BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Issues Statement After Appeals Court Affirms Permanent Injunction Against Trump Administration For Defunding Medical And Public Health Research * BOSTON Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Issues Statement After Appeals Court Affirms Permanent Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Research * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump administration, the Departm more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 6 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Appeals court prevents cuts to billions in medical and public health research funding * A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a policy that would cut billions of dollars in funds that support medical and public healt more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Slams Trump Administration's Attempt to Further Dismantle Safeguards for Nation's Waters * OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general in sending a comment letter opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) that would si more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 5 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Multistate Coalition to Oppose Trump Administration's Attempt to Further Dismantle Safeguards for Nation's Waters * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined multi-state coalition of 17 attorneys general in sending a comment letter opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corp more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 6 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL: APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS PERMANENT INJUNCTION TO HALT DEFUNDING MEDICAL, PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit for affirming a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) f more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Nevada -- First Quarter 2025 * From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Nevada were 81,055, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 74,494, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statist more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Washington -- First Quarter 2025 * From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 172,479 while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Washington were 165,224 the U.S. Bureau of Labor more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Supports Jewish Voice for Peace's Ethics Complaints Against Vermont Lawmakers Over Pro-Genocide Propaganda Tours to Israel * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today commended and expressed support for the Vermont-New Hampshire chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace's (JVP) decision more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Janet Mills and Northeast Delta Dental Announce Maine Veterans' Dental Network to Continue in 2026 * Program launched by Governor Mills & Northeast Delta Dental has provided free oral health care to more than 1,500 Maine veterans since 2021 Governor Janet Mills announced today that the Maine Veterans' Dental Network (MVDN) will continue to serve Maine veterans in need of dental care in 2026, than more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Welch Discusses Health Care Tax Credit Fight on NPR's Morning Edition * "There's common ground here to do something that's beneficial to all Americans, so we're determined to keep trying." WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently joined National Public Radio's Morning Edition to discuss his efforts to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Premium Tax Credits, which expired on more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 7 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition Opposing Trump Administration's Attempt to Further Dismantle Safeguards for Nation's Waters Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined multi-state coalition of 18 attorneys general in sending a comment letter (https://oag.maryland.gov/News/Documents/pdfs/States%20WOTUS%20Comments_01052026%20Final.pdf) opposing a proposed rule by the more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * Postdoctoral Fellow Brianna Baker selected for NIH-funded addiction research program * Brianna A. Baker, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the CUNY SPH Center for Innovation in Mental Health, has been selected as a 2025 Fellow in the NIH-funded Scientific Training in Addiction Research Techniques (START) program. The highly competitive fellowship p more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Jan. 7 -- Rand issued the following commentary on Jan. 6, 2026: * * * Un-Retiring: How Older Workers Could Solve Rural America's Labor Crisis By David Luckey Ed Chandler, 73, worked most of his life in a West Virginia factory. It didn't take long for him to get bored when he retired. "You can only cut so much grass and piddle around in the garden so much," he said. So he did what a growing number of older Americans are doing. He un-retired. Rural states like West V more PR

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 6 -- Tusculum University posted the following news: * * * Theatre-at-Tusculum holding auditions in January for spring production of "Pollyanna" on campus * GREENEVILLE - Theatre-at-Tusculum is seeking cast members this month for the spring production of the upbeat musical "Pollyanna" on campus. Steve Schultz will direct "Pollyanna." Auditions will take place Sunday, Jan. 18-Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Behan Arena Theatre, which is located on the lower l more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins Bills to Ban Taxpayer Payouts for January 6 Rioters * On five-year anniversary of January 6 Capitol insurrection, the Senators' bills would prevent the Trump Administration from handing out millions in taxpayer funds to Capitol rioters WASHINGTON, D.C. On the fifth anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on R more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Reflects on Five-Year Anniversary of January 6th Insurrection * WASHINGTON, D.C. On the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, insurrection, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt) released the following statement: "The attack on the Capitol itself happened five years ago, but the threat to our democracy continues today. Whether our democracy will endure is still an open question. "Donald Trump c more PR