TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * AG Platkin Files Actions to Protect and Defend Federal Environmental Regulations from Legal Attack View Lead Motion | View PFAS Amicus Brief | View ACC II Motion | View Omnibus Motion  TRENTON - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced three actions to defend key federal environmental protections that protect the health of all New Jerseyans. These filings come a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Drinking Water Standards OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 17 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule establishing the first nationwide drinking wa  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Brief in Support of Mexico's Efforts to Hold Gun Manufacturers Accountable and Protect Our Communities OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 17 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the Mexican government's lawsuit against gun manufacturers to hold them accountable  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Issues More Than 200 Warning Letters on Price Gouging to Southern California Hotels and Landlords LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent more than 200 warning letters - and counting - to hotels and landlords who have been accused of price gouging. In addition, the office h  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition Urging Congress to Preserve Inflation Reduction Act OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in urging Congress to safeguard the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), critical legislation that provides historic investments across the nation. The coalition sent a letter to congressional lea  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Victory Defending California's Abortion Accessibility Act OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement in response to Kern County Superior Court's decision denying anti-abortion activists' lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 245 (Lena Gonzalez), the Abortion Accessibility Act, which mandates coverage of abortion services with  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Supports Domestic Violence Incident Review with New Protocol on How to Improve Prevention and Support Survivors OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Bonta today announced the release of a new protocol for counties establishing a Domestic Violence Incident Review Team (Review Team). A Review Team is a collaborative effort between law enforcement, social ser  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Secures $106 Million from Vanguard for Failing to Notify Investors of Changes to Retirement Funds January 17, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 45 securities regulators, together with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), today secured $106 million from Vanguard Group, Inc., an investment   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL DEFENDS NATIONWIDE PFAS FOREVER CHEMICALS DRINKING WATER STANDARDS Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of 18 states, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per-   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Leads Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS Forever Chemical Drinking Water Standards (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing nationwide drinking water standards fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration announces new Colorado River Environmental Funding Totaling over $388.3 Million WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced initial selections under the Upper Colorado River Basin Environmental Program for a $388.3 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to improve wildlife and aquatic habitats, ecolog  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Awards nearly $3.6 Billion in Homelessness Assistance Funding to Communities Nationwide  Grant awards represent the largest amount of annual federal funding provided through HUD's Continuum of Care program in history. WASHINGTON \- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced nearly $3.6 billion in Continuum of Care (CoC)   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: * * * CFPB Orders Honda's Auto Financing Arm to Pay $12.8 Million for COVID-19 and Other Credit Reporting Failures WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today ordered the American Honda Finance Corporation to pay $12.8 million for reporting inaccurate information that affected the credit reports of 300,000 people who drive Honda and Acura vehicles. During the COVID-1  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 16, 2025 ARMY HGL-APTIM Technologies JV LLC, Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $49,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for environmental remediation services. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2030. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri, is the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 17, 2025 NAVY Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $280,418,928 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost type modification to previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-5101 for combat systems engineering efforts of the planned modernization and new combat system capabilities selection for international partner Canadian Royal Navy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Haier US Appliance Solutions failed to de-energize equipment as required * * * DECATUR, AL - Federal workplace safety investigators found that a Decatur manufacturer of GE-brand appliances failed to follow required machine standards that could have prevented a 58-year-old front-line supervisor's fatal injuries while trying to service a door molding machin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: * * * Department of Transportation Announces Over $229 Million to Repair Roads and Bridges Damaged by Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather Events FHWA 05-25 Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov (link sends email) Tel.: (202) 366-0660 WASHINGTON - As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's coordinated approach to help states repair and rebuild roads and b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an Administrative Order on Consent with the C&H Sugar Company Inc. in response to Clean Water Act violations at the company's sugar refinery in Crockett, California. The order targets the plant's unauthorized discharges of pollutants into the Carquinez Strait, a body of water that connects with the San Francisco Bay, in direct  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The FBI issued the following news release: The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FBI, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and State of California today reached criminal and multiple civil resolutions, valued at over $1.6 billion, with Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino Motors), Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. and Hino Mot  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Volcano Telephone Company Inc. (VTC), a local phone company, has filed a certification with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to retire its copper network in Pine Grove, California. VTC plans to replace the copper network with a fiber network infrastructure, which will provide faster and more reliable service to customers in the area. The retirement is scheduled to take place on or after April 1, 2025. Customers who are affected by the copper retirement will be  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: As state, local and federal responders continue efforts to save lives, homes and public property in the areas affected by the wildfires, residents should remain vigilant as conditions are still dangerous and severely degraded air quality in Los Angeles county poses a threat to residents. Follow instructions from local officials and evacuate immediately if told t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * Genshin Impact Game Developer Will be Banned from Selling Lootboxes to Teens Under 16 without Parental Consent, Pay a $20 Million Fine to Settle FTC Charges The maker of the video game Genshin Impact has agreed to pay $20 million and to block children under 16 from making in-game purchases without parental consent to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations the company violated a children's privacy  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, as part of a coordinated enforcement effort, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed approximately $2.5 million in combined civil penalties against Haas Automation, Inc. (Haas) for alleged and apparent violations of U.S. export controls and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * High school interns impress with DoD cybersecurity game KEYPORT, Wash. - This summer, 10 high school students interning at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport through the Office of Naval Research's Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program exceeded expectations in their development of an innovative tabletop cybersecurity game. The students, who came from across the United States and even  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Ordered to Pay Over $2.3M in Money Judgments * * * A Texas woman and man were sentenced to 121 months and 135 months in prison and ordered to pay money judgments of $942,537.00 and $438,119.00, respectively, this week for their roles as the leaders of a human smuggling organization (HSO) that conspired to illegally transport, harbor, and conceal from law enfo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * In Preparation for New Threats to California's Immigrant Communities, Attorney General Bonta Issues Package of Guidance Advising Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, and Defense Counsel on State Law SAN FRANCISCO - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a package of updated bulletins and new guidance to assist state and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and defense  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: In a civil complaint filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Justice Department alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co. and various subsidiaries (collectively, Walgreens) dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: In a civil complaint filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Justice Department alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co. and various subsidiaries (collectively, Walgreens) dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursemen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1385071/dl) with the Orange County Sheriff's Department on the use of custodial informants by the Orange County Sheriff's Department in California. The agreement (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-orange-county-california-district-attorn  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * Note: View the complaint here (https://www.justice.gov/media/1385611/dl). View the stipulation and request to enter consent judgment of forfeiture here (https://www.justice.gov/media/1385606/dl). * * * The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement to recover an additional $20 million in misappropriated 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds. In June 20  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: The Justice Department announced today that the department has reached an agreement (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1384631/dl) with San Luis Obispo County, California, resolving the department's findings that the conditions of confinement at the San Luis Obispo County Jail (the jail) violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the recipients of the 72nd Annual Attorney General's Awards, honoring Justice Department employees and others for extraordinary contributions to the enforcement of our nation's laws. This year, there are 437 award recipients in 23 categories. The 72nd Attorney General's Awards and recipients are as follows: The Attorney General's David Margoli  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * Ordered to Pay Over $2.3M in Money Judgments * * * A Texas woman and man were sentenced to 121 months and 135 months in prison and ordered to pay money judgments of $942,537.00 and $438,119.00, respectively, this week for their roles as the leaders of a human smuggling organization (HSO) that conspired to illegally transport, harbor, and conceal from law enforcement hundreds of und  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities resulted in the extradition of a human smuggler who allegedly participated in an international human smuggling conspiracy. Monica Hernandez-Palma, also known as Moni, 32, a Mexican national, was arrested in Mexico pursuant to a U.S. request for her extradition and surrendered by Mexico to U.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Our Combating Redlining Initiative, launched in 2021, has made transformative progress in advancing economic opportunities for communities of color in Birmingham, Alabama; Columbus, Ohio; Houston; Jacksonville, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Tulsa, Oklahoma; throughout Rhode Island; and els  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: United States Trustees appoint and supervise private trustees who administer bankruptcy estates under chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. U.S. Trustees also appoint private trustees to serve on a case-by-case basis in bankruptcies filed under subchapter V of chapter 11. Private trustees are not government employees. They do, however, work in concert with the United States Trustees to ensure t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Torrance, California-based chain of skilled nursing facilities Unified Care Services LLC (Unified Care), its affiliates and its owner, Emmanual David, have agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly providing false information in support of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications and loan forgiveness applications submitted by Unifi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Keyport Innovation Center helps engineer overcome project delay with 3D-printed mockups KEYPORT, Wash. - Keegan Webster was in a pinch. The mechanical engineer with Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Keyport's Rapid Prototyping and Fabrication Technology Division was facing a roadblock on a crucial project this past summer due to parts delays. Then Webster remembered the Keyport Innovation Center on  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2025 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that, as of January 15, 2025, 24.2 million consumers have selected a plan for coverage in 2025 through the Marketplaces. 20.2 million consumers had active 2024 coverage and selected a plan for 2025 coverage  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA's mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor. Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council,  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Office of the Attorney General Announces $106 Million Nationwide Vanguard Settlement Division of Consumer Affairs  - Cari Fais, Director Bureau of Securities - Michelle M. Harris, Bureau Chief TRENTON - The Office of the Attorney General, the Division of Consumer Affairs, and the Bureau of Securities announced today that the State has joined a task force of state securi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- President Biden issued the following farewell address to the nation on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, I am speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office. Before I begin, let me speak to important news from earlier today. After eight months of nonstop negotiation, my administration -- by my administration, a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached by Israel and Hamas, the elements of which I laid out in great detail in May of this year. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on the establishment of the Sattitla Highlands National Monument: * * * In northern California, the awe-inspiring geological wonders collectively described here as the Sattitla Highlands have framed the homelands of Indigenous communities and cultures for millennia, and today this area continues to cradle historic and scientific treasures of our Nation. At this area's core rests a sleeping giant: the Medicine Lake Volcano  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on the establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument: * * * In southeastern California, where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts intersect, ancient trails weave through a land of canyon-carved mountain ranges bound together by radiating alluvial bajadas and dark tendrils of dry wash woodlands. Sharing a name with the wide-bodied lizard that is commonly found here and derived from the Cahuilla word "caxwal," the Chuckwall  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against GrubMarket Inc., a private, California-based e-commerce food distributor, for providing investors with financial information that the company should have known was unreliable and that overstated its historical revenues by approximately $550 million. According to the SEC's Order, between November 2019 and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4556) on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * In the Matter of GRUBMARKET, INC. Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 8A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 18-cv-1530; S.D. Cal. filed July 6, 2018; amended August 5, 2022 and April 7, 2023) involving Giguiere, et al.: * * * On November 18, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's motion for summary judgment against Andrew Hackett based on his criminal conviction for related conduct. According to the SEC's   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities resulted in the extradition of a human smuggler who allegedly participated in an international human smuggling conspiracy. Monica Hernandez-Palma, also known as Moni, 32, a Mexican national, was arrested in Mexico pursuant to a U.S. request for her   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Agriculture Shares Enrollment of Six Additional States in Its National Milk Testing Strategy for H5N1 USDA's National Milk Testing Strategy Now Accounts for Two-Thirds of the Nation's Dairy Herds WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an additional six states are enrolling in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with Corning, Edwards Vacuum, and Infinera to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Chips and Equipment Critical for U.S. Technological Leadership Friday, January 17, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) Awards in New York, California, and Pennsylvania Will Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain Resilienc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: On Jan. 3, the United States reached a settlement in Farrell v. Department of Defense, a class action lawsuit filed in 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs in Farrell alleged that the Department of Defense's files for military veterans discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and earlier policies barring lesbian, gay and bisexual people fro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The White House issued the following news release: Adding to his legacy of conserving more lands and waters than any President in history, two days ago President Biden signed proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla Highlands National Monument in California. These two monuments together conserve 848,000 acres of lands in California and will protect clean water for communities, honor areas of cultural significance to Tribal Nations and Indig  more