LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that the State of Michigan, alongside other states and the federal government, has entered into a settlement agreement with Acadia Healthcare Company (Acadia) concerning allegations that their inpatient behavioral health facilities submitted false claims to government healthcare programs, primarily Medicare and Medicaid. Under the civil set  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 15 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced he has joined with 14 other attorneys general to urge the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for all 17 countries currently designated, or at least for the seven countries where the designation is set to expire within six months. In the letter to the Biden Administration, the attorneys general   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 15 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: Las Vegas, NV - Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar announced the sentencing of Mark White, a Las Vegas resident, for casting two ballots in the 2020 general presidential election. White pled guilty to attempting to vote both in Las Vegas and in Kingman, Arizona. On Jan. 8, 2024, the Honorable Jennifer Schwartz found White g  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 14 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: While food insecurity is increasing on Joe Lombardo's watch, he vetoed a bill that would have guaranteed access to nutritious school meals for all public school students in Nevada and lowered costs for families. A report revealed that Northern Nevada parents have accrued more than $60,000 of debt due to Lombardo's veto of guaranteed school meals. In August, because of Lombardo's veto, Washoe County Sc  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 15 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Ahead of the 2025 State of the State Address, NV Dems launched a new ad titled "Expensive," reminding Nevadans how Lombardo's vetoes are costing hardworking families. Lombardo vetoed several bills that would have lowered housing costs for Nevada residents in support of policies that benefit the slumlord billionaire who bankrolled his gubernatorial campaign. Now, Nevada is facing one of the toughest ho  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: * * * Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Can't Distract from His Long Record of Raising Costs and Failing Nevadans Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Can't Distract from His Long Record of Raising Costs and Failing Nevadans DGA National Press Secretary Devon Cruz released the following statement ahead of Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo's State of the State Address this evening: "What Gov. Joe Lombardo won't tell you in tonight's   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 16 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Nevada State Democratic Party Executive Director Hilary Barrett released the following statement on Joe Lombardo's 2025 State of the State Address: "Joe Lombardo has had more than two years to lower the costs of housing, health care, and school meals, but instead he sold Nevadans out to the billionaire slumlord that bankrolled his campaign and took thousands in campaign cash from b  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Jan. 17 -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: On October 21, the Environmental Justice Clinic (EJC) at Vermont Law and Graduate School filed comments on the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project Final Environmental Impact Statement on behalf of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. The Bishop Paiute Tribe is a federally recognized Tribe and one of the largest tribes in the state of California. The Tribe's reservation is 875 acres and located at the  more