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AACR Announces 2026 Distinguished Service Award Recipients (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 13 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release:
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AACR Announces 2026 Distinguished Service Award Recipients
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SAN DIEGO - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honor leaders from government and the advocacy community with awards for distinguished service in support of cancer research at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, to be held April 17-22 at the San Diego Convention Center in S more PR
ACLU and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta's Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses (10)
NEW YORK, April 13 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release:
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ACLU and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta's Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses
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SAN FRANCISCO - Meta's reported plan to equip its artificial intelligence (AI) AI eyeglasses with facial recognition technology poses an unacceptable threat to privacy and liberty and is "a red line society must not cross," a broad coalition of organizati more PR
AG Campbell Urges Supreme Court To Preserve Temporary Protected Status For Haitians And Syrians (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Urges Supreme Court To Preserve Temporary Protected Status For Haitians And Syrians
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Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration's ter more PR
As affordability challenges persist, AG Brown urges FTC rulemaking on unfair and deceptive rental housing fees (10)
OLYMPIA, Washington, April 13 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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As affordability challenges persist, AG Brown urges FTC rulemaking on unfair and deceptive rental housing fees
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Washington AG Nick Brown and a bipartisan coalition of 27 state attorneys general today are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to move forward with a proposed rulemaking on hidden and deceptive rental housing fee practices.
Last month, the FTC published a more PR
Attorney General Bonta Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, April 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians
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OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a challenge to the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haitians and Syrians. more PR
Attorney General James and Bipartisan Coalition Urge FTC to Address Deceptive Rental Fees (10)
ALBANY, New York, April 13 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James and Bipartisan Coalition Urge FTC to Address Deceptive Rental Fees
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April 13, 2026
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 25 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enact a rule addressing unfair and deceptive fee practices in the rental housing market. In a comment letter submi more PR
Attorney General James Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Legal Status of Haitian and Syrian Immigrants (10)
ALBANY, New York, April 13 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Legal Status of Haitian and Syrian Immigrants
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New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to uphold the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria who have been living in the Uni more PR
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION URGING SUPREME COURT TO PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS AND SYRIANS (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION URGING SUPREME COURT TO PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS AND SYRIANS
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Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti and Syria. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief today in Trump v. Miot an more PR
Attorney General Tong Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians
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Press Releases
(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration more PR
Coffee By Design Co-founder Brings 32 Years of Values-driven Business Wisdom to UNE (10)
BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 14 -- The University of New England issued the following news:
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Coffee By Design co-founder brings 32 years of values-driven business wisdom to UNE
Story by Emme Demmendaal
The University of New England College of Business welcomed Mary Allen Lindemann, co-founder of Portland-based Coffee By Design, to the University's Biddeford Campus, on Tuesday, April 8, for the latest installment of its Spark Conversations series.
The event, titled "Business Brewed Right," more PR
ICYMI: Rising Grocery Prices and Republican-Backed Cuts to Food Assistance Pose "New Risks for Republican Senate Candidates" [AJN] (10)
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: Rising Grocery Prices and Republican-Backed Cuts to Food Assistance Pose "New Risks for Republican Senate Candidates" [AJN]
In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is highlighting how rising grocery prices combined with Republican cuts to SNAP food assistance are driving "skyrocketing rates of food insecurity," and creating a "liability for Republican ca more PR
Maine Has Legislation That Would Temporarily Ban New Data Centers (10)
WASHINGTON, April 13 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary:
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Maine Has Legislation That Would Temporarily Ban New Data Centers
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Key Takeaways
1 Maine could become the first state to ban new data centers.
2 Maine's temporary ban has passed the State House, and other states are considering ways to slow or stop the deployment of data centers, with concerns ranging from electricity pricing to environmental issues.
3 Most of the stated co more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 13, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump administration's termination more PR
N.J. A.G. Davenport Leads Bipartisan Multistate Call for Federal Action on Rental Housing Fee Abuses, Puts New Jersey Landlords on Notice of State's Application Fee Cap (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, April 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on April 13, 2026:
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Attorney General Davenport Leads Bipartisan Multistate Call for Federal Action on Rental Housing Fee Abuses, Puts New Jersey Landlords on Notice of State's Application Fee Cap
Taking action to promote housing affordability for all New Jerseyans, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is leading a bipartisan coalition of 27 attorneys general urging the Federal more PR
Temple researcher names rare New Jersey plant, paving way for protection (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- Temple University posted the following news:
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Temple researcher names rare New Jersey plant, paving way for protection
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Research from Sasha Eisenman of Tyler School of Art and Architecture confirms that a Pine Barrens plant is unique to New Jersey, unlocking new opportunities for conservation.
Temple researcher Sasha Eisenman led the discovery and naming of a new plant species in New Jersey, helping pave the way for its protection.
Photo by R more PR
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