BOISE, Idaho, March 23 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Defends Idaho's Authority to Regulate Sports Betting * BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 39-state coalition challenging a federal agency's attempt to claim authority over sports betting that Congress never granted. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) now claims fifteen-year-old laws passed to regulate Wall Street after the 2008 financial crisis  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by John D. Rackey, associate director of the Structural Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, from a March 17, 2026, member day hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Chair Valadao, Ranking Member Espaillat, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in support of the fiscal year 2027 legislative branch appropri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by James H. Townsend, director of the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University, from a March 17, 2026, member day hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations to strengthen and preserve access to inspector general reports: * * * Chair Valado, Ranking Member Espaillat, and Members of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, thank you for more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Statement on SCOTUS Oral Arguments Over Republican Efforts to Disenfranchise the Vote of Millions of Americans * Following oral arguments before the Supreme Court regarding Republican attempts to disenfranchise millions of Americans who vote by mail, DCCC Executive Director Julie Merz issued the following statement: "Republicans have come to the conclusion they have no path more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * DNC Statement Following SCOTUS Oral Arguments in RNC Case to Undermine Mail-In Voting The DNC filed an amicus brief in this case as part of our ongoing efforts to counter Republicans' assaults on mail-in voting and protect voters' rights * Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, the RNC's challenge to a Mississippi law governi more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 24 -- Brandeis University issued the following Q&A on March 23, 2026, by Steve Foskett with federal judge Mark Wolf: * * * Federal judge who retired in protest warns Brandeis forum of attacks on democracy At a campus forum last week, Mark Wolf, a federal judge who resigned from the bench in November after being compelled to speak out against current assaults on the rule of law, told University Professor Anita Hill and the audience that despite the feeling that th more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Cortez Masto for Newsweek: Illegal Sports Gaming is A Problem We Can't Wait to Address * In Case You Missed It, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) published an op-ed in Newsweek calling attention to how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to enable illegal sports gaming through the use of event contracts. Cortez Masto has previously called attention t more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23 [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: * * * In Brief to SCOTUS, The Buckeye Institute Argues Congress Cannot Abdicate Lawmaking Responsibilities * Columbus, OH - On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Pheasant v. United States, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to revive the nondelegation d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Clears Path for Resolution Copper Project in Arizona, Strengthening U.S. Resource Security The Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) has delivered a major win for mineral development and national security. On March 13, the Division's Appellate Section secured a decision from the Ninth Circuit affirming th more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news: * * * The Myth of Regulatory Whiplash: What the Data Actually Shows About Agency Reversals Under Chevron * When the Supreme Court overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024), it leaned heavily on a powerful narrative: that Chevron deference allowed federal agencies to reverse their statutory interpretations freely and frequently, creating a  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: Education] -- The National Association of College and University Business Officers posted the following news: * * * NACUBO On Your Side: March 17 - 23 * As things move quickly in Washington, DC, NACUBO is your constant advocate in action. NACUBO On Your Side covers important legislative and agency activity NACUBO staff are tracking, what we're currently advocating for, and how you can take action. Here are the issues we are tracking this week. Executive Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: * * * Shareholders to Confront Starbucks on Covering Transition--but Not Detransition * Washington, D.C. - Starbucks shareholders will have the opportunity this week to weigh in on the company's lack of health care coverage for gender detransition services, prompted by a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enter more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * SCOTUS HEARS CASE THAT COULD ADVANCE TRUMP'S ANTI-VOTE-BY-MAIL AGENDA Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Watson v. RNC. At issue is whether Mississippi's grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election  more PR

NEW YORK, March 24 -- The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued the following statement on March 23, 2026: * * * Statement from MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on Change of Plea by Samuel White in Brooklyn Supreme Court to Guilty of Attempted Murder in the Shooting of EAGLE Inspectors Statement from MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber: "This was a senseless attack: the EAGLE team inspectors asked the fare-evading perp to leave a bus - without even writing him a ticket - and h more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, March 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Turns Away Mother's Free Speech Appeal * MIDLAND, Mich. -The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Michigan mother who was bullied by her local school district for speaking at a public board hearing. Hernden v. Chippewa Valley Schools challenged a school board president's decision to report a parent to the U.S more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, March 23 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * TPPF Files Motion to Intervene in EPA Endangerment Finding Rule Dispute * A coalition of groups represented by the Texas Public Policy Foundation are seeking to join a lawsuit to defend the Environmental Protection Agency's groundbreaking deregulatory effort. Last month, EPA announced what it has called "the single largest deregulatory action in American history." This final rule rescinds t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Opens Two New Probes into Harvard University for Continued Discrimination on Campus * Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department)'s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened two new investigations into Harvard University (Harvard) amid allegations that it continues to discriminate against students on the basis of race, color, and nat more PR

MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, March 23 [Category: Business] -- The National Sporting Goods Association posted the following news: * * * US Customs and Border Protection Building New System for Tariff Refunds * DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (March 23, 2026) - NSGA is pleased to share an important development that can offer meaningful financial relief. In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court struck down the Liberation Day tariffs, ruling that the Administration exceeded its authority under the Intern more PR