LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing a motion for reconsideration in a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' new unlawful rule expanding the definition of who must become a federally licensed firearms dealer: "On May 1, I co-led a multistate lawsuit challenging the ATF's rule that radically expanded the de more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 31 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the unanimous decision of the Arkansas Supreme Court to dismiss Reynolds v. Thurston, a suit asking the Court to bypass the state's laws on ballot title submissions and place constitutional amendments on paper ballots and absentee voting on the ballot directly: "This unanimous decision is a tremendous more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 28, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement on the involvement of his office in the arrest of Marcus Allen Abeyta, 31, of Emporia, Kansas, on one federal count of production of child pornography involving a minor residing in Arkansas: "Bringing child pornographers to justice requires collaboration across multiple jurisdictions including, in this ma more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11808) on May 30, 2024, by public finance analyst Gary Guenther: * * * The Internal Revenue Service's Free File Program (FFP): Current Status and Policy Issues The Internal Revenue Service first allowed individual income tax returns to be filed electronically (e-filed) through a pilot program involving five tax preparers during the 1986 tax filing season. Since then, e-filing has grown to more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11172) on May 29, 2024, by foreign affairs analyst Joshua Klein. Here are excerpts: * * * The Hur Tapes and the President's Claim of Executive Privilege President Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio recordings of an interview he gave to Special Counsel Robert Hur (the "Hur tapes") that are being sought by the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Accountability Comm more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-502) on the Leosa Reform Act (H.R. 354), which aims to amend Title 18 of the U.S. Code to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers. The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, , on May 14, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 354, the LEOSA Reform Act, introduced by Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), woul more ST