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Attorney General Bonta Opposes Federal Efforts Obstructing Wind and Solar Energy Development (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Opposes Federal Efforts Obstructing Wind and Solar Energy Development
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge brought by clean energy trade associations against six federal agencies: the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Managem more PR
Attorney General Bonta Opposes U.S. DOJ's Continued Misuse of Power in Attempts to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Opposes U.S. DOJ's Continued Misuse of Power in Attempts to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday joined 20 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in United States v. QueerDoc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The brief opposes the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)' more PR
Attorney General James Demands More Action from xAI to Stop Grok Chatbot from Producing Inappropriate Images to Protect Children and Adult Users (10)
ALBANY, New York, Jan. 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Demands More Action from xAI to Stop Grok Chatbot from Producing Inappropriate Images to Protect Children and Adult Users
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NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general demanded that xAI take additional steps to protect users from inappropriate images and content created by its AI chatbot Grok and s more PR
Attorney General Nessel Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content (10)
LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Nessel Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content
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LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general have sent a letter (PDF) demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from gen more PR
Attorney General Sunday Co-Leads Letter to xAI Demanding Change to Grok's Unchecked Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content (10)
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news:
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Attorney General Sunday Co-Leads Letter to xAI Demanding Change to Grok's Unchecked Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content
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HARRISBURG -Attorney General Dave Sunday is co-leading a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI -the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok -take additional action to prevent Grok from generating more PR
Consumer Reports Applauds Reintroduction of Virginia Location Privacy Legislation (10)
YONKERS, New York, Jan. 27 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026:
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Consumer Reports applauds reintroduction of Virginia location privacy legislation
Richmond, VA - Consumer Reports today announced support for the reintroduction of SB 338, legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data. Consumer Reports supported a version of this legislation last year that unanimously passed the Senate more PR
Judge rules USDOT illegally withheld funds for EV charging infrastructure (10)
OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 26 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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Judge rules USDOT illegally withheld funds for EV charging infrastructure
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In a multi-state lawsuit co-led by Washington, California, and Colorado, a federal judge issued a final ruling that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) illegally withheld about $1 billion in funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program from 20 states and the more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Co-Leads Comment Letter to FERC Opposing Blanket Permit to Construct New and Expanded LNG Plants Without Notice and Consultation (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Co-Leads Comment Letter to FERC Opposing Blanket Permit to Construct New and Expanded LNG Plants Without Notice and Consultation
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today co-led a coalition of 9 attorneys general opposing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) efforts to allow the construction and expansion of liquefied natural ga more PR
N.J. Acting A.G. Davenport Announces Win in EV Charging Infrastructure Lawsuit (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release:
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Acting AG Davenport Announces Win in EV Charging Infrastructure Lawsuit
U.S. District Court Sides with Multistate Coalition in Fight Against the Trump Administration
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Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced a decisive victory in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for unlawfully withholding bipartisan Congressionally-mandated funding for electri more PR
N.J. Acting A.G. Davenport Demands Immediate Action From XAI to Stop Production of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026:
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Acting AG Davenport Demands Immediate Action from xAI to Stop Production of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material
Bipartisan Multistate Coalition Tells Grok It Must Stop Abusive and Illegal AI Images
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Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced today that she is partnering with a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys more PR
Okla. A.G. Drummond Demands XAI Take Action to Protect Children, Prevent Abuse of AI Technology (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 27 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026:
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Drummond demands xAI take action to protect children, prevent abuse of AI technology
Attorney General Gentner Drummond today is demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take action to prevent the chatbot from generating nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material.
Drummond and a co more PR
Rep. Balint Welcomes Decision to Stop Vermont USCIS Reassignments to Minnesota (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Balint Welcomes Decision to Stop Vermont USCIS Reassignments to Minnesota
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BRATTLEBORO, VT - Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today welcomed the news that Vermont-based USCIS employees will no longer be sent to Minnesota to conduct immigration enforcement, after raising concerns about the change in mission:
"Given the aggressive ICE operations underway in Minnesota which have already led more PR
Sanders Statement: "ICE is Out of Control" (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026:
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Sanders Statement: "ICE is Out of Control"
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 26 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement:
ICE is out of control, ignoring the law and our Constitution. Congress must vote NO on any additional funding for DHS.
Further, here is SOME of what else we must do:
1. Get ICE, CBP and the rest of Trump's domestic army out of Minnesota and M more PR
Welch Denounces Noem's Weaponization of ICE on MS NOW: "It's mass intimidation." (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
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Welch Denounces Noem's Weaponization of ICE on MS NOW: "It's mass intimidation."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined MS NOW ' s Ana Cabrera Reports to discuss the urgent and dire need for accountability from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the shootings of civilians in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. The more PR
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