HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Landlord Cortland Agrees to Cooperate with Justice Department and Enter into a Settlement to End the Use of Common Rental Pricing Algorithms and Competitively Sensitive Data to Set Rents * * * Attorney General William Tong today joined the U.S. Department of Justice and nine other states filing an amended complaint in its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, suin more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 7 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission), and the Access to Justice Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) have launched the application process for a new grant initiative. Applications for the grant are open now through February 18, 2025. The grant program, called Reducing Barriers to Meaningful Access in Court Grant, asks organizations more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Landlord Cortland Agrees to Cooperate with Justice Department and Enter into a Settlement to End the Use of Common Rental Pricing Algorithms and Competitively Sensitive Data to Set Rents Attorneys General of Illinois and Massachusetts Join Suit Against RealPage and Apartment Landlords, Bringing Total State and Commonwealth Co-Plaintiffs to 10 * * * The Justice Department, together w more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release: * * * Landlord Cortland Agrees to Cooperate with Justice Department and Enter into a Settlement to End the Use of Common Rental Pricing Algorithms and Competitively Sensitive Data to Set Rents Attorneys General of Illinois and Massachusetts Join Suit Against RealPage and Apartment Landlords, Bringing Total State and Commonwealth Co-Plaintiffs to 10 more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has joined the Justice Department in filing an antitrust lawsuit against RealPage and five of the nation's largest landlords for participating in algorithmic pricing and other schemes that harm renters. In August 2024, an initial complaint was filed against RealPage for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Growing up in a city flanked by rivers, Phong Le is combining his lifelong curiosity about the natural world with his math and science skills to better understand water resources and quantify the risk of hazards such as flooding for humans and the environment. Le, a computational hydrologist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is helping deve more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Caption: Phong Le is a computational hydrologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who is putting his skills in hydrology, numerical modeling, machine learning and high-performance computing to work quantifying water-related risks for humans and the environment. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Growing up in a city flanked by rivers, Phong Le is combi more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $45 million in federal funding for six projects to create regional consortia to accelerate the development of critical mineral and materials supply chains including novel nonfuel carbon-based products from secondary and unconventional feedstocks. Realizing th more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Jan. 7, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 36 members to serve on the newly formed Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Advisory Council, informally referred to as to the Growing Climate Solutions Act Advisory Council. The council will support the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifie more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Saturday, January 4, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 670, the "Think Differently Database Act," which requires HHS to establish a website to provide information on resources available to individuals with a disability and their caregivers and families; Thank you to Representatives Molinaro and Sherrill, and Senators Schmitt and Ossoff for their leadership. * * * H.R. 1318, the "Women's Suffrage National Mon more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor Surrounded by canyon walls in the Eastern Coachella Valley, today President Biden will sign more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Vice President Harris Announces Final Rule Removing Medical Debt from All Credit Reports Today's final rule will remove $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans. In addition, the Vice President is announcing that States and Localities have already Eliminated Over $1 Billion in Medical Debt Thanks to Biden-Harris Administration Support Today, Vice P more PR