WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hank Johnson's Statement on Sudden Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, issued the following statement after Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, was fired ove  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Crimes Bulletin - April 2025 View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: * Cases by District/Circuit * Recently Charged * Guilty Pleas * Sentencings Cases by District/Circuit District/Circuit Case Name Conduct/Statute(s) District of Alaska United States v. Jason Christenson Tampering with a Monitoring Device/Clean Air Act United States v. Matanuska Die  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 (TNSrpt) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Issues Impact and Affordable Housing Advisory Council Report ATLANTA, May 12, 2025 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) released its Impact and Affordable Housing Advisory Council (AHAC) Report, describing the organization's highest year of funding to date for affordable housing and  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 -- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Georgia awards $13.8 million in 2025 Community Home Investment Program (CHIP) funds Atlanta, Ga. (May 12, 2025) - The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has awarded over $13.8 million in grant funds to fifteen local communities around the state through the DCA 2025 Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP). The CHIP funds are provided through an annual all  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 -- The Georgia Department of Revenue issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * April Net Tax Revenues Down 5.8%; Adjusted YTD Down 0.6% The State of Georgia's net tax collections in April approached $3.73 billion, for a decrease of $230.4 million, or 5.8%, compared to FY 2024, when net tax collections totaled $3.96 billion for the month. April 2025 individual and corporate income tax collections were impacted by the hurricane-related extension of filing  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) has named the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as the nation's worst "Judicial Hellhole" in its 2024-2025 report. The annual report identifies jurisdictions where ATRF claims judges systematically apply laws and court procedures unfairly, generally to the detriment of defendants, leading to what it terms "lawsuit abuse." According to the ATRF, Pennsylvania's top ranking is due to a "f  more