LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 15 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Takes Action to Protect Affordable Care Act Access for DACA Recipients LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that on behalf of the People of Michigan, she joined 13 other states to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene (PDF) comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal e  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 15 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Inauguration Day, Attorney General Bonta Files Legal Action to Defend Dreamers' Access to Healthcare With incoming Trump Administration expected to withdraw support, California seeks to intervene to defend healthcare access from legal challenge OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, filed a motion to intervene in defens  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 16 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: Attorney General Mayes today announced that she and 13 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal efforts to legally defend the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 15 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Platkin Leads National Fight to Protect Health Care Access for DACA Recipients For Immediate Release: January 15, 2025 Office of the Attorney General - Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Motion to Intervene TRENTON - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced he is leading an effort a group of 14 states in defending health insurance acce  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ACCESS FOR DACA RECIPIENTS Illinois and 13 States Intervene to Defend Access to Health Care as Incoming Administration Expected to Withdraw Support of Federal Rule Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that Illinois is joining with 13 other states to defend health insurance  more

DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 16 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Delaware steps in to fill legal void in Court challenge to health care access * * * Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that Delaware, New Jersey, and 12 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal eff  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 16 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that he and 13 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. Established in 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) enables certain young people who came to the United States as children and have lived here continuously since 2007, who are commonly kn  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * National Guard Bureau chief thanks firefighting guardsmen CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. (AFNS) -- The National Guard is part of a multi-agency response to the historic wildfires across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. Over the weekend, Guard members took to the sky to help extinguish the flames. Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, National Guard Bureau chief, and Army Senior Enlisted A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * * * * There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 There were 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023 January 15, 2025 Private industry employers reported 2.6 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2023, down 8.4 percent from 2022. Of these, 946,500 involved days away from work. No  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * Letter from President Biden Four years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter of possibilities. We were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. But we came together as Americans, and we braved through it. We emerged stronger, more prosperous, and more secure. Today, we have the stronge  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The White House issued the following news release: (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * Defend the Right to Travel. On the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Biden reaffirmed that women must remain free to travel safely to another state to seek the care they need. In November 2023, DOJ filed a statement of interest in two lawsuits challenging the Alabama Attorney General's threat to prosecute people who provide assistance to women seeking lawful out-of-sta  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Wyoming, Nevada Guard aircrews assist California firefighters CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AFNS) -- Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules equipped with the U.S. Forest Service 's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern Command to help fight Los Angeles area wildfires. Three C-130 aircraft were activated Jan. 9 and traveled to Channel Islands Air National Guard Ba  more