LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 12 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 11, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing Arkansas will receive $12,716,700.92 as its share of a nationwide $700 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over its marketing of talc-based baby powder and body powder products: "This settlement arose from allegations that Johnson & Johnson deceptively promoted and misled consumers abou more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 12, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing a guilty plea entered by Princess Dansby, 42, of Preston and Alissa Rivera, 27, of Arkadelphia on charges of Abuse of an Endangered/Impaired Person: "On June 11, my office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured negotiated guilty pleas by two caregivers at the Arkadelphia Human Development Cent more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered a floor speech to commemorate the 100th birthday of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush. Click HERE to watch Arrington's floor speech. Chairman Arrington's Remarks as Prepared: "I rise to commemorate the 100th birthday of one of our nation's most revered statesman-leaders and American he more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 14 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing the arrest of Kaylee Slaughter, 25, of Lepanto on one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class B Felony: "Committing Medicaid fraud is an egregious affront to the hardworking taxpayers, but using a minor client as a vehicle to bilk Arkansans for thousands of dollars is despicable. I thank Special Age more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 14 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement in response to a ruling in Polk County Circuit Court allowing parts of his lawsuit against the social media company Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, to proceed: "This is a victory for the citizens of Arkansas, especially our children, whom Meta has misled about the addictive and harmful conseque more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL06) led 15 Colleagues in a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to highlight the success of the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO). "LPOfinanced projects have created almost 47,000 permanent jobs, generated over 104 million megawatthours of clean electricity, and resulted in more than $50 billion in total project investments," the lawmak more PR

SPRING, Texas, June 13 -- ExxonMobil, an energy provider and chemical manufacturer, issued the following news release: * * * Jeff Taylor elected new general counsel * * * Craig Morford, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), has announced his retirement effective, July 1, 2024. The Board of Directors has elected Jeff Taylor as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to succeed him. "Craig has been a valued member of our Corporate Leaders more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are commending the Honorable William Paul Johnson, who has announced his intention to retire from regular active service as a United States District Court Judge effective in January 2025, after 23 years of distinguished service on the federal bench. "Over the course of his tenure on the federal bench, Judge Johnson has served with a generos more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are commending the Honorable William Paul Johnson, who has announced his intention to retire from regular active service as a United States District Court Judge effective in January 2025, after 23 years of distinguished service on the federal bench. "Over the course of his tenure on the federal bench, Judge Johnson has served with a generosit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following joint statement on June 14, 2024, by Chair Gary Gensler and Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Caroline A. Crenshaw, Mark T. Uyeda and Jaime Lizarraga, on the death of ex-Chairman William Donaldson: * * * We mourn the passing of William Donaldson, the 27th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bill had a remarkable career in public service, business, and academia--a life well lived. He served his cou more PR