PHOENIX, Arizona, April 3 -- The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Poll: Strong bipartisan support for Axon campus project and SB 1543 among Arizona voters and in Scottsdale PHOENIX--A new poll shows that Arizona voters overwhelmingly support Axon's proposed international headquarters project and legislation to boost economic development through campus-based housing, and that includes voters in Scottsdale. According to a Cygnal more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Alerts Businesses: It Remains Illegal to Bribe Foreign-Government Officials OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a legal alert reminding businesses operating in California that it is illegal to make payments to foreign-government officials to obtain or retain business -- regardless of the Trump Administration's order temporarily susp more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration from Unlawfully Terminating Federal Employees OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released a statement after the issuance of a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from conducting unlawful mass terminations of federal probationary employees who live or work in more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta: Court Blocks Trump Administration's Unlawful Attempt to Terminate TPS Designation for Venezuela OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion to postpone in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, blocking the Trump Administration from unlawfully termina more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, April 1 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees Attorney General Charity Clark joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general, led by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, to secure a preliminary injunction (PI) in Maryland et al. v. USDA, a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Mary more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 2 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Mayes Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees PHOENIX - Attorney General Mayes and a coalition of 20 attorneys general secured a preliminary injunction (PI) in Maryland et al. v. USDA, a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Maryland suing numerous federal agencies for the unlawful mass fi more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general to secure a preliminary injunction (PI) in Maryland et al. v. USDA (PDF), a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Maryland suing numerous federal age more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Trump Attack on Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding news that President Donald Trump is withholding federal Title X funding for reproductive and primary healthcare at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.  "There is no role for partisan pandering and more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 2 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul is a Guest on MSNBC's "The Beat With Ari Melber" Earlier today, Governor Hochul was a guest on MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber." AUDIO: The Governor's remarks are available in audio form here. A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below: Ari Melber, MSNBC: We turn now to someone leading one of the largest states in the country more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Takes New Action to Deport Violent Tren De Aragua Gang Members ATLANTA, GA - Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending President Trump's efforts to immediately deport noncitizen Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. TdA - a criminal organization that originated in a Venezuelan prison - has infiltrated communities across the country, includ more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 2 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Polis: It's Not 'Liberation Day' But Sadly Recession Day as Trump Creates Biggest Tax Hike in U.S. History DENVER - Colorado Governor Jared Polis released a statement on President Trump's latest tariff tax hike. "I am deeply saddened by this Trump tax hike that increases costs on everything while also increasing the size of government by charging people more. These deeply damaging tariff more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 2 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds issues statement on tariffs going into effect on 'Liberation Day' Today, Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's rollout of taxes on foreign imports: "The Biden administration consistently ignored the needs of Iowa farmers. They failed to deliver a Farm Bill, refused to expand market access, and turned a balanced ag trade situation into more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ WINS PRELIMINARY INJUCTION AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR MASS FIRINGS OF FEDERAL PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez and a coalition of 20 attorneys general have secured a preliminary injunction (PI) in a lawsuit against numerous federal agencies for the unlawful mass firing of federal probationary employees. The suit, Maryland et more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Attorney General Brown Sues HHS, Secretary Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts BALTIMORE, MD (April 1, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and two governors in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for abruptly and il more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees BALTIMORE, MD (April 1, 2025) - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown led a coalition of 20 attorneys general to secure a preliminary injunction (PI) in Maryland et al. v. USDA, a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Maryland suing numer more PR

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 3 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Ag Commissioner Applauds Trump Administration's Reciprocal Tariff Plan JACKSON, Miss. - Following the announcement from President Donald J. Trump this afternoon detailing his administration's plan to implement reciprocal tariffs, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson issued the following statement. I applaud President Trump's actions more PR

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 2 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Attorney General Ford Sues HHS, Sec. Kennedy to Overturn Public Health Grant Cuts Carson City, NV -- Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuitRequest Document Remediation - lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 2 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond defends Trump's efforts to deport violent Tren De Aragua gang OKLAHOMA CITY (April 1, 2025) -- Lauding President Trump's recent actions to combat a Venezuelan crime gang, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a district court's recent temporary restraining order that halts the president's actions to address the newly designated f more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 3 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond urges federal government crackdown on fentanyl shipments OKLAHOMA CITY (April 2, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the Trump Administration to close a loophole that allows deadly fentanyl to flood into the United States. In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pr more PR

SALEM, Oregon, April 3 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general to secure a preliminary injunction (PI) in Maryland et al. v. USDA, a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for Maryland suing numerous federal agencies for the unlawful mass more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 2 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Court Strikes Down Illegal BLM Logging in Protected Old-Growth Reserves MEDFORD, OR -- Medford, Ore., - Yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) "Integrated Vegetation Management" (IVM) logging program illegally authorized the destruction of old-growth forest stands located within Late Successional Reserves. With this ruling, the court ag more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro Challenges Trump Administration's Unlawful Decision to Cancel Over a Half-Billion Dollars Owed to State Agencies to Protect Pennsylvanians' Health The Trump Administration abruptly canceled more than $500 million in Congressionally-appropriated federal funding for the Pennsylvania departments of Health, Human Services, and Drug and Alcohol Programs more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Governor Shapiro Invests in Pennsylvania Businesses and Main Streets as the Federal Government Raises Taxes and Prices Governor Shapiro visited Fegley's Brew Works in the Lehigh Valley to highlight his Administration's work to grow Pennsylvania's economy and support our small businesses and Main Streets. Governor Shapiro created the Main Street Matters initiative  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release: * * * STATE OF HAWAII JOINS COALITION TO PRESERVE PAROLE PATHWAYS FOR VULNERABLE IMMIGRANTS HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) parole pathways for certain vulnerable immigrants fleeing dangerous conditions in their home countries. On Jan. 20, 2025, the Trump ad more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 2 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Statement from Governor Kathy Hochul "Today, Donald Trump enacted the largest tax hike in American history, skyrocketed New Yorkers' costs by over $6,000 per year, and sent Wall Street into a full blown panic. "Trump's tariff proposal isn't 'liberating.' It's destructive and devastating for the millions of Americans already struggling to make ends meet. "Here in New York, I'm doing everyth more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 2 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Statement From Governor Kathy Hochul on President Trump's So-Called 'Liberation Day' Tariffs "Since the start of the Trump administration, the constant threat of tariffs has caused nothing but chaos and uncertainty. Tariffs are estimated to cost Americans upwards of $6,500, 401(k)s are plummeting and businesses that rely on tourism are feeling the negative impacts of the loss of our Canadian v more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on April 1, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Boone and Raleigh Counties Receive Federal Assistance for Flood Recovery Charleston, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey announced today that the federal government accepted his request for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance in Raleigh County. In Boone County, the Governor's request for Public Assistance was accepted. "As  more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 3 -- Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti issued the following news on April 2, 2025: * * * Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti Joins Coalition Condemning Trade War Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti in collaboration with twelve other state treasurers today released a letter sent to President Trump warning of the consequences of the newest round of imposed tariffs. In a press call with fellow Treasurers and Auditors from Minnesota, New Me more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 2 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding New Lawsuit Suing Trump Administration for Recklessly Gutting Over $225 Million in Federal Funding from Health Services in Wisconsin MADISON -- Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin is joining a new lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from attempting to gut over $225 million in federal funding the state expected to receive to h more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 2 -- Wisconsin Conservation Voters issued the following news on April 1, 2025: * * * People power prevails: Judge Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race MADISON - In a resounding victory for democracy and environmental protection, Judge Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, securing a pro-democracy, pro-conservation majority that will safeguard Wisconsin's future for generations to come. "This win is a testament to the power of vote more PR