| News Tipoffs - Vermont Editors Newsletter for Saturday August 31, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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Calif. A.G. Bonta Calls on Court to Uphold Commonsense Firearm Restrictions for People Under Age 21
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024:
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general encouraging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting en banc, to affirm a 2021 district court decision rejecting a Second Amendment challenge to a Florida law that prohibits any person under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms and prohibits federally licens
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Calif. A.G. Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Michigan's Conversion Therapy Ban for Minors
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024:
OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the state of Michigan in Catholic Charities v. Whitmer, a lawsuit challenging Michigan's ban on licensed health care providers offering conversion therapy for minors. Conversion therapy is a cruel, harmful, and ineffective practice that aims to change
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Conn. A.G. Tong Files Amicus Brief in Support of Florida Law That Prohibits Individuals Under 21 From Purchasing Firearms
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2024/nra-en-banc-amicus-brief---as-filed.pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold Florida's law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing
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FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Lyndon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:
A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is now open in Lyndon, at the Lyndonville Public Safety Facility from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The joint DRC, a temporary facility established in partnership between Lyndon, the state of Vermont and FEMA, has disaster assistance specialists available to help disaster survivors apply for FEMA Individual Assistance, upload documents
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ILL. A.G. RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING FLORIDA LAW THAT PROHIBITS INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21 FROM PURCHASING FIREARMS
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024:
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold Florida's law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms.
Raoul and the coalition filed the brief in National Rifle Association v. Commis
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