BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Calls On U.S. Supreme Court To Protect Access To Preventive Health Care Services BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for mil  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 26 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL URGES CONGRESS TO END BASELESS NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with nine state attorneys general, sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources urging full consideration and support for Senate Joint Resolution 10, which would terminate the national energy emergency declared by President Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 25, 2025 AIR FORCE Stocks-Mann Architects PLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0003); SCM Architects PLLC, Little Rock, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0005); Architecture Plus Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas (FA4460-25-D-0006); and Gurri Matute Cromwell JV LLC, Miami, Florida (FA4460-25-D-0007), were awarded a $15,000,000 ceiling, firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 26, 2025 NAVY General Dynamics NASSCO-Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington, is awarded a $654,668,551 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost-plus-award fee/cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Aircraft Carrier shipyard availabilities. This contract includes a five-year base and a one year option, for a six year total ordering period which, if exercised, would brin  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Essex County Man Convicted, Sentenced After Trial For Submitting False MassHealth Claims For Autism Behavioral Health Treatment SALEM -- The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) today announced that Donald Martel, age 69, of Georgetown, was convicted after a five-day trial for fraudulently billing MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, for applied behaviora  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey, MBTA Announce Free South Coast Rail Weekend Service and Parking Through April Boston -- Governor Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) have announced free weekend service and parking to celebrate the beginning of South Coast Rail service. The MBTA is on schedule to begin South Coast Rail passenger service the morning of March 24, 2025  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Boston arrests illegal Jamaican national charged with assault, battery in Massachusetts BOSTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an illegally present Jamaican alien charged in Massachusetts with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a family member when officers arrested Jahmari Taffari Westcar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts 2024 Graduates Again Top of the Nation in Advanced Placement Success Boston -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that a third of students who graduated from Massachusetts public high schools in 2024 scored a 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement (AP) exam, the state's highest percentage ever and the highest in the nation for the second year in a row, acc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Longtime Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy BOSTON - A member of the violent Boston-based gang H-Block pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Jason Bly, 44, of Quincy, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. Dist  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

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Walgreens to Pay $97.8M to Resolve Allegations it Billed the Government for Uncollected Prescriptions (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong and 49 other attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice today in settling allegations against Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens). Under the terms of the agreement, Walgreens--which o  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 27 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington stands with trans military personnel in multi-state amicus filing SEATTLE - The president's discriminatory ban on transgender military service members undermines state and national security, attorneys general in 21 states argued in a brief filed Wednesday in support of personnel who filed suit seeking to overturn the order. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The White House posted the following news: * * * Illegal Immigrant Killers, Rapists Aren't Scholars -- They're Criminals In a strong contender for dumbest statement of the year, disgraced "filmmaker" Michael Moore lamented illegal immigrant criminals being apprehended because they might've "discovered the cure for cancer" or "stopped that asteroid." The only thing more foolish than that statement are the politicians who oppose the deportations. These are the types of   more