WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 23, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the announcement of the agency's lawsuit against RealPage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms millions of Americans: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Renters deserve the benefits of vigorous competition. In prosperous times, that competition should limit rent hikes; in harder times, competition should bring down rent, making housing more aff  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Pricing alignment schemes contributed to higher rent prices throughout Southern California * * * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice, and a bipartisan coalition of eight attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against RealPage, a revenue management software company used by landlords to price multifamily rent  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Attorney General Anthony Brown issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today upheld Maryland's law requiring most residents to obtain a license before purchasing a handgun. In a 14-2 decision, the court in Maryland Shall Issue v. Wes Moore rejected a Second Amendment challenge to a state law requiring a Handgun  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a bipartisan lawsuit against software company RealPage, alleging that it violated antitrust law and pushed apartment prices artificially high for renters in North Carolina and across the country. Attorney General Stein is joined in filing the lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina by the U.S. Department of Justice an  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Attorney General William Tong and the United States Department of Justice, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment issued the following public notice on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Draft Air Quality Permits 7379 and 7380, Smithsonian Institution/Board of Regents, Construction and operation of two 11.54 MMBTU/hr natural gas-fired boilers at the National Zoological Park, 3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC. * * * Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 20 DCMR Sec.210, the Air Quality Division (AQD) of the Department of Energ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Nearly $7 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to replace 150 lead service lines and complete lead service line inventory * * * NEW LONDON, CONN. (Aug. 23, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash was in New London today along with federal, local and state partners to celebrate the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Service  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Enforecment and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a Mexican national wanted by authorities in his home country for aggravated homicide. Officers with ERO Boston's Hartford field office arrested the 42-year-old Mexican noncitizen Aug. 20 in Seymour. "This Mexican noncitizen committed an aggravated murder in his native country, and then fled  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market for commercial revenue management software that landlords u  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 24 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address: This is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. You know, when I took office, Maine was one of the most heating oil dependent states in the country. We were sending billions of dollars a year out of our pockets and into the pockets of big oil and gas companies out of state. I pledged to change that, in part by helping Maine people transition to heat pumps instead of costly, inefficient, and en  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina posted the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: The Justice Department, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 24 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Lawsuit Alleges Price-Fixing Cartel Harms Renters and Undercuts Fair Housing Market * * * Today Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined the US Department of Justice ("USDOJ") in an antitrust enforcement action against RealPage Inc. ("RealPage"), filed in US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, RealPage offers pro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following opening statement by Chair Gary Gensler: * * * Opening Statement on Auditing Standards and Rules Good morning. I want to welcome members of the public to this open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Today, the Commission will consider three matters geared to enhance the practice of auditing. Well-functioning financial markets are built on trust. Critical to such trust are disclosure  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 20 -- The Office of the Utah Attorney General issued the following joint news release with the Office of the Governor, Utah Senate and Utah House of Representatives: * * * Utah's lawsuit seeks to end unconstitutional federal control over 18.5 million acres of BLM-held land * * * Today, after decades of legal analysis, Utah filed a landmark public lands lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address whether the federal government can simply hold unappropriated lan  more