PHOENIX, Arizona, June 12 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes and 42 other state attorneys general reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. "Today's settlement is a significant victory for Arizonans and consumers nationwide," said Attorney General Mayes. "For decades, Johnson & Joh  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 12, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - May 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.3 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor   more

UPTON, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * A high-yielding version of this oilseed crop could help meet the increasing demand for biofuels * * * Efforts to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from transportation fuels are increasing demand for oil produced by nonfood crops. These plants use sunlight to power the conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide into oil, which accumulates in seeds. Crop br  more

HELENA, Montana, June 12 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Advancing her initiatives as Montana's first lady, Susan Gianforte today announced the progress of her statewide expansion of the Imagination Library of Montana in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The non-profit program boosts early childhood literacy by providing free high-quality, age-appropriate books to Montana children. "It is exciting to see how Imagination   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, June 12 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading a coalition of 17 states in a lawsuit against a Biden administration rule that allows temporary farm workers in the country on H-2A visas to unionize. Under federal law, American farm workers are prohibited from collective bargaining. "Once again, Joe Biden is putting America last. He's giving political benefits to foreign workers while American worke  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: Pennsylvania Director of Outdoor Recreation Nathan Reigner today announced that the Commonwealth's Office of Outdoor Recreation was recently welcomed into Confluence of States, a national coalition of states working to grow the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation economy and drive collective goals and strategies forward. As he promised in his first budget prop  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: MILLS, Wyo. - Reclamation's April Forecast of the May through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River June through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 455,000 acre-feet (af), which is 59% of the 30-year average of 771,000 af. As of June 1, Bighorn Lake is 84% full. Buffalo Bill Reservoir - Shoshone R  more