Alaska: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Stephen J. Cox as the next Alaska AG, effective August 29, 2025. Former Alaska AG Treg Taylor previously announced that he would be stepping down on August 29, 2025. AG Cox is a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and had previously served as a DOJ…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird led a group of 26 Republican AGs in filing two amici curiae briefs urging the dismissal of pending challenges to Environmental Protection Agency waivers allowing California to enforce its own vehicle emissions standards. One brief addresses California emissions regulations for cars, trucks, and SUVs, while the other concerns emissions from heavy-duty…

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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs, the city of Chicago, New York City, and the California Air Resources Board, in filing comments opposing the EPA’s proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule—which restricts emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants—and revert to the more lenient 2012 emission standards.

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Denver attorney David Seligman has announced his intention to run for Colorado AG in 2026, joining a growing field of Democrats that includes Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, former House Speaker Crisanta Duran, and Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty. Term-limited Colorado AG Phil Weiser is running for governor. In Iowa, attorney Nate Willems—who previously served two…

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti’s Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit, Whitney Hermandorfer, was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s Solicitor General Joshua Divine and Principal Deputy Solicitor General Maria Lanahan have been nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…

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