WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Neguse Urge Surface Transportation Board to Conduct Comprehensive Review of the Uinta Basin Railway's Risks to Colorado * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Congressman Joe Neguse sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging them to reject the motion submitted by the proponents of the Uinta Basin Railway project and to engage in a comprehensive revie more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CBC Issues Statement on Closing Civic Space in Advance of Uganda's Elections * Washington, D.C. \- Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5) joined Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus in issuing the following statement on Uganda's closing civic space in advance of the January 15th elections: "The Ugandan people deserve a free a more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7006). * * * Table 1. Estimated Discretionary Spending Under Divisions A and B, by Appropriations Subcommittee Notes a. Base spending stems from appropriations that are constrained by statutory limits (or caps) in years when those limits are in place, as was th more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 14 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Chief Justice Roberts to visit Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy March 17 * Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will return to the Rice University campus and join the Baker Institute for Public Policy March 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall for a public conversation reflecting on the state of the American judicial branch and his two decades of service on the nation's highest cou more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10908) on Jan. 13, 2026, by Peter J. Meyer, Latin American and Canadian affairs specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Costa Rica: An Overview Costa Rica historically has been a bastion of stability in Central America and at times has been a key U.S. partner for advancing policy goals in the region. The 118th Congress enacted appropriations and other legislation (P.L. 118-159, S more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 13 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Cumberland School of Law Faculty Scholarship Citations, Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2025 * The scholarship of Samford University Cumberland School of Law faculty members is frequently cited in numerous legal disciplines. The following is a list of faculty authored works cited from Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2025, and sourced by Westlaw Precision, Lexis+ AI, and HeinOnline. Jeffrey M. Anderson Jeffrey M. Anderson, The P more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Montana Radio: Men Don't Belong in Women's Sports * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined KSKY, KGEZ, and KGVO's morning radio shows to talk news of the day. Read highlights below. Daines on keeping men out of women's sports: I was with Riley Gaines there on the steps of the Supreme Court. Of course, Riley has been the face and spokesperson here for the craziness of men  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 14 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Trump EPA Undercuts State and Tribal Authority Under Clean Water Act EPA's proposal creates confusion for state and tribal nations to protect water quality * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule interpreting Section 401 of the Clean Water Act that undercuts and states' authority to protect their water quality. In response, Moneen N more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 14 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * EPA Proposed Water Rule Restricts States', Tribes' Authority to Stop Federal Projects that Pollute Waterways Washington, DC - Yesterday, the U.S. EPA issued a proposed rollback of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which gives states and Tribes power to review and veto federally permitted pipelines, dams, coal mining, data centers, and other projects that harm water quality. Calling more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 14 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: * * * Judge Sierra D. Senor-Moore Named Commissioner with Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism * The Honorable Sierra D. Senor-Moore, J.D. '15, has been appointed to a three-year term as a commissioner with the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Judge Senor-Moore was appointed an associate judge in September 2025. Serving in Sangamon County, sh more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: * * * Library of Congress and Government Publishing Office Make Available 10,000 Digitized Volumes of the United States Congressional Serial Set * The Law Library of Congress and the U.S. Government Publishing Office have achieved a major milestone by uploading and making available the 10,000 th volume of the United States Congressional Serial Set on the GovInfo website. Those volumes contain more than 185,000 individu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Neguse, Bennet Urge Surface Transportation Board to Conduct Comprehensive Review of the Uinta Basin Railway's Risks to Colorado * Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging them to reject the motion submitted by the proponents of the Uinta Basin Railway project and to engage in a comprehensive review of the project, in more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13150) on Jan. 13, 2026, by legislative attorney Christopher T. Zirpoli and international trade and finance analyst Christopher A. Casey: * * * Potential Refunds of Tariffs Imposed Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) In 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued a series of executive orders invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) t more PR

CLINTON, South Carolina, Jan. 14 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news: * * * Presbyterian College to host the Supreme Court of South Carolina * Presbyterian College will host the Supreme Court of South Carolina for a special term of court this spring, offering students, educators and community members a rare opportunity to witness the state's highest court in action. The Court will convene in Belk Auditorium on Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1, hearing two cases each  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Maxine Waters: "This Committee, With Its Clear Authority Over the Fed, Must Take a Bigger Role In Defending the Fed's Independence" Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following statement during a Monetary Policy, Treasury Marke more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Responds to New Reporting from ProPublica on the Preventable Death of Ciji Graham * Washington, DC - Today, new reporting from ProPublica revealed the death of Ciji Graham, a 34-year-old mother in North Carolina who was denied timely, lifesaving abortion care because of state restrictions. ProPublica re more PR

VICTORIA, Australia, Jan. 14 -- The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued the following news: * * * Richard Ernest Auricht's liquidator registration cancellation overturned on appeal, substituted with five-year suspension * The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has set aside a decision of the registered liquidator disciplinary committee (the committee) to cancel the liquidator registration of Richard Ernest Auricht. The ART decided Richard Ernest Auricht's registration more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Jan. 14 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Sacramento St. Hope Educators Ask Federal Labor Board to Hold Vote to Eject SCTA Union Officials * Majority of St. Hope teachers support union decertification vote, petition submitted to National Labor Relations Board Sacramento, CA (January 14, 2026) - A majority of educators for charter school operator St. HOPE Public Schools are requesting a vote to end Sacrame more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 14 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * SCOTUS agrees with Attorney General Alan Wilson on protecting ballot integrity * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson applauded a Supreme Court ruling today that agrees with a friend-of-the-court brief he joined last summer. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that an Illinois Congressman can challenge that state's law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray Slams Republicans for Sham HELP Committee Hearing to Discredit Medication Abortion: "We All Know This Hearing is Not About Safety--It's About Banning Abortion Nationwide" * Murray presses Republican witness on efforts to weaponize environmental laws to ban mifepristone, anti-abortion group talking point that "people need to understand that they are likely drinking other people's ab more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court denies petition for certiorari challenging Boy Scouts of America's landmark chapter 11 plan in White & Case-led appeal proceedings * In global law firm White & Case LLP's landmark chapter 11 reorganization of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2026 denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a small grou more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 14 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Files Brief Responding to U.S. Government's Unconstitutional Theory in Home Distilling Case * Columbus, OH -On Wednesday, The Buckeye Institute filed a supplemental brief in Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury -its case seeking to overturn the f more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Defends Female Athletes as SCOTUS Weighs Future of Biological Males in Female Sports * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, U.S. Senator Jim Justice (R-WV), U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Riley Gaines, and other advocates in voicing support for female athletes as the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral argu more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * U-M experts can discuss tariffs as Supreme Court decision looms Experts from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business are available to comment as the United States and its trading partners await a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality of many of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. Erik Gordon is a clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurial studies. He is well more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Initiates 18 Title IX Investigations * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated investigations into eighteen educational entities in ten states based on complaints submitted to OCR alleging that they have violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The complaints assert that the more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit today against the State of Minnesota challenging Minnesota's requirement that all state agencies implement sex- and race-based affirmative action plans and consider "affirmative action goals on all staffing and personnel dec more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * WESTERMAN, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE JUVENILE SENTENCING REFORM LEGISLATION * Today, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04) and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) introduced the Sara's Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2026. This bill gives federal judges more discretion when sentencing juveniles and will allow for children, who have been the victims of abuse, to have a second  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 -- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * WMC Reacts to Governor Evers' Property Tax Plan Today, Governor Tony Evers announced a plan to pursue $1.3 billion in property tax relief, focused largely on additional government spending while failing to address the primary drivers of higher property taxes. The plan comes after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a partial veto by the governor that resulted in a 400-y more PR

KENT, Ohio, Jan. 14 -- Wright State University posted the following news: * * * Wright State receives $3 million grant to strengthen civic literacy and engagement across Southwest Ohio * From left, Wright State's Center for Civics, Culture and Workforce Development staff members Adam Reiman, deputy director; Jason Anderson, executive director; Diane Vitas; and Mike Jacobs, deputy director. (Photo by Erin Pence) Thousands of teachers and students will benefit from a new Wright State Univers more PR