FORT BLISS, Texas, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Technical Sergeant Rion Ehrman, 375th Air Mobility Wing Airmen from the 12th Air Task Force, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, recently wrapped up a rigorous training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Camp McGregor, New Mexico, from January 5 to 19. The exercise was a vital part of the Air Force's ongoing effort to adapt and enhance readiness for future global comp more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Helps Secure $7.4 Billion, Up To $108 Million For Massachusetts, From Purdue Pharma And The Sackler Family For Fueling The Opioid Crisis BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties, has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the S more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Helps Secure $7.4 Billion from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family for Fueling the Opioid Crisis Sackler family will pay up to $6.5 billion over 15 years; Purdue will pay nearly $900 million on court approval OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the bipartisan States Negotiating Committee and other parties have reached a $ more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: People Should Not Have to Fear Gun Violence While Riding on Public Transit OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, announced the filing of an amicus brief in support of Illinois in Schoenthal v. Raoul, a case pending in the Seventh Circuit involving a challenge to Illinois's ban on carrying firearms on public t more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Joint Statement with 10 State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot Be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement January 23, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James, together with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, led a coalition of 11 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement addressing a memorandu more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Secures $7.4 Billion from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family for Fueling the Opioid Crisis January 23, 2025 Sackler Family Will Pay Up To $6.5 Billion Over 15 Years; Purdue Will Pay Nearly $900 Million On Court Approval Money Will Fund Communities Nationwide to Support Opioid Addiction Treatment and Prevention Up to $250 Million Will Directly Support Opi more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 23 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $7.4 Billion Settlement With Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family for Role in Opioid Epidemic Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc. ("Purdue") for their instrumental role in cr more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKING "BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL" ORDER ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement after a federal judge granted his motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order in a lawsuit he, with three state attorneys general, filed challenging President  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ON STATE LAWS REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued updated guidance to state, county and local law enforcement agencies to clarify the role of Illinois' law enforcement agencies and the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The guidance details the p more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Announces Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion to Victims, Survivors and States in Settlement in Principle # Adds $1.4 Billion, Frontloads Aid to States to Fund Opioid Treatment and Recovery Following Supreme Court Decision (Hartford, CT) -- Attorney General William Tong today announced a $7.4 billion settlement in principle between state more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Jan. 22, 2025 ARMY Carahsoft Technology Corp., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $44,985,868 firm-fixed-price contract for commercial off-the-shelf software licenses and technical software in support of information technology network operations. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion da more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 24 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Sackler family will pay up to $6.5 billion over 15 years; Purdue will pay nearly $900 million upon court approval * * * Wilmington - Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she, along with a bipartisan coalition of negotiating attorneys general, has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their comp more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: By Leah Hesla Stanford collaborators at the Q-NEXT quantum center amp up the signal from tin atoms embedded in diamond, opening possibilities for quantum networking. The future of tin-based qubits is brighter thanks to breakthrough work by Stanford University researchers supported through a quantum research center led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ar more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 23 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: * * * Florida Attorney General's Office Secures $7.4 Billion from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family for Fueling the Opioid Crisis TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--The Florida Attorney General's Office today announced that, following Florida-led efforts, a $7.4 billion multistate settlement has been reached with members of the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, Inc. for their instrumental role in crea more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 24 -- The Georgia Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) has confirmed through the United States Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories that a hunter-harvested deer sampled for routine surveillance in Lanier County has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). This is the first case of CWD detected in Georgia. The sample more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 24 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Grant program supports businesses owned by historically underrepresented populations and small businesses with fewer than 10 employees * * * Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to announce $10 million in funding for the Office of Economic Equity and Empowerment (OE3) Small Business Capital and Infrastructure Grant Pr more PR

DEERFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Bolstered by an EDGE agreement, Fortune Brands Innovations plans significant investment to create at least 400 new jobs on the North Shore, with capacity for over 1,000 jobs * * * Governor JB Pritzker, Fortune Brands Innovations and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced new investments in the company's expanded headquarters in Deerfie more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine that was shipped to Chicago from California. In February 2022, JOSE RAMIREZ-ARELLANO arranged to receive a parcel containing approximately five kilograms of cocaine that was shipped to his residence in Chicago from southern California. Law enforcement intercepted the packa more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A money launderer for a Chicago-based drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison. COSME CHACON, 55, pleaded guilty in 2023 to a money laundering conspiracy charge. U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. imposed a 100-month prison sentence during a hearing on Tuesday in federal court in Chicago. Chacon was among  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 24 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Brian Shinkle as a Resident Circuit Judge for Edwards County in the Second Judicial Circuit. Mr. Shinkle was appointed to fill the Second Circuit vacancy created by the death of Judge Michael J. Valentine on November 5, 2024. The appointment of Mr. Shinkle is effective February 10, 2025, and will conclude on more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following joint statement on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal im more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 24 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following joint statement on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Attorney General Anne Lopez, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration en more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement from Eleven State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot Be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with the attorneys general of New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following joint statement on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Vermont today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federa more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statem more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following joint statement on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Attorney General Charity Clark, along with the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, and Rhode Island, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in feder more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Homelessness in New York state has grown sharply, more than doubling between January 2022 and January 2024, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Homelessness grew by 53.1% from January 2023 to January 2024, more than four times the rest of the nation. The large spike was driven by New York City and the influx of more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 24 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Sackler Family Will Pay up to $6.5 Billion Over 15 Years; their Company, Purdue Pharma, Will Pay Nearly $900 Million * * * Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties have reached a $7.4 billion settlement, in principle, with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc., for their role in more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Sackler Family Will Pay Up To $6.5 Billion Over 15 Years; Purdue Will Pay Nearly $900 Million On Court Approval * * * Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties have reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc. (Purdue) more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Sacklers Will Pay Up To $6.5 Billion Over 15 Years; Purdue Will Pay Nearly $900 Million On Court Approval * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a $7.4 billion multistate settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc. (Purdue) for their leading role in creating and fueling the national opioid crisis more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Sackler Family Will Pay Up To $6.5 Billion Over 15 Years; Purdue Will Pay Nearly $900 Million On Court Approval * * * Attorney General Charity Clark today announced that a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties have reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, Inc. for their instrumenta more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 24 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2025: SEATTLE -- A federal judge today granted Washington State's motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempt to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who will be born in the United States. The judge's order blocks federal agencies from implementing the president's executive order on birthright ci more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 24 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of 18 states filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl "PFAS" forever chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act. "This EPA rule will protect people's more PR