PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 23 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to engage in meaningful debate and reform of the current practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). In a letter sent this week, the attorneys general demand Congress take decisive action to reform the way PBMs conduct business and bring more transparency to  more

DOVER, Delaware, Feb. 23 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Attorney General Kathy Jennings today co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. The coalition urged the court to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public and imposing additional restrictions during declare  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank) announced today unaudited financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023. Financial Highlights: * Full-year net income of $581.6 million * Full-year net interest income of $738.3 million * Declared a fourth quarter dividend on   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 66 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions. * * * GRACE Commission Sam Hill serves as the Director of Legislative Affairs for Georgia Power, where she is responsible for the company's state political activities as well as monitoring legislation and its impact on the co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit urging that court to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public and imposing additional restrictions during declared states of emergenc  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to engage in meaningful debate with a view towards reforming the way that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) conduct business and bringing more transparency to their work. A PBM is a third-party company that acts as an intermediary be  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: David Quillen, 37, of Ocean View, Delaware, a correctional officer at the Eastern Correctional Institution ("ECI") in Westover, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to obstruct justice and to destruction of records, related to covering up evidence that a fellow officer at ECI had unlawfully assaulted an inmate. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron,   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 23 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging that court to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public and imposing additional restrictions during declared s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Today, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022. At Scotts Bluff National Monument, 2023 visitation numbers were nearly equal to those of the previous year even though the monument saw long stretches of cold and snowy weather in January through mid-Marc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Alex Nugent as the resident inspector at the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. He joins Senior Resident Inspector Neil Day at the two-unit site, which is operated by Energy Harbor. "Alex has the technical knowledge and experience to immediately contribute to the NRC's oversight at Beaver Valley," said NRC Regi  more

BEVERLY HILLS, California, Feb. 22 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 20, 2024, at a campaign reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Please sit down. I'm sure you're standing up because you're so bored of sitting down all this time. (Laughter.) Leslie, thank you for that introduction. And a special thanks to -- to Haim and Cheryl and opening their home to us. And to -- to Casey for co-hosting. I wish them the quickest recovery.   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 23 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 21, 2024, at a campaign reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Well, John and Ann and the boss here -- (laughter) -- she's got the questions. I don't know what she's going to ask me. First of all, thank you for doing this. You know, the truth of the matter is I wouldn't be standing here were it not for all of you. And we would not have passed the -- I -- I do think we passed some reall  more

CULVER CITY, California, Feb. 22 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 21, 2024, at an event at the Culver City Julian Dixon Library about the Saving on a Valuable Education plan: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Well, Dr. Saint-Paul, thank you very much for that introduction. But, you know, you're -- you're like thousands of others who -- who took out loans for undergraduate school and graduate school and -- because you wanted to serve your   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 23 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to congressional leaders advocating for legislative action to reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) practices. The letter, sent by the National Association of Attorneys General, was led by Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. According to the bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, the "original purpose [of] the Pharmacy Benefit Managers  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 21 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 other attorneys general in urging Congress to take decisive action to reform the way pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) conduct business and bring more transparency to their work. A PBM is a third-party company that functions as an intermediary between insurance providers and pharmaceutical manufactu  more