BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Files Second Brief Defending Consumer Financial Protection Bureau BOSTON -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in submitting a second amicus brief in National Treasury Employees Union v. Russell Vought in support of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workers who have helped return more than $20 bil  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Announces $53 Million Flint Water Settlement with Veolia North America LANSING - Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a $53 million civil settlement against Veolia North America (Veolia), resolving allegations that the engineering company contributed to the Flint Water Crisis. The lawsuit brought by Attorney General Nessel sought damages from Veolia for its   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hearing, Attorney General Bonta Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit Against Trump Administration to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Innovation Research Hearing scheduled for 7 AM PT today at John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston; register to listen online here OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys gener  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hearing, Attorney General Tong Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Innovation Research # Hearing Scheduled for 10 a.m. at John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston Register to listen online here (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hearing, Attorney General Brown Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Innovation Research Hearing Scheduled for 10 AM at John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston; Register to Listen Online Here BALTIMORE, MD (February 21, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in issuing a  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 22 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Hearing, Attorney General Rayfield Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding For Life-Saving Medical Research Hearing Scheduled for 7 a.m. PST at John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston; Register to listen online here Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of attorneys general today issued a joint statement ahead of a court hearing involving the National Instit  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Takes Action to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) functional by supporting federal employees who were told by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to stop working on   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Joins Coalition to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general to keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) functional by supporting federal employees who were told by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to stop working on cases investigating   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 21, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Michigan - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.5 percent in Michigan,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 21, 2025 ARMY Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $322,500,000 modification (PZ0006) to contract W31P4Q-23-C-0026 for the Tube Launched Optically-Tracked Wireless Guided weapon system. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2026. Fiscal 2023 procurement, Marine Corps funds; and 2021 and 2023 other procurement,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Electronic Health Record Modernization: VA is Making Incremental Improvements, but Much More Remains to Be Done Fast Facts The Department of Veterans Affairs uses an electronic health record system to manage patient care. VA began to deploy its modernized system in 2020, but user concerns led to a pause in 2023. We testified about our work on VA's system modernization. VA has made progr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Visits Flint and Ann Arbor WASHINGTON - On Thursday, February 20, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to Flint, Michigan, to visit with community members, tour the new water infrastructure, and hear firsthand about Flint's recovery. "The Flint community has been working hard in close partnership with E  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working 23 AGs File Second Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB, Say Trump Administration's Order for CFPB Employees to Stop Working Will Harm Americans BALTIMORE, MD (February 21, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general to keep the Consumer Financi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * U.S. Marshals Arrest Memphis First-Degree Murder Suspect in Michigan Memphis, TN - Jarvis Cole, wanted in Shelby County for a 2023 murder, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in Michigan on February 20, 2025. On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) responded to a shooting call in the 3500 block of Ridgemont Avenue. A male, later i  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Union City Man Sentenced on Criminal Enterprise, Embezzlement Charges Against Family Trust LANSING - Yesterday, David White, 68, of Union City, was sentenced by Judge Martha Anderson in the 6th Circuit Court in Oakland County to 4 to 20 years' incarceration after being found guilty by an Oakland County jury in November 2024 for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a family   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 22 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * AG Kaul Issues Statement After Federal Judge Extends TRO Preserving Funding for Medical and Public Health Innovation Research MADISON, Wis. - Attorney General Josh Kaul today issued the following statement after Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts extended a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Trump Administration's  more