HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Leads 38-State and Territory Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Take Action Against Rise in Organized Retail Crime (Hartford, CT - Attorney General William Tong is co-leading a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition in urging Congress to take action to address the rise in organized retail crime across the country. Organized retail crime has con  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for proposed relocation of pipeline spanning Snake River POCATELLO, Idaho--The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments for a proposed project to relocate and bury a natural gas pipeline southwest of American Falls in Power County. If approved, Intermountain Gas would be authorized to remove approximately 1,500 feet of the existing p  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2025, entitled "Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - December 2024": * * * Alaska had 22,000 job openings in December 2024, compared to 24,000 openings in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Alask  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond calls on FDA to take action against counterfeit weight-loss drug makers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic and Wegovy. In a let  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 26 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Defends President Trump's Executive Order Banning Federal Funding for Child Sex-Change Procedures ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of President Donald Trump's Executive Order requiring federal agencies to stop funding sex-change procedures for minors. The Order was challenged by plaintiffs represented by the ACLU and Lambda Legal in feder  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority issued the following news on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Airports Authority Releases Passenger Totals for 2024 Washington Dulles tops longstanding 2005 record The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced that more than 53.54 million passengers traveled through its airports in 2024. This represents 5.8 percent growth from the year before and is a new system-wide record. Most of the increase happened at Washington Dulle  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 26 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson backs Trump executive order ending federal funding for gender transitions for kids (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he's joined a 23-state coalition filing a friend-of-the-court brief supporting President Trump's Executive Order, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation. "S  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 26 -- The Alaska Department of Law issued the following news release: * * * Walgreens Agrees to Pay Alaska $65,076.40 in a Settlement to Resolve Allegations that It Billed the Government for Uncollected Prescriptions (Anchorage, AK) - The State of Alaska has joined the United States, the District of Colombia, and 30 other states in settling allegations against Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens). Under the terms of the agreement, Walgreen  more