PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 18 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Attorney General Mayes today joined a coalition 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 the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl "PFAS" forever chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act. "Arizona stands with states across the nation in s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber Confirm that Three Defeated Orosi Public Utilities Board Directors Will Leave Their Seats, Allowing New Duly Elected Members to Assume Office SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. today confirmed that Reynaldo Rivas, Maria C. Gonzalez, and Johnny Sandoval -- three forme  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: Rental Bidding Wars During LA Wildfires Prohibited Under California's Price Gouging Statute OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert reminding landlords in the state that rental bidding wars resulting in unlawful price increases are prohibited under California's price gouging statute, Penal Code section 396, when a stat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California and Biden-Harris Administration partner on website to consolidate local, state, and federal support for Los Angeles firestorm survivors SACRAMENTO -- Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California Department of Technology (CDT) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) have expanded their existing Login.gov partnership, which will soon offer easy access to aid  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: NAVY RQ Construction LLC, Carlsbad, California (N69450-25-D-0011); Centerra Integrated Services LLC, Herndon, Virginia (N69450-25-D-0012); Islands Mechanical Contractor Inc., Middleburg, Florida (N69450-25-D-0013); Hasen JV*, New Braunfels, Texas (N69450-25-D-0014); and King & George LLC, Fort Worth, Texas (N69450-25-D-0015), are awarded a combined $249,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qua  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- 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

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2024-37) on December 23, 2024, by Gregory Casey, Stephie Fried, and William Peterman entitled "Climate Policy and the Long-Run Interest Rate: Insights from a Simple Growth Model." Here are excerpts: * * * We study the impact of climate policy on the long-run real interest rate in a tractable climate-economy model based on the work of Golosov et al. (2014). When the gr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2024-38) on December 23, 2024, by Eric Offner and Glenn Rudebusch entitled "Green Stocks and Monetary Policy Shocks: Evidence from Europe." Here are excerpts: * * * Policymakers and researchers worry that the low-carbon transition may be inadvertently delayed by higher global interest rates. To examine whether green investment is especially sensitive to interest rate   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 18 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following January 16 edition of Fed Views by Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau: Here are excerpts: * * * The U.S. economy continues to create jobs at a robust pace even while monetary policy remains restrictive. Inflation has declined gradually over the past year but remains above the Federal Reserve's 2% longer-run goal. Achieving the earlier significant declines in inflation without a significant rise in the un  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces commitments from major lenders to provide firestorm survivors with mortgage relief LOS ANGELES -- Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that five major financial institutions will offer mortgage relief for property owners in designated fire areas as a result of the devastation in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. These institutions have committed to offer t he  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: ATLANTA -- Mark Foust, Regional Director of the National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf, announced today the appointment of Rebecca Lasell as the new superintendent for Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. Lasell will begin her new role on January 12, 2025, overseeing the two parks, which encompass six sites thro  more