LANSING, Michigan, June 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction Protecting USDA Funding * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 attorneys general secured a preliminary injunction on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing certain conditions on funding received through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements and mutual interest agreements. This funding helps provide ba more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Waves the Red Flag on Youth Exposure to Tobacco Marketing in Formula 1 * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 (F1) regarding tobacco industry and nicotine sponsorship. Despite F1's 2006 policy prohibiting cigarette sponsorships, teams have now changed their stra more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 8 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Leads Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 To End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships * Attorney General Charity Clark today led a coalition of attorneys general from 18 other states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches -and to terminate all existing spo more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Wins Case Protecting Immigrant Workers * June 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today won her lawsuit against the Trump administration for imposing an illegal $100,000 fee on all new applicants for H-1B visas, a critical program that allows highly-trained immigrants to temporarily work in the United States. H-1B recipients fill essential roles in health care, education, technology, an more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches, and terminate all existing sponsorship agreements involving those products. In their more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 8 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Secures Win in Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Unlawful $100k Tax on Oregon Employers * Attorney General Dan Rayfield today obtained a court order vacating the Trump Administration's policy of imposing a $100,000 tax on new H-1B visa petitions. H-1B visas allow U.S. employers to hire highly skilled foreign national workers in roles that require specialized skills, including as teachers, physicians, re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Sykes, Chu, DelBene Demand Oversight of Moms.gov * WASHINGTON, DC [6/8/2026] - Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 83 of their colleagues in conducting oversight of the recently-launched Moms.gov. Moms.gov launched in May with the purported goal of offering guidance to expectant mothers, but the website instead features potentially harmful information about more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 8 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news: * * * Composer Oswald Huynh Named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow * When Oswald Huynh BA '19 composes, he often begins with the stuff of memory: a fragment of language, a family story, a cultural inheritance, a sound that seems to hold more than one meaning at once. That approach has helped make Huynh a closely watched young voice in contemporary classical music. Now it has earned him one of the nation's most prestigious honors for artists and scholars: a 2026 Guggenhe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Bentz Shares How This Year's $197 MILLION Federal Investment in Oregon Rural Healthcare Is Being Spent * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congress, last July, included, in the "Working Families Tax Cut Act" (WFTC), fifty billion dollars for "Rural Health Care Transformation". This fifty billion dollar sum will be distributed over a five year period, to the states, beginning this year. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is responsible for determining the m more PR

EUGENE, Oregon, June 9 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Conservation groups challenge Trump administration's move to banish bison from public lands Western Watersheds Project, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, today appealed a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to revoke American Prairie's authority to graze bison on public lands in northeastern Montana--a move that conflicts with plain statutory language, defies decades of settled law, and contra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Department of the Interior announces $461 million for parks and outdoor recreation across America Investments will leverage more than $900 million for parks, trails and outdoor recreation projects nationwide. - The Department of the Interior today announced the distribution of more than $327 million in formula grants and $134 million in competitive grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to all 5 more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 8 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Eastern alum elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Neurobiologist Marc Freeman '93 joins illustrious group By Ed Osborn The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced its 2026 class of elected members this April, recognizing 252 distinguished leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, public policy, research, and science. Among them was Marc Freeman, a 1993 biology graduate of Eastern Connecticut more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, June 8 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Evan Bates Named Spring 2026 CPI Supervisor of the Semester * The Career Path Internship (CPI) program is excited to announce Evan Bates as the Spring 2026 CPI Supervisor of the Semester. Bates serves in Idaho State Athletics, where he oversees marketing strategy, fan engagement, and creative initiatives while supervising CPI interns who contribute to many areas of the department. Bates currently supervises CPI interns Jordyn Horak, Mary Thompsen, Kaili Tu more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 8 -- Gov. Bob Ferguson, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Ferguson appoints Jessica Murphy Manca to King County Superior Court * OLYMPIA - Today Governor Bob Ferguson announced the appointment of Jessica Murphy Manca to the position of King County Superior Court Judge. Manca's appointment, effective July 1, fills the position that Judge Karen Donohue's resignation will vacate. Manca is a career prosecutor with more than 15 years of experience in criminal law. She currently practices  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 9 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS Attorney General Anne Lopez today announced Hawaii is co-leading a coalition of attorneys general from 18 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches - and t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and Wind * WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 8, 2026) - In a win for energy affordability, a federal judge struck down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) guidance that unfairly and illegally restricted tax credits for wind and solar projects. In a decision issued late Saturday, a federal judge vacated the IRS guidance (or Notice) that altered the standard for when a wind or solar project "begins construction"- more PR

NEW YORK, June 9 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and Wind Case brought by a Tribal utility, city, and environmental and consumer advocates argued that politically motivated tax guidance illegally hurt renewable energy and would raise customers' bills. A federal judge agreed. - In a win for energy affordability, a federal judge struck down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) guidance that unfairly and illegally restricted tax credits for wind and sol more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 5 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news: * * * City Life Makes Animals Bolder * The city mouse really may be bolder than the country mouse. A new global analysis led by Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Burkhard, finds that animals living in cities tend to be bolder, more aggressive, more exploratory, and more active than animals of the same species living in rural areas. Assistant Professor of Biology Track Burkhard Researchers from Lewis & Clark, CEFE-CNRS in Montpellier, France, and North Dakota more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 9 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 to End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general from 19 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches - and to terminat more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * AG Davenport Leads Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics States Urge More Research, Action to Understand Health Effects - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today led a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applauding the addition of microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research, and also calling for EPA to further monitor microplastics. The comment letter w more PR

BUFFALO, New York, June 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center posted the following news release: * * * Resistance Training Appears to Restore Physical Strength, Immune Health in Frail or At-Risk Cancer Survivors * BUFFALO, N.Y. -Cancer survivors significantly improved their strength and immune health after completing a 10-week resistance training program as part of a pilot study led by Shernan Holtan, MD, Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Published in t more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, June 8 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice student startup raises $1.85M for medical cargo drone transport system * At Rice University, a student-founded startup is developing a drone-based system for sensitive medical supplies transport. Named after the Dutch word for "haste," Haast Autonomous pairs a custom aircraft with software that manages dispatch, routing and chain of custody to improve how materials move between health care sites in increasingly centralized medical systems. Graduating s more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11045) by natural resources policy specialist Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * Sea Lion Predation on Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Since the 1990s, concerns have persisted about sea lion predation on salmonids (i.e., salmon and steelhead trout [steelhead; Oncorhynchus mykiss]) and certain other fishes, including in the Columbia River and Puget Sound. Management of these species has been complicated by require more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: * * * Here is the text of the letter: June 4, 2026 Representative James Comer Chairman House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 2157 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 - Representative Robert Garcia Ranking Member House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 2106 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 205 more PR

ASHLAND, Oregon, June 9 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news: * * * JPR reporters honored with journalism awards Jefferson Public Radio reporters have been recognized for their journalism with recent honors from both the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists' Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards. JPR reporter Jane Vaughan won a regional Murrow Award for investigative reporting in the small-market radio division, competing against public and commercial radio stations throughout the Northw more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, June 8 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Two NAU environmental science and policy master's students receive national conservation scholarships * Northern Arizona University's School of Earth and Sustainability and the Wyss Foundation have named environmental science and policy graduate students Taylor Hartness and Tia Hatton as 2026-2027 Wyss Conservation Scholars. The prestigious program supports innovative graduate-level education to advance a new generation of leaders in U.S. land conserv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Murray Demand Trump Administration Restore Key BLM Roles * Oregon and Washington senators sound alarm on reassignment of Public Information Officers ahead of wildfire season Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., today demanded the Trump administration immediately reinstate 13 federal employees in Oregon and Washington state who received "reassignment letters" terminating th more PR