SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Announces Nearly $600K Settlement with Amazon Resolving Proposition 65 and UCL Claims Relating to Sales on its Website of Skin-Lightening Face Creams Containing Mercury OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) resolving allegations under Proposition 65 and the Unfair Competition Law arising f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Combats Medi-Cal Fraud, Announces a $47 Million Settlement Against QOL Medical OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement against pharmaceutical manufacturer QOL Medical ("QOL") and Frederick E. Cooper, the company's Chief Executive Officer for submitting false claims to the Medicaid program and other government healthcare   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement on President Trump's Executive Order Seeking to End Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement regarding President Trump's recent executive order seeking to end access to gender affirming care for transgender youth: "The President's attempt to prevent transgend  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * California Department of Justice Investigating Monterey County Sheriff Officer-Involved Shooting Under AB 1506 **The information provided below is based on preliminary details regarding an ongoing investigation, which may continue to evolve** OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice (DOJ), pursuant to Assembly Bill  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California readies for incoming winter storm: Governor Newsom pre-deploys resources to protect communities SACRAMENTO - With an atmospheric river expected to arrive in Northern California this weekend, California is pre-deploying resources - including thousands of personnel - to help protect communities from storm impacts. Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Governor's Office of E  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 29, 2025 AIR FORCE L3Harris Technology Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, has been awarded an $89,996,615 cost-plus-fixed fee, cost delivery order for Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) with a base plus two option periods. This delivery order provides for developing, integrating and delivering mission thread software within ATLAS to meet ATLAS initial operational capability an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 30, 2025 AIR FORCE BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded an increased ceiling modification (P00790) of $1,192,897,112 to a previously awarded contract (FA8214-13-C-0001) for sustaining engineering services. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $3,134,640,338 from $1,941,743,226. Work will be performed at   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * Name of Product: 6-in-1 Multi Styler and 5-in-1 Multi Styler Hair Dryers Hazard: The handheld hair dryers lack an immersion protection device, posing an electrocution or shock hazard to consumers, if the hair dryers fall into water when plugged in. The CPSC has determined that hair dryers not equipped with the integral immersion protection present a substantial product hazar  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 30 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends Oklahoma pork producers against California's radical Proposition 12 OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 30, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against California's strict hog-housing regulations that would adversely impact Oklahoma's pork producers. In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, a law requiring out-of-state pork producers to comply with  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Commissioner Anna M. Gomez announced changes to her staff. Hayley Steffen, who has served as her Legal Advisor on Wireline and Space issues, will be joining the FCC's Office of International Affairs. Jessica Greffenius, who has been serving as her Acting Legal Advisor on Wireline and Public Safety issues, will be returning to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. And Jonathan Uriar  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 1.30.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jacqueline Yannacci, of Folsom, has been appointed Executive Director of California Volunteers in the Governor's Office of Service and Community Engagement, where she has been Chief Program Officer since 2020. Yannacci was a Consultant at Jacy Consulting from   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom proclaims Fred Korematsu Day 2025 Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring January 30, 2025, as Fred Korematsu Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: *** Original text here: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/30/governor-newsom-proclaims-fred-korematsu-day-2025/  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Choose New Jersey Reports Record Wins and Nearly $1 Billion in Economic Impact in 2024 NEWARK - Choose New Jersey, New Jersey's leading nonprofit business attraction organization, released its 2024 Annual Report at the Q4 board meeting, highlighting a record-breaking year for economic development in New Jersey. The organization assisted 62 companies in relocating or expanding to New  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Burlington man was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for possessing five firearms as a drug user. According to public court documents, Isaac Davon Carter, 31, purchased four firearms on August 5, 2020, from four different guns stores in Burlington, Clive, and Des Moines. Five days later, the United States Postal Inspection Service intercepted a package  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * Acquisition Would Eliminate Competition Between Two of the Three Top Wireless Networking Firms, Raise Prices, and Diminish Innovation for American Businesses * * * The Justice Department today sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s (HPE) proposed $14 billion acquisition of rival wireless local area network (WLAN) technology provider Juniper Networks Inc. (Juniper). HPE and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Jan. 25, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 207,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,500, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised a  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: Over the past two years, the U.S. Space Command Logistics and Engineering (J4) Operations Branch has supported several critical movements that have enhanced space operations abroad. In Sept. of 2023, the Space Deployment & Distribution Operation Center (SDDOC) directly supported the first-ever asteroid sample mission, coordinating a Special Airlift Assignment Mission with U.S. Tran  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has indicted three individuals for their alleged roles in a large-scale marijuana cultivation and distribution operation. The indictment charges Dineh Benally, 48, his father, Donald Benally, 74, and Irving Rea Yui Lin, 73, a California resident, with multiple offenses related to the illegal marijuana operation. The charges include conspirac  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 31 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2025: Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced today that Nebraska has joined the United States and 17 other States in settling allegations against pharmaceutical manufacturer QOL Medical, LLC, and Frederick E. Cooper, the company's Chief Executive Officer. QOL sells therapies, including its principal product, Sucraid, for patients with rare diseases. The settlement resolves allega  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Jan. 30 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025: Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in suing to stop the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that orders the withholding of trillions of dollars in funding that every state in the country relies on to provide essential services to millions of Americans. The new policy, issued by the P  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 29, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined 22 other state attorneys general in filing a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case Iowa Pork Producers Association v. Bonta. This case challenges California's Proposition 12, a law that imposes strict animal welfare regulations on pork producers across the country, regardless of   more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Score! Colorado Becomes Home to the Newest National Women's Soccer League Team DENVER - Today Governor Polis, the National Women's Soccer League, Mayor Johnston, and team representatives formally celebrated Colorado securing the bid to be the home to the newest National Women's Soccer League Team. "We are thrilled to welcome a new professional women's soccer team to Colorado. Colorado is alre  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * United Operational Test Team conducts first dual, external GBU-54 release NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- The United Operational Test Team conducted the first ever dual, external release of a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition from an F-35. The GBU-54 is a precision-guided bomb that uses laser energy to accurately strike static and moving surface targets, making it a valuable addition to the F-35's air  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 30 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a multistate coalition to intervene to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). The LCRI, which went into effect on December 30, replaced the first Trump Administration's rule, the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), which had weakened existing drinking water standards   more