Community College Guarantee and Michigan Achievement Skills Scholarship. I  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the following boards, commissions, and task forces: Michigan Civil Service Commission; Worker's Compensation Board of Magistrates; Central Michigan University Board of Trustees; Ferris State University Board of Trustees; Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees; Western Michigan University Board of Trustees; Northern Mich  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is beginning early-stage planning to deploy the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to four Michigan facilities -- Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, and Saginaw -- in mid-2026. This decision comes after VA made critical improvements to the EHR system during a pause in deployments announced in April 2023, wh  more