LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Challenges Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine Affordable Care Act * LANSING -Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 states in filing a lawsuit (PDF) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would make health insurance  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 4 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release: * * * House Republicans Call on Governor Hobbs to Join Federal Anti-Fraud Data-Sharing Partnership Six states have already agreed to help federal investigators uncover fraud - Arizona House Majority Leader Michael Carbone and State Representative Selina Bliss, Chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, today called on Governor Katie Hobbs to act immediately to bring Arizona into a ne  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Over Latest Attempt to Weaponize Personal Sensitive Data of Californians * Trump Administration is attempting to disclose troves of data about Californians receiving financial assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to DHS and other agencies OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, co-leading a multista  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 3 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Announces $358,000 Settlement in Principle With Generic Drug Maker Sandoz * Attorney General Charity Clark today announced a nationwide $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 3 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Vulnerable New Yorkers' Personal Information * August 3, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over unlawful policy changes that would give the administration broad access to the sensitive private info  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 3 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General McCuskey Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Drug Prices and Limit Competition * Attorney General JB McCuskey today announced a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. The action is to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition * Press Releases The Settlement Will Result in Total Payments of Approximately $469 Million to State Enforcers by Sandoz (Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $400 milli  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Job openings rate 5.5 percent in Georgia, 5.4 percent in Alaska, during 2025 During 2025, the job openings rate averaged 5.5 percent in Georgia and 5.4 percent in Alaska. Average job openings rates were also 5.0 percent or higher in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Rates averaged under 4.0 percent in six states: California, Hawaii, Iowa, Nebraska, N  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Rosen, Merkley: CFTC Must Rein in Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets * Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raising the alarm about offshore prediction markets allowing people to bet on wildfires. As wildfires burn in Nevada and  more

RENO, Nevada, Aug. 3 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news: * * * Giant sequoias evolved with fire - new study shows it can still save them * Giant sequoias evolved with fire over millennia. Now, after nearly 200 years of suppressing both wildfire and Indigenous burning, some of the world's oldest and largest trees are dying at unprecedented rates as increasingly severe wildfires sweep through their remaining groves. A newly published study co-authored by researchers in the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Lost City Museum, Overton, Nevada, has completed an inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), determining that human remains and associated funerary objects in its collection are culturally affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The inventory identifies the remains of at least 20 Native American individuals and eight lots   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ogletree Deakins, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Ogletree Deakins Grows Las Vegas Office, Welcomes Employment Litigator Derek Noack as Shareholder * LAS VEGAS - August 3, 2026 - Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Derek Noack to the firm's Las Vegas office as a shareholder. Noack joins the firm from Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, where he was   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Out-Of-Touch O'Donnell Longs For California Beach House, "Admits He Still Needs to 'Learn' About District He's Running For" * O'Donnell maintains a $4.1 million ocean-side residence in Santa Barbara, California Multi-millionaire Marty O'Donnell may have moved to Las Vegas, but he's spending an awful lot of time in his luxury beach house in Santa Barbara. O'Donnell even admits he   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 3 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news: * * * Rafael Oganesyan Helps Students Turn Research Into Opportunity * Rafael Oganesyan's connection to UNLV stretches back more than 26 years and four degrees. He arrived on campus in 2000 as a 15-year-old high school student taking college classes. "I did my best to not let my classmates know my age by dressing business casual for class lectures," Oganesyan recalls. It was only when staff as  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen Successfully Pushes Trump to Release More than $3.3 Million in Federal Funding for Affordable Housing Across Nevada * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that the Trump Administration finally released more than $3.3 million in federal funding for affordable housing across Nevada. This funding comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Trust   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rosen, Cortez Masto, Merkley Raise Concern About Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raising the alarm about offshore prediction markets allowing people to bet on wildfires. As wildfires burn in Nevada and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Cortez Masto Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Access to Air Travel for Survivors of Human Trafficking * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently introduced the Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act to help survivors of human trafficking access air travel and resources they need to reach safety. The bipartisan legislat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (TNSFR) -- The University of California San Diego campus plans to repatriate 176 lots of objects of cultural patrimony to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (Carson Colony, Dresslerville Colony, Woodfords Community, Stewart Community, & Washoe Ranches) under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The collection was excavated in 1965 and 1966 from  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Voting Experts Release Updated State Election Certification Law Guides Ahead of Midterms * Today, All Voting is Local, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Campaign Legal Center, and Protect Democracy released updated guides on election certification in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, along with an updated guide with general inf  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 3 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington joins federal lawsuit to protect residents' personal information * The federal government is seeking to illegally use the sensitive private information of tens of thousands of Washingtonians receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Washington and a multistate coalition have filed a new lawsuit to protect residents from this unlawful abuse o  more