SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 11 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 19 attorneys general in a letter to U.S. Senate leaders, urging their legislative body "to promptly pass the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act)." The letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was led by the State of Arkansas. On June 5, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton introduced this bill (S. 4484), following suc  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 14-state coalition in a brief defending Arkansas's law preventing indoctrination in K-12 schools. In May, a federal court partially blocked an Arkansas law that bans indoctrination in schools. The law does not prevent teachers from instructing on any ideas or theories, but it does prevent schools from punishing kids for not accepting t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 7-state coalition in opposing the illegal attempt by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to regulate cryptocurrencies. SEC's power grab may stop states from protecting their citizens from scams, and it hurts the free market. SEC's policing of cryptocurrency will stifle innovation and devastate the cryptocurrency industry  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 11 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a multistate coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Missouri's challenge to New York's political prosecution against President Trump. The brief underscores New York's political prosecution, illegal gag order, and upcoming sentencing of President Trump, which undermine his ability to campaign. State against State lawsuits c  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * 46 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $39 million in grants to 46 states and territories to increase the capacity of Registered Apprenticeship programs across key industries and provide workers with access to the new, good-  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: Furthering the U.S. government's efforts to address security and sustainability in the Arctic, the U.S. Department of State announced 20 scholars selected as the fourth cohort for the Fulbright Arctic Initiative. Part of the larger Fulbright Program, the initiative explores topics including climate change and Arctic resources, Arctic security and governance, and mental health and well-being, and further  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 11 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led an amicus brief with Iowa in support of Missouri's legal challenge to New York's politically motivated prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's unprecedented, political prosecution of the presumptive Republican nominee for President is a gross misuse of state authority and must not be a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration has weaseled its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further their radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on w  more

HELENA, Montana, July 10 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced the state secured a nearly $2 million investment to provide workforce retraining and support services for workers impacted by the closures of Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake and Roseburg Forest Products in Missoula. "Thanks to the work of Commissioner Swanson and the Montana Department of Labor   more

BILLINGS, Montana, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A Missoula man who admitted to trafficking fentanyl pills in the community was sentenced today to seven years and four months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant Shayden Bradley Westfall, 28, pleaded guilty in March to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and to possess  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A New Mexico man accused of stealing 100-year-old items, including letters by the wife of Western artist Charlie "C.M." Russell, from the Montana Historical Society and selling them for a profit on eBay admitted today to a theft crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Brian Anthony D'Ambrosio, 49, of Sante Fe, New Mexico, pleaded gui  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition urged the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to  more