November 26, 2019 – Attorney General Mark Herring continued his efforts to fight human trafficking Tuesday by collaborating with the Richmond Regional Human Trafficking Collaborative. On Tuesday, the pair new initiatives that will improve the way the Richmond region responds to human trafficking. Specifically, Herring and several law enforcement agencies discussed how a new case… Read more »
November 21, 2019 – Twenty-two states on Wednesday signed an amicus brief in support of Colorado’s request to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ August ruling in the “faithless electors” case. Colorado petitioned the nation’s high court to review the ruling in October. In August, the appeals court… Read more »
November 12, 2019 – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 12 state Attorneys General calling on the nation’s leading arbitration firms to provide information about obstacles workers face in resolving employment-related disputes. In the letters sent to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), the Attorneys… Read more »
November 6, 2019 – Daniel Cameron, a former legal counsel for Senator Mitch McConnell, won his race for attorney general of Kentucky on Tuesday, making him the first black person to be elected to the office in the state. He was also the first black person to be independently elected to a statewide office in… Read more »
November 5, 2019 – Mississippi’s two-term state treasurer is earning a promotion to attorney general. Republican Lynn Fitch beat Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins on Tuesday, making her the first woman to win the office. Democrat Jim Hood, who ran for governor, has been attorney general for 16 years. Fitch says she wants to fight opioids… Read more »