MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 29 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. On June 28, Governor Scott signed: * H.890, An act relating to delaying implementation of certain health insurance claims editing requirements * * * On June 28, Governor Scott allowed H.55, An act relating to miscellaneous unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and employment practices amendments a  more

OAKLAND, California, June 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led 20 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in States of Texas and Montana v. Becerra et al., opposing the State of Texas and Montana's motion for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and stay of agency action against the Biden administration's 2024 Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affo  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 28 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: * * * Clark joined by Louisiana Attorney General * * * Attorney General Charity Clark today announced she has been appointed co-chair of the National Association of Attorneys General's (NAAG's) "Tobacco Committee." The primary mission of the Tobacco Committee is to lead a coalition of 52 state and territory attorneys general in their efforts to enforce, defend, administe  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy order. "This decision is a definitive rebuke of the Sackler family's abuse of the bankruptcy code. The U.S. Supreme Court got it right--billionaire wrongdoers should not be allowed to shield blood money in bankruptcy court  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 28 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch, and Congresswoman Becca Balint, along with the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), announced today the Vermont grantees for the NBRC 2024 Catalyst Spring Competition. Eight projects in seven towns spread across six counties will share $7.9 million in funding. "From supporting working families by adding childcar  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 27, 2024, John Van Vught, 73, of Northfield, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 27 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Van Vught was also ordered to pay $558,625 of restitution to ValleyNet. Van Vugh  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, June 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office stated that Dakota McAllister, 25, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont has been charged by criminal complaint with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base in May and June 2024. McAllister was arrested on the complaint during the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Lyndon, V  more