SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Challenges Trump Administration's Proposals to Deny Federal Funding from Providers of Gender-Affirming Care * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting two comment letters opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposed rules that would deny certain federal fun more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 18 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION IN OPPOSING TWO NEW RULES PREVENTING ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR YOUTH * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul lead a coalition of 20 attorneys general, in submitting comment letters opposing two proposed rules by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 17 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES COURT TO PRESERVE BLOCK ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL TERMINATION OF HAITI'S TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS DESIGNATION * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Miot, et al. v. Trump in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, opposing the Trump administration's more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Opposing Rules Preventing Access to Transgender Healthcare for Youth * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general submitting comment letters opposing two proposed rules by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Whitehouse, Colleagues Investigate EPA's Repeal of Foundational Scientific Determination on Climate * Denver -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * E&C Democrats: Canceling Health Funding for Blue States Endangers All Americans "Beyond the overtly political and punitive nature of this action, we are deeply concerned that termination of awards in their final years wastes taxpayer dollars and puts the health of Americans at risk." * Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leader more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for Sex Discrimination * Federal lawsuit charges beverage company with excluding male employees from an employee-sponsored event based on sex BOSTON - Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc., a producer, seller and distributor of Coca-Cola brand products throughout the Northeast United States, violated federal law when it excluded male employees fr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Demands Answers from Trump Administration on Treatment of Unaccompanied Children * Heinrich, colleagues to Trump Administration: "It is unconscionable that this Administration believes that children belong behind bars and should be stripped of protections that ensure access to food, water, and other necessities while in detention." WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats Press ED on Negative Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Students House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and 69 House Democrats are pressing Secretary of Education Lin more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition in Opposing Two New Rules Preventing Access to Gender Affirming Care for Youth Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in submitting comment letters opposing two proposed rules by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released the following written testimony by Jeff Trandahl, CEO of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "All in for America250: Public-Private Partnerships Supporting America's Semiquincentennial on Our Public Lands": * * * Thank you, Chairman Gosar, Ranking Member Dexter, and members of the Subcommittee, for the opportunity to testify today about the impa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a 90-day finding regarding two petitions to list the Atlantic horseshoe crab as an endangered or threatened species. After reviewing the submissions from the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of Animals, NOAA determined the petitions do not provide substantial scientific or commercial information to indicate that listing the species or designating critical habitat is more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, 40+ Lawmakers Sound Alarm on How Trump's Immigration Agenda is Hurting Workers and Families' Child Care Access, Raising Costs * Lawmakers: "The Trump Administration's policies risk eliminating a significant number of trained caregivers from an already strained system, reducing access to care and raising child care costs for American families" "Rather than making child care more more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement * "Mismanagement of fire management has life-or-death consequences and places billions of taxpayer dollars at risk." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ra more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Huffman, Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement * WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of  more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Feb. 18 -- Roger Williams University posted the following news: * * * Roger Williams University Opens Student-Run Thrift Center to Advance Campus Sustainability * BRISTOL, R.I. - Roger Williams University students are advancing sustainability and expanding access to essential goods through a new student-run thrift center in Stonewall Four, adjacent to the former commuter lounge. The center, which opened Feb. 6, operates entirely on donations from students and staff.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection released the following testimony by Brian David Weingarden, vice president of concerts and events for Z2 Entertainment, on behalf of the Colorado Independent Venue Association, from a Jan. 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry": * * * Chairman Blackburn, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you  more PR