OAKLAND, California, May 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban. The brief, filed in Capen v. Campbell, urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law was consistent with the Second Amendment. "States play an esse  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Salem, Ore. - The deadline is approaching for Oregon state, eligible local governments and certain nonprofits to submit Requests for Public Assistance to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management for costs due to the severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 10-22, 2024. The Public Assistance (PA) Program deliver  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts' commonsense gun safety laws. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, implores the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: * * * EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28,650,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help Oregon identify and replace lead service lines, preven  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: Larry James Little, 58, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 126 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, in August 2022, BADGES Task Force officers received reliable information that Little and his co-defendant, Adrianne Anderson, 44, also of Phoenix, were distributing f  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on behalf of Massachusetts, defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition urge the court to uphold the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of as  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-naag-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-legal-services-corporation-lsc/download) sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys gener  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today joined a multistate amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/050724_Capen_Multistate_Amicus.pdf) filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its common-sense gun safety laws against a Second Amendment challenge. The brief, joined by 18 other attorn  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, urges the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Merrick Rice, 43, of Mullens, and Miranda Aliff, 32, of Rock Creek, each pleaded guilty today to structuring transactions with one or more domestic financial institutions. Each admitted to structuring bank deposits of illicit drug proceeds to evade currency transaction reporting requirements. According to court documents and statements ma  more