AUGUSTA ? This week Maine Attorney General Janet Mills joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to preserve the greenhouse gas emission standards currently in place for model year 2022-2025 vehicles. The standards save drivers money at the pump, reduce oil consumption, and curb greenhouse gases.

AUGUSTA - Attorney General Janet Mills applauded the United States Supreme Court's decision today to let stand the ruling of the federal appeals court in March v. Mills in which the Office of the Attorney General successfully defended Maine's law protecting women seeking health care at clinics from loud and disturbing protests intended to interfere with the provision of health care. The Supreme Court this morning denied the petition for certiorari filed by the Thomas More Law Center.

AUGUSTA In recognition of national Crime Victims' Rights Week, Attorney General Janet T. Mills is raising awareness of victims' rights and services, including the assistance offered by the Maine Crime Victims' Compensation Program.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills today joined a coalition of 15 Attorneys General and the City of Chicago in suing the Trump administration for ignoring its legal duty to control emissions of methane ? an extremely potent greenhouse gas ? from existing oil and gas operations. Specifically, the suit charges that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has violated the federal Clean Air Act by ?unreasonably delaying? its obligation under the Act to control methane emissions from these operations.

AUGUSTA - The issue raised by the Secretary of State this morning, which I was made aware of for the first time today, needs to be addressed immediately so that the will of the people may be respected. The more than 62,000 citizens who signed the Peoples? Veto petitions deserve to have their voices heard. The will of the people must not be thwarted by some technicality in the law. I will file legislation today to be presented to the Legislative Council to ensure that Rank Choice Voting is in full effect for this June?s primary as the people have dictated.

AUGUSTA -- Attorney General Janet Mills announced that Daniel H. Reavis, age 53, of South Paris, Maine, has pled guilty in the Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket to theft by deception from MEMIC, Inc., a workers' compensation insurer based in Portland, Maine. Pursuant to the agreement with the State, Reavis' sentencing is deferred until March 20, 2020. During that time, Reavis will be required to pay $10,409 in restitution. If he pays the restitution, he will serve 30 days in jail. If he fails to pay full restitution, he will serve 90 days in jail.

AUGUSTA ? Attorney General Janet Mills announced today that Cynthia Brown, 58, of Portland, Maine, has been sentenced to four months in jail for pocketing sales taxes paid by customers at J?s Oyster, a Portland restaurant, and for failing to pay her personal and corporate income taxes. From March 2008 through March 2015 Brown collected sales tax from restaurant patrons, but failed to turn over to Maine Revenue Services most of the sales tax she collected. Brown illegally kept the remaining funds for her own personal and business use.

ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET T. MILLS AND OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL SETTLE CASE AGAINST AIRBAG MANUFACTURER

Maine Attorney General Janet T. Mills announced a settlement with TK Holdings, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Takata, over allegations that the company concealed safety issues related to its airbag systems installed in a variety of vehicles.

AUGUSTA - In 2017 the Civil Rights Team Project trained 1,545 students and partnered with nearly two hundred public, private and charter schools, supporting student civil rights teams in their efforts to create a safe environment for all students. One of the more popular school based offerings, the local civil rights teams allow students to create novel approaches to encountering bias in their schools and communities. The program costs nothing to local schools and is entirely voluntary.

AUGUSTA - In 2017 the Civil Rights Team Project trained 1,545 students and partnered with nearly two hundred public, private and charter schools, supporting student civil rights teams in their efforts to create a safe environment for all students. One of the more popular school based offerings, the local civil rights teams allow students to create novel approaches to encountering bias in their schools and communities. The program costs nothing to local schools and is entirely voluntary.