LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 17 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement upon appointing William H. Bowen School of Law Director of Advocacy Patrick Harris to serve on the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission: "Patrick Harris has a long and distinguished record of public service, not only as a federal prosecutor of murder, RICO, extortion, kidnapping, and public-co  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 17 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the unanimous decision by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Thurston v. League of Women Voters, upholding four state election laws relating to absentee ballots, voter identification, and polling-place electioneering restrictions: "Today's unanimous decision is a total victory for Arkansas voters and the secur  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 16 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird called on Biden's EPA to reverse a rule that will devastate Iowa agriculture by banning formaldehyde that has been used at safe levels for years. EPA's mandate effectively bans formaldehyde by mandating that formaldehyde levels be beneath the background levels naturally found in many Americans' homes. Formaldehyde is a critical component in ensuring families ha  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A former Mississippi Bureau of Investigations Officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals' Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force pleaded guilty today to using excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee. According to court documents and evidence presented in court, on Sept. 16, 2021, John Winstead was working as a federal task force officer whe  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Former Shreveport Police Department officer Jeffrey L. Peters, 55, of Shreveport, was sentenced today for one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Peters to 3 years of supervised probation and he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $13,0  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on May 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Lance Africk sentenced SHIVA AKULA ("AKULA"), age 68, of New Orleans, to 240 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release and $2,300 in mandatory special assessment fees, in relation to an extensive health care fraud scheme orchestrated by AKULA. In November 2023, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending May 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 222,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 231,000 to 232,000. The 4-week moving average was 217,750,   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, May 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Charges That Industrial Manufacturing and Service Company and Its Subsidiary Subjected Applicant to Discrimination Because of His Disabilities * * * The Modern Group, Ltd. (TMG), headquartered in Beaumont, Texas, and one of its subsidiaries, Dragon Rig Sales and Service, LLC, a manufacturing and service company which builds oilfield service equipment  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 17 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * One year ago today, North Carolina Republican legislators overrode Governor Roy Cooper's veto of their abortion ban by one vote, putting reproductive care for millions of women in jeopardy. Today, Governor Cooper issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the veto override: "Last year, every single Republican legislator, even those who promised not to   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 16 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to President Joe Biden over the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations and new Pandemic Treaty. The letter, led by the State of Montana, urges the president to reject these accords to protect individual freedoms, national sovereignty, and local control. In their letter, the attorneys general share several reasons for their oppositio  more