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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-07-23-03257) on Nov. 12, 2024, entitled "Utah Generally Operated Its Medicaid Estate Recovery Program in Accordance With Requirements and in a Cost Effective Manner, but Utah Did Not Have Formal Written Procedures" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report Highlights Why OIG Did This Audit * All States are required to have a Medica  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on Nov. 14, 2024, by Chair Gary Gensler: * * * Car Keys, Football, and Effective Administration Chair Gary Gensler PLI's 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation New York * * * When I was with you two years ago, I quoted President Franklin Roosevelt when he signed the first of the foundational securities laws in 1933: "This law and its effective administration are steps in a program to restore  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: * * * The plan outlines the necessary steps to recover the endangered plant * * * PHOENIX - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Gierisch mallow, an endangered plant found in Mohave County, Arizona, and Washington County, Utah. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the species and establishes criteria for de  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * This release was first published at usda.gov, as "At the White House Tribal Youth Summit, USDA Announces New Investments in Tribal Students and Higher Education" * * * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agric  more