BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 12 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom To Choose Their Providers BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid recipients' individual right to receive care from  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta in Brief Supporting Perkins Coie: President Trump's Latest Action Chills Free Speech, Undermines Rule of Law OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus brief in support of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP's lawsuit seeking to block the Trump Administration from retaliating against the firm and its   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom to Choose Qualified Healthcare Providers Coalition argues that Medicaid Act's free-choice-of-provider provision ensures Medicaid recipients access to a wide variety of qualified providers by conferring an individual right to patient choice OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 12 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: California Will Continue to Stand Against Trump's Unlawful Removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta continues to support the U.S. District Court's decision to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Today, Attorney General Bonta, alongside 21 attorneys ge  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 12 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Files Amicus Brief to Support Lawsuit Over Trump Administration's Attack on Law Firm Attorney General Charity Clark joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump for representing clients and taking positions disfavored by the p  more

ALBANY, New York, March 12 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Medicaid Recipients' Freedom to Choose Their Doctors March 12, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 16 other attorneys general today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to defend Medicaid recipients' right to choose their own health care providers, including reproductive   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 12 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CO-LEADS COALITION ASKING COURT TO PRESERVE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 21 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief in continued opposition to President Donald Trump's unlawful attempt to remove Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relation  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area - February 2025": * * * Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past two months, up 3.3 percent from a year ago * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending i  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.3 percent in February, up 3.1 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region advanced 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Electronic Health Records: VA Making Incremental Improvements in New System but Needs Updated Cost Estimate and Schedule Fast Facts The Department of Veterans Affairs uses an electronic health record system to manage care for patients. The VA started modernizing the system in 2020 but paused the rollout in 2023 due to user concerns. Deployments have not yet restarted. The VA made numer  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 13 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ URGES U.S. SUPREME COURT TO DEFEND MEDICAID RECIPIENTS' FREEDOM TO CHOSE THEIR PROVIDER HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's decision recognizing Medicaid recipients' federally guaranteed right to receive care  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 12 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Madison Heights Nurse Charged with Practicing Medicine Without a License, Falsifying Medical Records LANSING - Today, Antonio Serraon, 55, of Warren, was arraigned in the 43rd District Court in Madison Heights before Magistrate Michael G. Mitchell on one count of Placing Misleading or Inaccurate Information in Medical Records or Charts and one count of Unauthorized Practice of a Healt  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA-ISRO Mission Will Map Farmland From Planting to Harvest The NISAR mission will help map crops and track their development through the entire growing season. Using synthetic aperture radar, the satellite will be able to observe both small plots of farmland and monitor trends across broad regions, gathering data to in-form agricultural decision making. Adobe Stock/Greg Kelton Data from the NISAR satellite will be use  more

PASADENA, California, March 12 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA-ISRO Mission Will Map Farmland From Planting to Harvest When it launches this year, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite will provide a powerful data stream that could help farmers in the U.S. and around the world. This new Earth mission by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation will help monitor the growth of crops from planting to harvest, generating c  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 13 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Joins Coalition of States in Defending American Freedoms Against Political Retaliation Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general today, in filing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump. This law firm represents many clients whose positions are opposed by t  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Trump EPA Kicks Off Formal Reconsideration of Endangerment Finding with Agency Partners WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will be kicking off a formal reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other relevant agencies. EPA also intends   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 12 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington state Attorney General's Office joins coalition of states filing an Amicus Brief in support of Perkins Coie SEATTLE -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump for representing clients and taking positions d  more