BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Calls On U.S. Supreme Court To Protect Access To Preventive Health Care Services BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for mil  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Leads 38-State and Territory Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Take Action Against Rise in Organized Retail Crime (Hartford, CT - Attorney General William Tong is co-leading a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition in urging Congress to take action to address the rise in organized retail crime across the country. Organized retail crime has con  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 26, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics NASSCO-Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington, is awarded a $654,668,551 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost-plus-award fee/cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Aircraft Carrier shipyard availabilities. This contract includes a five-year base and a one year option, for a six year total ordering period which, if exercised, would brin  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Detroit Woman Charged with Embezzling over $400,000 from Retirement System City of Detroit LANSING - Today, Evette Byrd, 52, of Detroit, was arraigned in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County for allegedly embezzling over $400,000 from the Retirement System City of Detroit (RSCD), announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Byrd faces one count of Embezzlement - $100,000 or More,   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond calls on FDA to take action against counterfeit weight-loss drug makers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic and Wegovy. In a let  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Florida Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Promoting Illegal Tax Shelter and Stealing Client Funds Defendant Helped Clients in Mississippi and Elsewhere File False Tax Returns That Caused Nearly $40M in Tax Loss to the IRS A Florida man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a nearly decade-long scheme to promote an illegal tax shelter and commit wire fraud. He also pleaded guilty t  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Former Director of Tuscola County Peer Center Charged with Embezzling from Center LANSING - Today, Tanya Hobson, 45, of Kingston, was arraigned in 71B District Court in Caro before Magistrate Joseph A. Van Auken on one count of Embezzlement-Agent or Trustee - $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The felony charge carries a maximum penal  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 26 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Whitmer's 2025 State of the State Address as Prepared for Delivery February 26, 2025 Contact: press@michigan.gov Issues Call to Work Together to Get Things Done LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State Address at the Michigan House Chambers in front of a joint session of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 27 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, March 3, 2025 CAUSE NO.: 45647-TDSIC4; ALJ: KRESGE; TIME: 2:00 P.M.; COMMISSIONER: VELETA; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 VERIFIED PETITION OF DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC FOR APPROVAL OF PETITIONER'S UPDATED 6-YEAR ELECTRIC PLAN PURSUANT TO IND. CODE Sec. 8-1-39-9 AND APPROVAL OF TARGETED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND RECOVERY OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJ  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 27 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington stands with trans military personnel in multi-state amicus filing SEATTLE - The president's discriminatory ban on transgender military service members undermines state and national security, attorneys general in 21 states argued in a brief filed Wednesday in support of personnel who filed suit seeking to overturn the order. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown co  more