WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), titled 'The Tie Goes to School Choice? Public Funding of Parochial Schools After the Drummond Deadlock,' was issued in August 2025. Authored by Ilya Shapiro and Tim Rosenberger, the document analyzes the implications of a deadlocked US Supreme Court case, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. This split decision upheld an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that prevents faith-based schools from bein more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 12 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Mayes Helps to Secure Relief for Veteran Denied Full G.I. Bill Benefits * PHOENIX -- Attorney General Kris Mayes is recognizing a decision from a regional office of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) recognizing that Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Paul Yoon, a decorated Army veteran who served nearly 24 years, is entitled to full G.I. Bill education benefits under bo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10814) on Aug. 11, 2025, by Cory Welt, Russian and European affairs specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Belarus, located in eastern Europe, is a close ally of Russia. Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has served as president for 31 years. Lukashenko increased Belarus's dependency on Russia starting in 2020, when a government crackdown on political oppositio more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Bloomberg Law Recognizes Morgan Lewis Partner Julie Goldemberg * PHILADELPHIA, August 12, 2025: Morgan Lewis partner Julie Goldemberg has been named to Bloomberg Law 's 2025 edition of They've Got Next: The 40 Under 40, which honors the accomplishments of young lawyers across the country. The leader of Morgan Lewis's Federal Circuit practice, Julie is a trial a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * Common Cause Launches Fairness Criteria to Counter Mid-Decade Power Plays * Nonpartisan watchdog launches new f airness c riteria to hold all parties accountable, protect fair representation. WASHINGTON -- Common Cause today reaffirmed its commitment to fair, people-powered democracy, making clear that independent redistricting commissions remain the gold standard for ending partisan gerryma more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Booker Urge Supreme Court To Maintain Of Landmark Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Law In Fernandez V. United States * August 12, 2025 In newly filed amicus brief, the Senators urge the Justices to reverse a Second Circuit judgement that would restrict compassionate release and run afoul of Congressional intent CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Mem more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Booker Urge Supreme Court To Maintain Of Landmark Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Law In Fernandez V. United States In newly filed amicus brief, the Senators urge the Justices to reverse a Second Circuit judgement that would restrict compassionate release and run afoul of Congressional intent * CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * EDF, UCS File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Secret Convening of Climate Skeptics, Use of Their Hidden "Science" Report in Attempt to Overturn Endangerment Finding * BOSTON--Two leading science and environment groups are going to court to challenge the Trump administration's use of a secretively convened group of climate skeptics to prepare a now widel more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EDF, UCS File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Secret Convening of Climate Skeptics, Use of Their Hidden "Science" Report in Attempt to Overturn Endangerment Finding * (August 12, 2025) Two leading science and environment groups are going to court to challenge the Trump administration's use of a secretively convened group of climate skeptics to prepare a now widely dispara more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Pro Bono Team Secures Key Mexico Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Victims of Violence * MEXICO CITY - Aug. 11, 2025 - Greenberg Traurig 's Mexico City pro bono team secured a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), upholding the human rights of women and adolescents who are victims of violence. The SCJN's First Chamber more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * In Absence of Florida Attorney General Doing His Job, Brady Urges Supreme Court Not to Hear NRA Case Challenging State's Legal Age to Purchase Firearms Florida law is consistent with firearm age restrictions from our Nation's founding and our modern science's knowledge and understanding of mature brain functioning * Brady, a leading national gun violence prevention gro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13082) on Aug. 11, 2025, by American national government analyst Sarah J. Eckman and legislative attorney L. Paige Whitaker: * * * Mid-Decade Congressional Redistricting: Key Issues States typically begin their congressional redistricting processes following the decennial U.S. census and apportionment, at which point states with multiple House seats draw congressional district  more PR

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * New York High School Rejects Senior's Parking Space Design Due to Bible Verse and Religious Imagery * Grand Island, NY --Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Ganguly Brothers Misula PLLC sent a demand letter to the Grand Island Central School District urging the more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2025: * * * Nutter Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus for 2024-25 Nutter announced today that it has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus for 2024-25 by Diversity Lab. This is the sixth consecutive year that Nutter has earned Mansfield Certification and the second consecutive year the firm achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status, reflecting the firm's steadfast commitment to fairness,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Open Markets Institute Calls on the Supreme Court to Take Case Challenging Merck's Deceptive Practices to Preserve Mumps Vaccine Monopoly * The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court, urging the Court to address Merck's alleged misrepresentations to the Food and Drug Administration to extend its monopoly in the mumps vaccine market. *** Original text here: more PR

PALM DESERT, California, Aug. 13 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Organizations Seek to Intervene in Lawsuit to Protect Chuckwalla National Monument Today, the Conservation Lands Foundation joined eight other organizations -- ranging from Coachella Valley-based, to state-wide and national groups -- to file motions to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the Chuckwalla National Monument, following the Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Torr more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 13 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * SLF announces Minnesota legal titan James Dickey as new Senior Attorney in fight to defend constitutional rights across US Today, the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), an organization of top attorneys that regularly defend constitutional rights, announced the hire of new senior attorney James Dickey. James will serve as a lead counsel on SLF's cases and craft strategies  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 [Category: BizMedia] -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, posted the following news release: * * * The U.S. is in a Leadership Crisis, New Survey Reveals * Washington, D.C. - Americans are losing trust in institutions and expressing deep dissatisfaction with the state of U.S. leadership across nearly every facet of society, according to a new poll published by U.S. News & World Report and conducted in April of 2025 by The Harris Poll. more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Helps to Secure Relief for Veteran Denied Full G.I. Bill Benefits Miyares Led 51 Other AGs Supporting Virginia Army Veteran Denied Full G.I. Bill Benefits * RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is applauding a decision from a regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recognizing that Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Paul Yoon, a decora more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * White House Announces Intent to Nominate Outstanding Alabamians Recommended by Senators Katie Britt, Tommy Tuberville to U.S. District Courts * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Trump announced his intent to nominate a slate of judicial nominees who were recommended by Alabama Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville. All of these nominees are highly qualified and well respected, and both Senators more PR