COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 31 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson advocates for accountability for social media platforms * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 29-state friend-of-the-court-brief defending Virginia's social media age verification law. "Our children are growing up in the Wild West of the digital age," Attorney General Wilson said. "While Big Tech turns a blind eye, children are  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 31 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Joins Letter to Stop "Reputation Risk" Debanking * Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging the elimination of "reputation risk" in banking supervisory programs. These banking regulators could use the threat of reputation risk to discourage ban more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Applauds $205 Million Award for Wyoming's Rural Health Fund * Wyoming will receive $205,004,743 to implement its plan to expand rural healthcare access, stabilize rural hospitals and make Wyoming healthy again. CASPER, WY Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) announced the State of Wyoming's application for the $50 billion rural health fund, created by the Working Families Tax Cut Act more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The Center for Biological Diversity, along with more than 80 other organizations, has urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to withdraw four proposed regulations regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that they argue would severely weaken protections for endangered wildlife. In a public comment letter addressed to federal agency officials, the coalition expressed its strong opposition to changes that they believe would push hundreds of species closer to extinction.  more ST

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 30 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 29, 2025: * * * The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Announces First Year Rural Health Transformation Project Award for Wyoming The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that Wyoming has been awarded $205M federal funding for year one awards for the Rural Health Transformation Program, funded under President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Governor Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States * WASHINGTON December 29, 2025 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion initiative established under President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts legislation (Public Law 119-21)  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion initiative established under President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts legislat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- A coalition of attorneys general from 19 states, led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), expressing strong support for four related proposed rulemakings concerning endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. The letter emphasizes their intent to reinstate previous regulations that align with the original mandates of the Endangered Species Act. The coalition believes that the prop more ST

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 23 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Shapiro Administration Invests More Than $47 Million in 54 Transportation Projects to Improve Safety, Connect Communities, and Grow Local Economies Across Pennsylvania The Shapiro Administration is funding 54 multimodal projects in 34 counties across the Commonwealth. Since taking office, Governor Shapiro and his Administration have invested over $143 million through the Multimoda more PR

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 29 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Expands State of Emergency Statewide in Response to Lake Effect Snow and High Winds * Governor Kathy Hochul today expanded New York's State of Emergency statewide as an intense winter storm continues to impact much of Upstate New York. Following periods of ice and rain throughout the state during the overnight hours, a long duration lake effect snow system moved into the state more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Kathleen Sgamma, principal at Multiple-Use Advocacy, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Fair Access to Banking: Policy Levers and Legislative Solutions": * * * Chairman Tillis, Ranking Member Cortez-Masto, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify today. I have spent the last twenty y more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 23 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * Examining the K-12 open enrollment laws passed in 2025 Three states--Arkansas, Nevada, and New Hampshire-significantly improved their open enrollment policies this year. By Jude Schwalbach Each year since 2021, state lawmakers have strengthened their open enrollment laws, which allow students to transfer to public schools other than their assigned schools. More than 22 million students, 45% of p more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Dec. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford completes combination with plastic surgery practice * RAPID CITY, S.D. Sanford Health has finalized its combination with Rapid City, South Dakota-based Black Hills Plastic Surgery. Black Hills Plastic Surgery is a comprehensive plastic surgery practice, which provides cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, as well as non-surgical cosmetic treatments, to patient more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Nebraska Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Nebraska of the deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by drought. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Julie Andersen Hill, dean at the University of Wyoming College of Law, from a Dec. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Ensuring Fair Access to Banking: Policy Levers and Legislative Solutions": * * * My name is Julie Andersen Hill. I am the Dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming College of Law. My area of legal s more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 23 (TNSrep) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gordon Reiterates Food Insecurity Needs Following Executive Order Regarding Federal SNAP Final Report Released: $2.4 million distributed statewide to food banks, pantries, and mobile programs Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) reiterates the continued need to help fellow neighbors across Wyoming as food insecurity needs remain on the rise in Wyoming after the Department of Family Ser more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 30 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 29, 2025: * * * Governor Gordon Asks for Removal of National Adoption Award After Felony Conviction Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) announces today his support for rescinding a 2014 National Adoption Excellence Award granted to Steve and Kristine Marler of Casper. Steve Marler was convicted in 2025 of 11 counts of child abuse of minors, five counts of misdemeanor battery and one count of child end more PR