BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges Trump Administration To Oppose Changes To New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender Individuals BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would pr  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 17 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AGs warn against potential new passport application rules targeting trans individuals OLYMPIA -- Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would prevent transgender individuals from obtaining a passport  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Defends Rule to Stop the Flood of Robocalls Continues fight against annoying and illegal robocalls and robotexts OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Bonta today joined 28 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief in Insurance Marketing Coalition v. FCC, in support of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule which would limit unwanted roboca  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes the U.S. Department of State's Proposal to Remove Gender Markers from Passport Applications OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of State's proposal to eliminate the option of "X" as a marker for gender on U.S. passports for indivi  more

ALBANY, New York, March 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Leads Coalition Opposing Changes to New Federal Passport Rule Harming Transgender Individuals March 17, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 11 other attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of State's proposed changes to passport application requirements, which would prevent transgender and non-binary indi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 17, 2025 NAVY Applied Technology Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2419-N0017325F2415); Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC,* Laurel, Maryland (N0017325D2420-N0017325F2416); Envisioneering Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia (N0017325D2421-N0017325F2417); Future Technologies Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2422-N0017325F2418); Intecon LLC,* Fredericksburg, Virginia (N0017325D2423- N00  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Newark, law enforcement partners arrest illegal alien with arrest warrants NEWARK, N.J. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from local and federal partners, apprehended Ismail Sayik, a citizen of Turkey illegally present in the United States, March 4 during a routine enforcement operation in New Jersey. Sayik, 29, has th  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 17 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Murphy Takes Action on Legislation TRENTON - Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-2423/ACS for A-3678 (Pou, McKnight/Reynolds-Jackson, Wimberly, Moen) - Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission S-3466/A-4627 (McKeon, Greenstein/Collazos-Gill, DiMaio) - Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release: * * * SEC Charges New Jersey Investment Adviser and His Firm with Fraud and Other Violations Defendants disregarded their 2021 settlement and continued their fraud unabated, causing $1.6 million in harm to their fund and the fund's retail investors Washington D.C., March 17, 2025 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed charges against David Yow Shang Chiueh of  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:25-cv-01920; D.N.J. filed Mar. 17, 2025) involving Upright Financial Corp. and David Yow Shang Chiueh: * * * Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has filed charges against David Yow Shang Chiueh of East Hanover, New Jersey and his investment advisory firm, Upright Financial Corp., for misconduct and for investing more than 25 percent of Upright Growth Fund's   more