HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined the United States, the District of Columbia, and 42 other States in settling allegations against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. ("Precision"). The settlement resolves allegations that Precision knowingly submitted or caused to be submitted false claims to the Medicaid p  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 4 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and 10 other state attorneys general today called on Congress to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024. Last year, Attorney General Moody led a 16-state coalition urging automobile manufacturers to protect AM radio. The destruction and life-threatening conditions caused during Hurricane Helene shows th  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 4 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in putting Nasdaq on notice for its discriminatory gender, sexuality, and race-based quotas for its directors. In December 2020, Nasdaq announced its new quotas mandating that most Nasdaq-listed companies have at least two directors who self-identify as females, racial minorities, and LGBTQ+. Companies that do not meet the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced the expansion of the SBA's Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) network with 14 new awards. These awards aim to enhance the reach and impact of the SBA's support for innovative small businesses and entrepren  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Scientists Assembled and Analyzed Sprawling Genetic Database, Finding Some Fungal Crops Later Became Completely Reliant on Ants 27 Million Years Ago * * * When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before humans evolved as a species. According  more