OAKLAND, California, Nov. 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * Continues work to protect consumers from unwanted robocalls * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of its proposed rules designed to protect consumers from illegal robocalls by increasing the effectiveness of the F  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the following judicial appointments: Ralph W. Powell to the Superior Court of the Tifton Judicial Circuit to fill a vacancy created by HB 906; Amy E. Smith to the Superior Court of the Houston Judicial Circuit to fill a vacancy created by HB 992; Sarah Stimac Japour as the District Attorney for the newly created West Georgia Judicial Circuit esta  more

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System Board, Michigan State Housing Development Authority Board, Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission, State Teacher Tenure Commission, Michigan Board of Behavior Analysts, and the MS  more

MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 16 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC's SSRL helps pin down key players in the microbial production of methylmercury, a poison that can accumulate in fish. * * * By Chris Patrick Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury - a form so harmful that just a few billionths of a gram can cause severe and lasting neurological damage to a developing fetu  more