OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: With early and absentee voting for the 2024 presidential election set to begin in a matter of weeks, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect election integrity with a pair of recent filings. On Aug. 13, Drummond joined with fellow attorneys general to challenge the Biden-Harris administration's unlawful voter registration scheme. Then on Aug. 15, D  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after an investigation by his office's Public Integrity Unit led to the arrest of Melissa Ann Anthony-Ratliff, 36, a former employee of the city of Alexander, in Memphis, Tennessee: "I commend the agents in my office's Public Integrity Unit who worked diligently to investigate this case. Corruption in a  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after a Pulaski County Circuit Court granted a default judgment against the former owners of Big Country Chateau apartments in Little Rock: "The former owners of Big Country Chateau continued their disregard for the court and its authority by failing to show up today. Today's default judgment allows my   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Fatigue a major factor in marine casualties * * * The pilot of a towing vessel that hit a pier near Saint Rose, Louisiana, last year had fallen asleep, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The pilot of the towing vessel John 3:16 was experiencing the effects of fatigue during his watch on Sept. 12, 2023, while navigating the Lower Mississippi River. N  more