OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma issued the following news release on June 17, 2025: * * * In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from implementing confusing bans on teaching related to race and gender * OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today that the state's 2021 classroom censorship law  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 17 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Joins Bipartisan Effort to Protect Veterans' Education Benefits * LANSING -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (PDF) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, standing with military veterans and their families to ensure they receive full G.I. Bill education benefits by t more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 18 -- The American Institute of Architects Colorado issued the following news on June 17, 2025: * * * 2025 Legislative Session Summary Part 2 2025 was a busy year at the State Capitol for AIA Colorado. Despite a significant state budget shortfall, we tracked more legislation than usual affecting the architecture profession. We identified 26 bills of interest to our members and took positions on 12 of them, listed below. We're proud to report that every bill AIA Colorad more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Arizona company asks state Supreme Court to protect jury trial rights * EFG America -- a rubber recycling company -- asked the Arizona Supreme Court to protect the right to a jury trial for those accused of wrongdoing, rather than subjecting some cases to unfair in-house tribunals.  " Everyone deserves a jury trial when the government accuses them of wrongdoing and more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 17 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * College Republicans Slam Lombardo's Veto of Bipartisan Anti-Gun Violence Legislation, Calling It a "Betrayal" As Gun Lobby Praises Lombardo * After Joe Lombardo vetoed common-sense, bipartisan anti-gun violence legislation for a second session in a row, UNLV College Republicans president, Alex Silva, slammed him for his veto of a bill that would have helped curb gun violence by developing preve more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Jennifer A. Abruzzo, senior advisor to the president at the Communications Workers of America, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * I appreciate the opportunity to speak with the subcommittee today about the vital importance of p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA and Army Wrap Up Initial Listening Sessions, Move Toward Proposal to Revise 2023 Definition of WOTUS * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have completed a robust series of listening sessions intended to seek input from stakeholders on real-world and practical experience with Clean Water Act (CWA) programs and requirements that rely on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10922) on June 16, 2025, by legislative attorney Christopher T. Zirpoli: * * * Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have raised several new questions in the field of copyright law. Generative AI programs - such as Open AI's DALL-E and ChatGPT programs, Stability AI's Stable Diffusion program, and Midjourney's self-titled program - are able to generate new images, te more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Roger King, senior labor and employment counsel at the HR Policy Association, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to agai more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 18 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on June 17, 2025: * * * Illinois Supreme Court Amends Policy on Remote Court Appearances Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today amendments to the Illinois Supreme Court Policy on Remote Court Appearances in Civil Proceedings (Policy) which are intended to give courts and justice partners concrete tools to enhance and improve their existing remote court practices more PR

NEW YORK, June 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law * OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today that the state's 2021 classroom censorship law does not apply to academic speech more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Minnesota Shooting and Political Violence in the United States * This weekend, two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota were attacked at their homes in what officials say appears to be a "politically motivated assassination attempt." Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed, while Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette were shot and wounded. A purported "hi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Planning Your Coverage of the Third Dobbs Anniversary: Ending Roe Was Just the Beginning * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: Planning Your Coverage of the Third Dobbs Anniversary: Ending Roe Was Just the Beginning DATE: June 17, 2025 The daily churn of chaos from the Trump administration means t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- National Right to Life, a pro-life organization, issued the following news release on June 16, 2025: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Concerning the Political Harassment of a New Jersey Pregnancy Center WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin. First Choice is a faith-based nonprofit in New Jersey that argues it was unconstitutionally targeted in an investigation led by New Jersey's pro-aborti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following testimony by Aaron Solem, staff attorney at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc., from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Balance: Ensuring Fairness and Transparency at the NLRB." NLRB is the National Labor Relations Board. * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and distinguished subcommittee members: Thank you for the o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13029) on June 12, 2025, by legislative attorney Kevin J. Hickey. Here are excerpts: * * * Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes: Biosimilar Entry Under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) Patent rights play an important role in the development and pricing of pharmaceuticals, including biological products (biologics). Patent law seeks to encourage innovation by more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36447) entitled "Lake Providence Port Commission - Feeder Line Application - Line of Delta Southern Railroad Located in East Carroll and Madison Parishes, Louisiana": * * * This proceeding involves efforts by LPPC, a noncarrier political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, to acquire portions of the McGehee-Tallulah rail corridor owned by Delta Southern Ra more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 17 -- Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm defending life, family and freedom, issued the following news: * * * Thomas More Society Challenges San Diego's Double Standard On Free Speech TMS Urges Ninth Circuit to Overturn Discriminatory Ordinance That Silences Life-Saving Speech * San Diego, CA - Roger Lopez, a dedicated pro-life activist, is appealing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals a district court decision to dismiss his lawsuit challengi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Intervene in NC Voting Case Brought by DOJ * New Bern, NC -- A group of North Carolinians, along with a coalition of nonpartisan voting and civil rights organizations, are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit that wrongly challenges the eligibility of more than 200,000 voters by claiming their registration records are incomplete. Individu more PR

MONONA, Wisconsin, June 17 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * Wisconsin State Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Rebuke of Republican Power Grab * MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court today unanimously struck down part of a partisan Republican power grab adopted by the state legislature in their unprecedented post-election sore loser session in December 2018. Today' more PR