JUNEAU, Alaska, May 25 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: This morning, the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the 2022 Alaska Superior Court's decision that the Board of Dental Examiners properly exercised its discretion when revoking the license of Dr. Seth Lookhart after he engaged in pervasive fraud and almost killed several patients. In 2016, Lookhart's video of himself performing a tooth extraction while on a Hoverboard went viral, gene  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: An Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison and four years' supervised release for possessing firearms as a felon and possessing drugs with an intent to distribute them. According to court documents, on Jan. 28, 2021, law enforcement found Joseph Franks, 42, asleep in a running tow truck along a road in Big Lake. Franks had an active warr  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: * * * Federal Investigation Found Gender Non-Conforming Supervisor Was Subjected to Intentional Misgendering by Management and Staff * * * Columbia River Healthcare Inc., a nursing facility in Vancouver, Washington, that operates under the name The Oaks at Timberline, has agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to a former supervisor following an investigatio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 27 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief supporting Idaho's anti-patent troll law. Patent trolls are businesses that largely exist to bring patent infringement lawsuits. The Attorneys General argue that laws against patent trolls are essential to protecting innovation. At least 32 states have laws t  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem and 23 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing proposed amendments to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Internal Health Regulations (IHR) and a new pandemic treaty. "South Dakota came out of the pandemic with the strongest economy in America, not because we listened to the World Health Organization - but because we trusted o  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 25 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on May 24, 2024: Attorney General Reyes joined a coalition of 27 states Tuesday in defending American firearms manufacturers against attempts to hold the companies liable for gun violence in Mexico. If a lower court's ruling is allowed to stand, Americans' Second Amendment rights could be threatened. In their petition, the attorneys general ask the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to correc  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Investigation Found That Former Employee Was Fired for Disclosing Disability and Potential Need for Accommodation * * * The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has agreed to pay $57,577 in compensatory damages and back pay and provide other injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm  more