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Democratic AGs Stand Ground Against Proposal to Give Up Public Lands Protections

Six Democratic AGs submitted a comment letter in opposition to a proposal by the U.S. Department of the Interior to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (Public Lands Rule). The Public Lands Rule recognizes conservation as a valid “use” of federal public lands that is on the same footing as…

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Democratic AGs Continue to Snap Back on Full SNAP Benefits Amid Shutdown Fallout

Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell and California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 23 Democratic AGs and three governors in filing a renewed motion for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Trump Administration to prevent the federal government from clawing back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits affecting more than 42 million Americans.

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AGs from Both Parties Oppose Rollbacks to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

Democratic and Republican AGs submitted separate comment letters opposing aspects of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to rescind the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires that major industrial sources and fuel suppliers report annual greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons. California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 16 Democratic AGs and…

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CA and DE AGs Secure Safety and Oversight Commitments, Will Not Oppose OpenAI Recapitalization

Delaware AG Kathy Jennings announced that her office has issued a Statement of No Objection to the proposed corporate recapitalization of the artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation headquartered in California. Following OpenAI’s creation of a public benefit corporation (PBC), AG Jennings reviewed the plan to ensure that (1) OpenAI’s public safety…

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CA AG Pushes Back on Presidential Tariff Authority

California AG Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, urging the Court to hold that President Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was unlawful. The brief argues that the President lacks independent authority to…

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