RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Commonsense Policy Aims to Bolster Voting Integrity, Ensures Only Eligible Citizens Vote * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 22-state coalition in urging the U.S. Senate to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill last week, however the Senate has yet to act. The SAVE Act, which garners broad suppor  more

BILLINGS, Montana, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: A Whitefish physician accused in connection with alleged schemes to defraud government health programs admitted on Wednesday to falsely billing Medicare and other health programs in a telemedicine scheme that resulted in more than $39 million in false billing, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. The defendant, Ronald David Dean, 64, had an initial app  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 19 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Drummond is pushing back against an illegal power grab by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate cryptocurrencies. The SEC's attempt could result in keeping states from protecting their citizens from scams. In 2023, Americans lost more than $4.6 billion to fake investment scams -- more than any other reported scam category. That amount is a 2  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Montana and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and flooding from May 6 to May 9, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-s  more

PORTAGE, Michigan, July 19 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 17, 2024, in a moderated conversation with Amanda Stratton and Olivia Troye at a political event held at Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum: * * * MS. TROYE: All right. I get to kick this off. It's an honor. I'm here as a conservative, pro-choice woman. And I don't think 10, 5, or even maybe 2 years ago, we would have been talking about reproductive rights in elections, because it was seen as to  more