PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 3 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: Attorney General Mayes this week joined a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general against Texas' ongoing effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In the amicus brief filed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the coalition urges the court to reverse the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas' decision that the DACA program is   more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a multistate agreement in principle on monetary terms, requiring opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals to pay up to $150 million to address its role in the opioid epidemic. Hikma produces a range of generic opioid products and sells hundreds of millions of opioid doses every year. The Attorneys General allege that from   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- The Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2024: The Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) announced today that Brian Lyman has been named as its Chief Financial Officer. This appointment comes after an extensive nationwide search that took place over several recent months. Lyman, a certified public accountant with 25 years of experience in government and corporate accounting, fi  more

WARREN, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 1, 2024, at a political event with United Auto Workers Members: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. Supporting you is the easiest thing I've ever done. Not a joke. I -- I was raised on GM. ((Laughter.) My dad managed a dealership -- didn't own it; managed it. And in Delaware, we used to have the highest percentage of auto workers of any stat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brian Sewell and his company, Rockwell Capital Management, agreed to settle fraud charges in connection with a scheme that targeted students taking Sewell's online crypto trading course known as the American Bitcoin Academy. The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme cost 15 students $1.2 million. According to the SEC's com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on Feb. 2, 2024, by state legislators and advocates on safer states agenda progress: * * * In September 2023, President Biden established the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris. President Biden tasked the office with four key responsibilities, including enhancing the federal government's partnerships with cities and states to help them advance their ow  more