OTTAWA, Ontario, May 29 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on May 28, 2026, by Stuart Trew, director of the Trade and Investment Research Project: * * * CUSMA review comes into focus What Trump and the Democrats agree about the future of North American trade - In just over a month, North American governments are expected to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). More likely, they will decide how to decide that future. It's still not clear to anyone, probably U.S. trade neg more PR

DENVER, Colorado, May 27 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release: * * * DHS Responds to Letter from Nine Secretaries of State, states "no reason for ICE personnel to be deployed to polling places." The Secretary of State's Office has received a letter from Todd M. Lyons, Acting ICE Director, in response to the March 9 letter from nine Secretaries of State that sought confirmation from Homeland Security Director Markwayne Mullin that immigration enforcement agents would not be deployed to polling locations during  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Secure Senate Passage of Legislation to Keep Rural Community Hospitals Open, Improve New Mexicans' Access to Healthcare * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) secured Senate passage of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, legislation they cosponsored to improve New Mexicans' access to healthcare and keep rural hospitals open by extending the Rural Community Hosp more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 28 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release: * * * Secretary of State issues final wording on referendum question Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the final wording of a referendum question. If the citizens' initiative question entitled "An Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex" appears on the November 3, 2026, ballot, the question will be: "Do you want to change civil rights and education laws to require public schools to restrict access to bathrooms, ot more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 29 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following commentary by Maine State Rep. Ellie Sato: * * * Protecting the rights of all Mainers We recently concluded this year's legislative session, where I fought for laws that will make life better for families and working people. In Maine, we did the hard work of governing, passing policies to help ensure our state is a place where families can live and work, where young people can put down roots and where we take care of our aging neighbors - because that's what people expe more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 29 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following commentary by Maine State Rep. Sophie Warren: * * * Delivering Affordability and Accountability for Maine People When I first ran for office six years ago, I promised to focus on the issues affecting people's daily lives: affordability, accountability and building a future where Maine families can thrive. Over the past six years serving my hometown of Scarborough in the Maine House of Representatives, I've delivered on lowering energy costs, supporting workers, improv more PR