BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Order Temporarily Reinstating Federal Probationary Employees Illegally Fired By Trump Administration BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) by the U.S. District Court of Maryland, temporarily reinstating thousands of federal probatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * APHIS Removes Portions of Tate Township and East Fork State Park, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantined Area Subject: APHIS Removes Portions of Tate Township and East Fork State Park, Clermont County, Ohio from the Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Quarantined Area To: State, T  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL WINS TEMPORARY BLOCK ON MASS FIRINGS OF FEDERAL PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES, AND GETS FIRED EMPLOYEES THEIR JOBS BACK Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul secured a decision from the United States District Court for Maryland to temporarily stop unlawful mass federal layoffs and reinstate the jobs of thousands of employees. The Trump administration fired thousands  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Urges Department of Energy to Move Forward with Energy Efficiency Standards (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of eight attorneys general and the City of New York today, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in submitting two comment letters to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) urging the department to al  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Wins Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees and Gets Fired Employees Their Jobs Back # Federal Judge Orders 18 Federal Agencies to Give Employees Their Jobs Back by Monday (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland issued   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 14, 2025 AIR FORCE General Electric Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity $5,000,000,000 ceiling contract for F110 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) engines. This contract provides five years of pricing for F110-129 install and spare engines, with modernized engine monitoring system computers and spare engine accessories s  more

DOVER, Delaware, March 15 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * AG Jennings sues to protect Department of Education, students Attorney General Kathy Jennings and 20 of her colleagues have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from dismantling the federal Department of Education. Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced that the Department of Education would be firing approximately 50 percent of its workf  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Takes Additional Steps to Enhance Safety, Lower Cost of Emergency Shelter System Boston -- Governor Maura Healey today took additional steps to enhance safety at state family shelter sites and lower the cost of the system to taxpayers. At Governor Healey's direction, all adults applying for Emergency Assistance (EA) shelter are required to undergo a CORI check, in ad  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 13 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Visits Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility to Promote Plan to Stabilize MBTA Finances Somerville -- Today, Governor Maura Healey continued her Transforming Transportation Road Show at the MBTA Boston Engine Terminal, a commuter rail maintenance facility in Somerville, to promote her plan to stabilize the MBTA's finances. Joined by Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbi  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 15 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ WINS TEMPORARY BLOCK ON MASS FIRINGS OF FEDERAL PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES; FIRED EMPLOYEES GET THEIR JOBS BACK HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez issued the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) for 18 federal agencies, ordering them to stop the illegal mass layo  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests Turkish alien charged with raping Massachusetts resident BURLINGTON, Mass. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal Turkish national charged with raping a Massachusetts resident when officers with ICE Boston apprehended Bilal Karayigit, 26, in Burlington Feb. 19. "Bilal Karayigit stands accused of brutally v  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 8, 2025. * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 220,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 226,000, an increase of 1,500 from   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 15 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez and Multistate Coalition Win Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees Albuquerque, NM - Today, Attorney General Raul Torrez, alongside a coalition of 20 attorneys general, secured an important victory in their effort to prevent mass federal layoffs and reinstate illegally-terminated federal employees. A feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wanaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency's super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more. Launch operations are scheduled to begin in late March fr  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) that reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in educa  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 15 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on March 14, 2025: Attorney General Rayfield Wins Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees and Gets Fired Employees Their Jobs Back Federal Judge Orders 18 Federal Agencies to Give Employees Their Jobs Back by Monday Attorney General Rayfield issued the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland issued a temporary restrainin  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:25-cv-10516; D. Mass. filed Mar. 4, 2025) involving Eamma Safi and Zhi Ge aka Josh Ge: * * * On March 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against German national, Eamma Safi, and Singaporean national, Zhi "Josh" Ge, for their alleged involvement in an international insider trading scheme that generated millions of dollars in illicit profits from trading in adv  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:25-cv-10604; D. Mass. filed Mar. 14, 2025) involving Jonathan Webb: * * * On March 13, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Tewksbury, Massachusetts resident Jonathan Webb for defrauding investors in a securities offering that included low-income cemetery employees. Webb has agreed to settle the case and to pay almost $400,000 in monetary relief. According to the SEC's  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 15 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release: * * * AG Kaul Wins Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees and Gets Fired Employees Their Jobs Back Federal Judge Orders 18 Federal Agencies to Give Employees Their Jobs Back By Monday MADISON, Wis. - Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland on Thursday issued a temporary restr  more