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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul: Attorney General Raoul leads coalition urging court to block Tennessee law criminalizing assistance to youth for out of state abortion care
Published: April 21, 2025CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in a lawsuit challenging a restrictive Tennessee law making it a crime for adults to help minors seek reproductive health care outside of Tennessee due to that state’s near-total abortion ban.
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New Jersey AG Matt Platkin: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Co-Leads Coalition Supporting Challenges to Unconstitutional Executive Orders That Unlawfully Target Lawyers and Law Firms
Published: April 21, 2025TRENTON — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general today in filing amicus briefs supporting two law firms, Jenner & Block LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, that have filed lawsuits challenging unconstitutional executive orders imposing severe sanctions on the firms in retaliation for their work on causes disfavored by the Trump Administration.
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Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell: AG Campbell Distributes $1 Million For New Public Health Models For Gun Violence Prevention Grant Program
Published: April 21, 2025BOSTON — As part of her ongoing efforts to bolster community-based gun violence prevention work and recognize gun violence as a public health concern, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has awarded approximately $1 million to ten organizations through the office's Public Health Models for Gun Violence Prevention Grant.
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New York AG Letitia James: Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration for Blocking Access to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Education Funds for States
Published: April 21, 2025NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 15 other attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in suing the Trump administration to restore states’ access to critical Department of Education (ED) programs that support low-income and unhoused students and provide funding for other services to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students.
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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison: Minnesota Attorney General’s Office named top employer for veterans for 2nd year in a row
Published: April 21, 2025SAINT PAUL — Attorney General Ellison announced today that, for the second year in a row, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office has been recognized as a 4 Star Employer in the 2025 VETS Indexes Employer Awards – one of the program’s very highest distinctions – because of the office’s strong commitment to recruiting, hiring, retaining, developing, and supporting veterans and the military-connected community.
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New York AG Letitia James: Attorney General James Urges Congress to Pass Federal Legislation to Regulate Cryptocurrencies
Published: April 21, 2025NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to pass federal legislation to strengthen regulations on cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
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New York AG Letitia James: Attorney General James Seeks to Protect Consumers from High Overdraft Fees
Published: April 21, 2025NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the House Financial Services Committee urging the House to vote against a resolution that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 2024 rule limiting overdraft fees imposed by the country’s largest banks.
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Maryland AG Anthony Brown: In SCOTUS Brief, Attorney General Brown Defends use of LGBTQ-Inclusive Books in Public Schools
Published: April 21, 2025BALTIMORE – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to defend the discretion of public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, to incorporate LGBTQ-inclusive books into their curricula for all students.
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North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson: Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads 51 AGs Warning 9 Phone Providers Over Robocalls
Published: April 21, 2025RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson led the 51 bipartisan Attorneys General of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force in sending letters notifying nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly unlawful robocalls across their networks.
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Maine AG Aaron Frey: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Freezing Funds Used to Feed Children and Vulnerable Adults
Published: April 21, 2025AUGUSTA –Attorney General Aaron M. Frey filed a complaint today in federal court in Maine against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for withholding funding used to feed children in schools, childcare centers, and after-school programming as well as disabled adults in congregate settings.
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