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Frosh joins lawsuit challenging Trump Administration’s rollback of Endangered Species Act regulations

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday joined a coalition of18 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s rollback of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The attorneys general of Maryland, California, and Massachusetts lead the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The […]

Frosh joins lawsuit challenging Trump Administration’s attempt to preempt California’s authority to maintain clean car standards

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to preempt California’s greenhouse gas emissions and Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standards. These standards were authorized in 2013 by a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and […]

Frosh releases statement on Trump administration move to strip states of authority to set vehicle emissions standards

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD-Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) action to revoke California’s ability to establish greenhouse gas vehicle emissions standards and to declare that California’s zero-emission vehicle standards are preempted by federal law. “Once again, the Trump Administration has come down […]

Frosh opposes federal attempt to circumvent civil rights protections

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD-Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday joined a coalition of attorneys general in opposing a new federal rule undermining civil rights protections that prevent federal contractors from discriminating against employees. Under the proposed rule, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would expand existing exemptions to allow any federal contractor who asserts a religious purpose to discriminate against […]

AG Frosh joins lawsuit opposing Trump administration’s rule allowing prolonged detention of children

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday announced he was joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s new rule allowing for the prolonged detention of immigrant children in U.S. custody. In the complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the coalition argues that […]

AG Frosh joins multi-state coalition challenging federal attempts to cut protections for asylum seekers

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh last week joined a group of 21 attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive Branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from domestic or gang violence. In an amicus brief filed in “Grace v. Barr […]

Hogan, Olzsewski weigh in on Trump-Cummings Twitter war over Baltimore

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD – Governor Larry Hogan and Baltimore County Executive have chimed in on the ongoing Twitter war between President Donald Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings. In response to Rep. Cummings’ incessant complaints about what Cummings perceives as unacceptable conditions at the US-Mexico border under the president, Trump fired back over the weekend. On Saturday, President Trump unleashed a tweet […]

Omnibus spending bill: Governor Larry Hogan issues statement on Chesapeake Bay funding

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Chris Montcalmo

Governor Larry Hogan on Thursday issued a statement on Congress’ passage of the omnibus government funding bill that includes Chesapeake Bay funding. The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill overrides the Trump administration’s proposed cuts in the current fiscal year. The bill would maintain the Chesapeake Bay Program funding at last year’s level. “As governor of Maryland and Chairman of the […]

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