SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 28 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Christina Dempsey, of Roseville, has been appointed Deputy Director of Government Affairs at the California Department of Cannabis Control. Dempsey has been the Director of the Cannabis Policy Lab since 2023. She has had two positions at the California Department of Cannabis Control from 2021 to 2023 including   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Dec. 26, 2024: * * * Name of Product: PIEPS Pro IPS Avalanche Transceivers Hazard: The battery compartment within the avalanche transceiver could not have enough contact force to supply power. In some cases, the transceiver will fail to power on or cease operating during use. It would make it impossible to locate a victim in an avalanche emergency situation, which could result in serious injury   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Did Not Pay Over $1M in Taxes * * * A Utah man was sentenced on Monday to an aggregate of six years in prison for tax evasion and forcibly retaking a house and land that had been seized under court order to pay his outstanding tax debt. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Paul Kenneth Cromar, formerly of Cedar Hills, Utah, owned a home in Cedar Hills and operate  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 23 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 05-E-1180): * * * In the Matter of the Reliability Rules of the New York State Reliability Council and the Criteria of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council. ORDER ADOPTING MODIFICATIONS TO NEW YORK STATE RELIABILITY RULES BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION To ensure adequate reliability standards are implemented and enforceable, the Public Service Commission (Commission) periodic  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 28 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2024: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court supporting a federal statute addressing the national security and data privacy threats posed by TikTok. The Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the case on January 10, 2025. In April 2024, the bipartisan Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Appl  more