TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Wartime Weapons Have No Place in Self Defense, Brief Argues * * * Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of Cook County, Illinois, which is continuing to defend its assault weapons ban from  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Skrmetti, urging the Court to reverse a decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a state law in Tennessee that bans critical, lifesaving gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents suffering from gender dysphoria. I  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 5 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Cold Case Investigations Unit is filing murder charges in a 28-year-old homicide case. Authorities in Delaware arrested Stephen Ford for the murder of his girlfriend Doris Korell. In 1996, law enforcement found Korell's body with 83 stab wounds in a drainage ditch in Manatee County. Attorney General Moody's CCIU worked with multiple agencies to bring informat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Education Additionally Releases New Data on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Approvals in Every State The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced more than $28 million in new awards in the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program to recruit, prepare, develop, and retain a strong, effective, and diverse educator workforce for classrooms across the country. The   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris administration today announced the approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project the nation's tenth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden's leadership. With today's approval, the Department has approved more than 15 gigawatts of clean energy from offshore wind energy projects equivalent to half of the capacity needed to achieve President Biden's   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Cook County, Illinois' assault weapons ban. The brief, filed in Viramontes v. County of Cook, urges the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law is consistent with the Second Amendment. "As part   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in an amicus brief defending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. Filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the amicus brief supports EEOC's rule implementing the federal landmark legislatio  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Advancements in Weather Forecasting Can Improve Operations of the City's Upstate Reservoirs to Deliver the Best Water Quality Possible and Enhance Downstream Flood Protections Study of "Atmospheric Rivers" to be Integrated with Reservoir Operations * * * The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced a new partnership with t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Grants advance measurable partnership progress towards 2025 goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement * * * PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 4, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $23.8 million in Small Watershed grants to support Chesapeake Bay Watershed restoration efforts. $11.6 million of the funding awarded is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Following Plaintiff Appeal, Coalition of 19 Attorneys General Urge Court to Uphold a Cook County Ordinance Prohibiting Assault Weapons * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with Attorney General Matt Platkin of New Jersey, has co-led a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general in supporting a proposed rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would recognize paycheck advance products, which are typically mobile applications marketed as earned wage advances or earned wage access (EWA) products, as consumer loans. Accordingly, the proposed ru  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release Sept. 4, 2024: Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of compliance audits of district courts and county government offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Butler, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Dauphin, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, Snyder, Westmoreland and York counties. "These compliance audits determine whether all funds t  more