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Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Relief Blocking California’s Medicaid Data from Being Used for Immigration Enforcement Purposes
Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice
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August 12, 2025
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction finding California and a multistate coalition were likely...
Attorney General Derek Brown Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Tech Companies to Stop the Spread of Deepfake Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
Utah Office of the Attorney General
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August 26, 2025
Attorney General Derek Brown co-led a bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general in calling on major search engines and payment platforms to take stronger action against the growing spread of computer-generated deepfake nonconsensual intimate...
WA leads states supporting Colorado law banning conversion ‘therapy’ for minors
Washington State Office of Attorney General
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August 26, 2025
SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today led a multistate coalition in an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court defending a Colorado law that prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion “therapy” on minors. Conversion...
Attorney General Ford Joins Bipartisan Effort to Protect Veterans’ Education Benefits
Nevada Attorney General
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August 6, 2025
Carson City, NV — Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 other attorneys general in filing a Virginia-led amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to stand with...
Attorney General Bird Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Tech Companies to Stop the Spread of Deepfakes
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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August 26, 2025
DES MOINES –Attorney General Brenna Bird recently warned parents against the dangers of deepfakes being used for bullying or harassment. Today, she joined a bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general in calling on major search engines and...
Attorney General James Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care
New York Attorney General
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August 1, 2025
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 15 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration for attacking access to gender-affirming health care for transgender and nonbinary youth....
Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care
Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice
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August 1, 2025
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, leading a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to restrict access to healthcare for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary youth. The lawsuit...
State Arts Council announces applications to open Aug. 1 for voter-approved State Cultural Facilities Grants
Rhode Island Government
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July 29, 2025
RHODE ISLAND, July 29 - Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today applications will become available for the voter-approved State Cultural Facilities Grant (SCFG) Program on Friday (Aug. 1). The SCFG...
Attorney General Bonta to Companies: Commit to Action Limiting Nonconsensual Deepfake Pornography
Office of the Attorney General California Department of Justice
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August 25, 2025
Letters seek to open line of communication with companies, understand how they are protecting the public OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 47 attorneys general in sending letters to search platform and payment platform...
State Arts Council announces applications to open Aug. 1 for voter-approved State Cultural Facilities Grants
Rhode Island Government
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July 29, 2025
Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today applications will become available for the voter-approved State Cultural Facilities Grant (SCFG) Program on Friday (Aug. 1). The SCFG program funds via matching...
Attorney General Brenna Bird Demands Companies End Predatory AI Interactions with Kids
State of Iowa Office of the Attorney General
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August 25, 2025
DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general warning major artificial intelligence companies to stop hurting kids. The letter, sent to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc.,...
US celebrity judge Frank Caprio pass away at age eighty-eight
MENAFN
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August 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Frank Caprio, the US judge and social media personality affectionately known as the "nicest judge in the world," has passed away at the age of 88, his family confirmed. Over a four-decade career in Rhode Island, Caprio became famous for...
WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests More Criminal Illegal Aliens Convicted of Child Sex Crimes, Extortion, and Intoxicated Manslaughter
Department of Homeland Security - Washington D.C.
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August 22, 2025
70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes,...
Weekapaug Inn Shares Late Summer Line-up of Events
EIN Presswire
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August 21, 2025
What’s Happening at the Weekapaug Inn This September & October WEEKAPAUG , RI, UNITED STATES, August 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Weekapaug Inn, a timeless Relais & Chateaux and Forbes Five Star Hotel, New England-style inn set in the peaceful...
Byline Bank Honored with SBA Lender of the Year Award in Illinois
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 19, 2025
Byline Bank receives Illinois SBA Lender of the Year Awards for fiscal year 2024. Pictured, from left: Roberto Herencia; Rehman Valliani; Thomas Abraham; Melanie Noosbond; Patrick Piorkowski, Lender Relations Specialist for the SBA’s Illinois...
Anthony F. Cordeiro Charitable Foundation Awards $19,400 to Five Local Nonprofits
EIN Presswire
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August 20, 2025
Funding will support Gabriel House fire relief, address food insecurity amongst veterans, and promote the wellbeing of youth and adults FALL RIVER, MA, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Anthony F. Cordeiro Charitable...
RIDOH and DEM Lift Advisory at Wenscott Reservoir and Recommend Avoiding Contact with Slack Reservoir and Tiogue Lake
Rhode Island Government
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August 15, 2025
RHODE ISLAND, August 15 - The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the advisory recommendation for recreational activities at Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence...
From Redemption to Revolution: Iylon Precision Oncology Honors CEO John Tarantino’s Selfless Leadership and Philanthropy
EIN Presswire
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August 19, 2025
PROVIDENCE, RI, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Iylon Precision Oncology today spotlighted the philanthropic leadership of its Chief Executive Officer, John A. Tarantino, whose personal mission to ease the burden of cancer...
Code:ART 2025 Festival Set to Light Up Downtown Palo Alto
EIN Presswire
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August 19, 2025
Free, Interactive Media Art Festival Features Immersive Installations and Nightly Projection Artworks PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From October 16–25, 2025, downtown Palo Alto will be transformed into a...
Attorney General James Sues U.S. Department of Justice to Protect Services for Survivors of Violent Crime
New York Attorney General
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August 18, 2025
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined 20 other attorneys general in suing to block the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from illegally conditioning federal funding for crime victims on states’ cooperation with federal...