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Adobe Announces General Availability of CX Enterprise Coworker to Redefine Marketing and Customer Experience Orchestration With Agentic AI (10)
SAN JOSE, California, June 11 -- Adobe Inc., a computer software company, issued the following news on June 10, 2026:
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Adobe Announces General Availability of CX Enterprise Coworker to Redefine Marketing and Customer Experience Orchestration with Agentic AI
Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) -- the global technology leader that unleashes creativity, productivity and customer experiences through innovative tools and platforms -- today announced the general availability of Adobe CX Enterprise Coworker, an outcomes-based agentic AI solution that will em more PR
Adventist Health Policy Association Addresses Medicare Payment and Quality Measure Proposals in Public Comment Letter (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Adventist Health Policy Association (AHPA), headquartered in Roseville, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services concerning the agency's Fiscal Year 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. Representing five Seventh-day Adventist affiliated health systems that operate nearly 100 hospitals and over 600 healthcare facilities nationwide, AHPA offers a comprehensive analysis of the proposals and recommends refinements in several key areas, more ST
AFPI Releases Brief on Permitting Reform for Energy Dominance (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSrpt) -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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AFPI Releases Brief on Permitting Reform for Energy Dominance
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today released an issue brief, "Building Energy Dominance: A Near-Term Permitting Agenda."
The brief details how slow, costly government permitting holds back American building, and lays out four practical fixes--making routine projects easier to approve, holding agencies to firm deadlines, reining in lawsuits that more PR
AG Brown joins challenge to federal administration's culture war on contractors (10)
OLYMPIA, Washington, June 10 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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AG Brown joins challenge to federal administration's culture war on contractors
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Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition with 19 other attorneys general in suing the federal administration over the addition of new contract terms that-in the name of purging any "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) initiatives-impose unclear and confusing requirements on state agencies doing business with the federal governme more PR
AG Campbell Challenges Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates On Federal Contractors (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Challenges Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates On Federal Contractors
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requirements on cont more PR
Agreement Opens New Opportunities for Longtime Partners UC Merced, Livermore Lab (10)
MERCED, California, June 10 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news:
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Agreement Opens New Opportunities for Longtime Partners UC Merced, Livermore Lab
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UC Merced and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have long been partners in cutting-edge science and technology.
University students and researchers take part in numerous lab activities such as the Data Science Challenge, which brings students to Livermore to for an intensive two-week summer experience where the collaborate on complex scientific and c more PR
AI Infrastructure Buildouts and Memory Cost Inflation Drove Data Center Capex Higher in 1Q 2026, According to Dell'Oro Group (10)
REDWOOD CITY, California, June 10 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release:
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AI Infrastructure Buildouts and Memory Cost Inflation Drove Data Center Capex Higher in 1Q 2026, According to Dell'Oro Group
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - June 10, 2026 - According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data ce more PR
Alison Jones gains real-world marketing experience through VisitErie internship (10)
CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, June 10 -- PennWest posted the following news:
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Alison Jones gains real-world marketing experience through VisitErie internship
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For Alison Jones, a summer internship with VisitErie offers more than professional experience -it's an opportunity to help promote the region she has always called home.
A senior at PennWest Edinboro majoring in interdisciplinary studies with dual minors in marketing and event planning and management, Jones is spending her summer as a marketing intern with VisitErie, the county's more PR
AMA announces Board of Trustees for 2026-2027 (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association posted the following news release:
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AMA announces Board of Trustees for 2026-2027
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CHICAGO -The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced the 21 members of its Board of Trustees for the coming year following elections held during the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH, a New York urologic surgeon, was sworn in as the 181st president of the American Medical Association (AMA). He succeeds Bobby Muk more PR
America First Legal Issues Letter to Justice, Education Depts. (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSletter) -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following letter to the departments of Justice and Education:
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Here is the text of the letter:
June 5, 2026
The Honorable Harmeet Dhillon
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20530
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Mr. Frank E. Miller Jr.
Director, Chief Privacy Officer
U.S. Department of Education
Student Privacy Policy Office
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Re: First more PR
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Urges CMS to Maintain Key Measures in Hospital Payment Rule (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), based in Aliso Viejo, California, has provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency's proposed rule for the Medicare Program's Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2027. In its public comment letter, AACN stressed the importance of including nurses in procedural panels, preserving education program funding, m more ST
Andreessen Horowitz Provides Recommendations on Treasury's Proposed Stablecoin Regulations (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, has submitted public comments to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), both part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, regarding the agencies' proposed rulemaking on anti-money laundering (AML), counter-financing of terrorism (CFT), and sanctions compliance program requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs). The commentary reflects a16z's extensive experienc more ST
Andreessen Horowitz Supports Risk-Based AML/CFT Reforms With Calls for Tailored Guidance and Protections for Investment Advisers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, has provided its perspective on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's proposal to modernize anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) program requirements. The comments were submitted in response to the public comment letter issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding new AML/CFT regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). As investm more ST
Attorney General Bonta Pushes Back Against Trump Administration's Continued Efforts to Intimidate Providers of Medically Necessary Care for Minors (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Pushes Back Against Trump Administration's Continued Efforts to Intimidate Providers of Medically Necessary Care for Minors
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief opposing the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)'s attempt to obtain personal health information about patients who have received gender-affirming care more PR
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful, Confusing New Requirements for Federal Contractors (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful, Confusing New Requirements for Federal Contractors
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that -in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) -impose unclear and confusing requirements on federal contracto more PR
Attorney General Bonta, County of Santa Clara Sue to Block Illegal Development of ICE Facility Near Gilroy (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta, County of Santa Clara Sue to Block Illegal Development of ICE Facility Near Gilroy
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SAN JOSE -California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the illegal development of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in unincorporated Santa Clara County near Gilroy, California. In January 2025, a private developer leased the more PR
Attorney General Bonta: CVS to Pay $36.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overbilling Medi-Cal for Insulin Pens (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta: CVS to Pay $36.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Overbilling Medi-Cal for Insulin Pens
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in collaboration with the United States Department of Justice, today announced a settlement with national pharmacy chain CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) over its submissions of false claims to the Medi-Cal program for excessive dispensing of insulin pens. The settlement resolv more PR
Attorney General Clark Brings a Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors (10)
MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 10 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release:
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Attorney General Clark Brings a Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors
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Coalition of 20 Attorneys General Join Multistate Effort
Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) from federal contractin more PR
Attorney General Phil Weiser joins lawsuit challenging unlawful Trump mandates on federal contractors (10)
DENVER, Colorado, June 10 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Phil Weiser joins lawsuit challenging unlawful Trump mandates on federal contractors
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June 10, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requirements on contract more PR
Attorney General Phil Weiser leads bipartisan coalition urging Congress to continue legal services for veterans, rural Coloradans (10)
DENVER, Colorado, June 10 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Phil Weiser leads bipartisan coalition urging Congress to continue legal services for veterans, rural Coloradans
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June 10, 2026 (DENVER) -Attorney General Phil Weiser today led a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general in urging congressional leaders to continue funding the Legal Services Corporation, the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans.
In a letter to congressional appropria more PR
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CO-LEADS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MANDATES ON FEDERAL CONTRACTORS (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 10 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CO-LEADS LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MANDATES ON FEDERAL CONTRACTORS
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity and inclusion" from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requirements on contr more PR
Attorney General Rayfield Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors (10)
SALEM, Oregon, June 10 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Rayfield Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors
Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general today sued the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requirements on contractors that may d more PR
Attorney General Sunday leads bipartisan coalition urging Congress to continue legal services for veterans, rural communities (10)
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 10 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news:
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Attorney General Sunday leads bipartisan coalition urging Congress to continue legal services for veterans, rural communities
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HARRISBURG -Attorney General Dave Sunday today led a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general in urging congressional leaders to continue funding the Legal Services Corporation, the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans.
In a letter to congressional appropriations le more PR
Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors
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Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requirements on contracto more PR
Beyond the Song Generator: How UC San Diego Students Are Rethinking AI and Music (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Beyond the Song Generator: How UC San Diego Students Are Rethinking AI and Music
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At the University of California San Diego, researchers are asking what artificial intelligence can do for music -not just whether it can generate a song, but whether it can become a more responsive, controllable and creative partner for musicians.
"We are exploring AI as both a tool and collaborator," said Shlomo Dubnov, a professor in the UC San more PR
Blockaid Proposes Enhancements to Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Rules for Stablecoin Issuers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Blockaid, a blockchain security company headquartered in San Francisco, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) within the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The letter addresses the joint notice of proposed rulemaking titled Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements (Docket No. FINCEN-2026-0100) related to the i more ST
BLS Western Region Issues Report on Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area May 2026 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area May 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region
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Area prices were up 2.2 percent over the past two months, up 5.1 percent from a year ago
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii advanced 2.2 percent for the two months ending in May 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the energy index increased 21.6 more PR
BLS Western Region Issues Report on Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles Area May 2026 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles Area May 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region
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Area prices were unchanged over the past month, up 3.6 percent from a year ago
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim was unchanged in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the energy index increased 3.0 percent. The food index rose more PR
BLS Western Region Issues Report on Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area May 2026 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area May 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region
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Area prices were up 1.0 percent over the past two months, up 3.4 percent from a year ago
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario advanced 1.0 percent for the two months ending in May 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the energy more PR
BLS Western Region Issues Report on Consumer Price Index, San Diego Area May 2026 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, San Diego Area May 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region
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Area prices were up 1.1 percent over the past two months, up 3.8 percent from a year ago
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Diego-Carlsbad advanced 1.1 percent for the two months ending in May 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the energy index increase more PR
BLS Western Region Issues Report on Consumer Price Index, West Region May 2026 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, West Region May 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region
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Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past month, up 3.5 percent from a year ago
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West region advanced 0.4 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The all items less food and energy index increased 0.2 percent. The food index rose 0.1 percent, and the energy index more PR
BlueCore Energy Highlights Licensing Challenges for Maritime Nuclear Reactors in Public Comment Letter (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- BlueCore Energy, a clean energy company headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the agency's proposed Part 57 rule, which establishes licensing requirements for microreactors and other small reactors with comparable risk profiles. The letter focuses on the applicability of the proposed licensing framework to maritime nuclear energy applications, including floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) and nuclear propulsion for commercial more ST
CalBio Calls on Treasury and IRS to Update Regulations to Support Renewable Natural Gas Industry (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio), headquartered in Visalia, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), urging the agencies to address three key implementation issues related to the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. The letter highlights challenges faced by the renewable natural gas (RNG) industry in accessing credits for fuels derived from animal manure due to outdated modeling tools, ambiguous registration effective dates, and limi more ST
Calibr-Skaggs advances CLF065, a regenerative GLP-2 therapy, into two Phase 2 IBD studies (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news:
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Calibr-Skaggs advances CLF065, a regenerative GLP-2 therapy, into two Phase 2 IBD studies
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CLF065, a long-acting, once-weekly GLP-2 receptor agonist, advances in two inflammatory bowel disease indications. The studies aim to bring a regenerative treatment option to patients living with IBD, who currently have few therapies that repair the damaged intestinal lining at the root of their disease.
June 10, 2026
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California Association for Health Services at Home Criticizes CMS Hospice Payment and Policy Proposals (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH), based in Sacramento, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements. CAHSAH raised concerns about the proposed payment rate update, the use of the Service and Spending Variation Index (SSVI), and the requirement for the hospice election s more ST
California Life Sciences Urges FDA to Modernize Scale-Up and Postapproval Changes Guidance to Boost Domestic Manufacturing (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- California Life Sciences (CLS), a premier advocacy organization representing over 1,300 members across the life sciences ecosystem headquartered in Sacramento, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its request for input on recommendations to update the Scale-Up and Postapproval Changes (SUPAC) guidance documents. These guidances address post-approval chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) changes for specific drug dosage forms.
In its letter to th more ST
CalSavers Retirement Savings Board: State Auto-IRA Programs Urged To Receive Equal AML/CFT Treatment As ERISA Plans (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- CalSavers Retirement Savings Board, based in Sacramento, California, has urged the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the U.S. Department of the Treasury to address regulatory inconsistencies that undermine retirement savings policy while providing limited anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) benefits. CalSavers submitted a public comment letter advocating for state-administered automatic enrollment IRA programs, or "state auto-IRAs," to receive the same Customer Iden more ST
Carbajal, Huffman Reintroduce Bill to Protect Blue Whales & Cut Coastal Air Pollution (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Carbajal, Huffman Reintroduce Bill to Protect Blue Whales & Cut Coastal Air Pollution
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U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) reintroduced the Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies Act, a bill to create a new federal program encouraging commercial shipping companies operating off the Pacific coast to reduce the speeds of their vessels in order to protect marine life and cut air pollution.
Read the full more PR
Carlsmed Supports CMS Proposals to Enhance Coding and Payment for Personalized Spinal Fusion Technology (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Carlsmed, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regarding the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for Fiscal Year 2027. The company expressed strong support for CMS's proposals to establish new Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) for extensive spinal fusion procedures as well as updates to the International Classif more ST
CEJA at UC Santa Cruz: Preparing alumni for academic and community impact (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, June 10 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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CEJA at UC Santa Cruz: Preparing alumni for academic and community impact
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Key takeaways
* Founded by Richard C. Blum in 2014, the Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) has grown into a leading hub for community-engaged, anti-poverty research focused on economic justice for underserved communities.
* CEJA equips students with hands-on research skills and real-world experience, launching alumni into impactful care more PR
Celebrating a shared cosmos and advancing Black equity in space science (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, June 10 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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Celebrating a shared cosmos and advancing Black equity in space science
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Coinciding with Juneteenth next Friday, the grassroots organization Black in Astro (BIA) will host its annual virtual conference featuring panels, discussions, and community-engagement activities that celebrate and amplify the Black experience in space-related fields.
Caprice Phillips, a NASA Sagan Fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is more PR
Celiac Disease Foundation Urges FDA to Include Gluten in Food Allergen Threshold Framework (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Celiac Disease Foundation, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration addressing the agency's approach to food allergen thresholds. The Foundation advocates for the inclusion of gluten and celiac disease in the FDA's risk-based threshold framework, aligning U.S. policy with international scientific consensus and improving food safety for millions of Americans affected by this autoimmune condition.
The Foundation stressed that gluten-related har more ST
Chairman Latta Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Energy Hearing on Nuclear Energy Licensing Reform (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, issued the following opening statement on June 9, 2026, at a hearing on nuclear licensing reform:
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Chairman Latta Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Energy Hearing on Nuclear Energy Licensing Reform
Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing to discuss efficient nuclear licensing reform.
Subcommittee Chairman Latta's opening s more PR
Chemists snap together complex 3D molecules from highly reactive 'radicals'--without losing their shape (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news:
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Chemists snap together complex 3D molecules from highly reactive 'radicals'--without losing their shape
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Scripps Research team develops stereoretentive radical-radical cross-coupling, a simpler way to build chiral drug candidates.
June 10, 2026
LA JOLLA, CA- Building the complex 3D molecules needed for new medicines has always been a bit like assembling a puzzle with pieces that keep trying to flip over. Now, chemist more PR
ClearFlow Seeks Improved Medicare Payment for Active Mechanical Clearance in Cardiac Surgery (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- ClearFlow, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule. The company urged CMS to reevaluate and refine Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) payments for cardiac surgery cases involving Active Mechanical Clearance (AMC), a technology distinct from conventional passive chest drainage systems used postoperatively.
ClearFlow emphasized that curren more ST
Coinbase Advocates for Inclusive and Risk-Based Anti-Money Laundering Reform at U.S. Department of the Treasury (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Coinbase Global, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, provided comprehensive feedback to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking aimed at modernizing the anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) programs. The public comment letter highlights Coinbase's support for the Treasury's efforts to adopt a risk-based, outcomes-focused regulatory framework and offers detailed recommendations to enha more ST
ColigoMed Urges CMS to Enforce Electronic Prior Authorization Standards for Drugs (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- ColigoMed, Inc., a healthcare technology company based in San Jose, California, addressed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs rule, CMS-0062-P. The company focused on the importance of expanding electronic prior authorization (PA) requirements to drugs under both medical and pharmacy benefit pathways and shared operational insights to aid the agency's rulemaking.
ColigoMed detailed the burden that prior authorization places on pr more ST
Community Groups Seek Legal Action on Flesh-Dissolving Chemical at Oil Refineries (10)
NEW YORK, June 11 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release:
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Community Groups Seek Legal Action on Flesh-Dissolving Chemical at Oil Refineries
Lawsuit argues EPA is breaking federal law by refusing to regulate hydrogen fluoride, placing more than 19 million people nationwide at risk
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A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments today in a lawsuit seeking to force the EPA to regulate hydrogen fluoride (HF), a chemical used by at least 40 oil refineries nationwide and whose release could send a letha more PR
Congresswoman Torres & California Democratic Appropriators Demands Answers After Trump Administration Leaves California Manufacturers Behind (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Congresswoman Torres & California Democratic Appropriators Demands Answers After Trump Administration Leaves California Manufacturers Behind
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Washington D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, alongside Representatives Pete Aguilar, Mike Levin and Josh Harder, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding immediate action to restore California's Manufacturing Extension more PR
Congresswoman Torres Calls Out GOP Led Reconciliation Package for Prioritizing Political Theater Over Lowering Costs (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Congresswoman Torres Calls Out GOP Led Reconciliation Package for Prioritizing Political Theater Over Lowering Costs
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Republican plan adds billions to the national debt while families struggle with rising prices, housing costs, and healthcare expenses
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres called out the Republican reconciliation package for pouring billions more into immigration enforcement while families across the country s more PR
Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says (10)
RIVERSIDE, California, June 10 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says
Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood?
The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.
In a new working paper, Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober, a former UCR graduate student who is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon, assert that consciousne more PR
Consumer Action for a Strong Economy Issues Commentary to The Hill: The Data Brokers Congress Forgot to Regulate (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 11 -- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 10, 2026, to The Hill:
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CASE Op-Ed in The Hill: The Data Brokers Congress Forgot to Regulate
For decades, Congress has tried and failed to give Americans control over their own personal data: the right to see it, correct it, and delete it at will. This inaction has left Americans with no recourse against misuse of their own data, while the data broker industry quietly continues to collect and sell the personal infor more PR
Consumer Choice Center Urges FDA to Approve Flavored ENDS to Protect Public Health (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Consumer Choice Center, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the agency's draft guidance on flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) premarket applications. The letter emphasizes the decline in youth use of ENDS, the public health benefits of authorizing flavored ENDS, and the need for the agency to address issues created by restrictive regulatory approaches that have expanded illicit markets.
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CORREA VOTES AGAINST ANOTHER BLANK CHECK FOR ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. J. Luis Correa, D-California, issued the following news release:
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CORREA VOTES AGAINST ANOTHER BLANK CHECK FOR ICE
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WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) voted against the Republican reconciliation bill, which provides another $70 billion for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-including $38.5 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection-and released the following statement:
"Today, Congressional Republicans voted to more PR
Cortez Masto Bills to Combat Drought, Bolster Hydroelectric Power Pass Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release:
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Cortez Masto Bills to Combat Drought, Bolster Hydroelectric Power Pass Committee
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Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) passed two of U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's (D-Nev.) bipartisan bills, the Large-Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization Act and the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act. These bills, which would combat drought and bolster America's hydroelectric power capacity, now h more PR
Costa Statement on Republican Reconciliation Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Costa Statement on Republican Reconciliation Bill
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WASHINGTON \- Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following statement after voting against the Republican reconciliation bill:
"While families in the San Joaquin Valley struggle to afford groceries, gas, and health care, Republicans passed another reckless spending bill with no help for working families, no guardrails on ICE, just $70 billion with no oversight while Trump keeps a $1 more PR
Costa, Valadao Introduce Resolution Honoring Portugal Day and Portuguese American Community (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Costa, Valadao Introduce Resolution Honoring Portugal Day and Portuguese American Community
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), joined by Congressman David Valadao (CA-22), introduced a bipartisan resolution commemorating the Day of Portugal, Camoes, and the Portuguese Communities and recognizing the contributions of Portuguese Americans across the United States.
Observed annually on June 10, Portugal Day celebrates Portuguese heri more PR
Dairy Council of California Advocates for Expanded Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Dairy Council of California, based in Modesto, CA, submitted a public comment letter to the Food and Nutrition Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) addressing Docket no. FNS-2026-0067 regarding fluid milk options in Child Nutrition Programs. The organization emphasized milk's vital role in providing essential nutrients and supporting children's health at various fat levels, advocating for the flexibility to serve whole and reduced-fat milk.
In its letter, the Dairy Council highlighted that milk sup more ST
Digital Asset Holdings Urges Flexible Regulatory Approach for Payment Stablecoin Issuers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Digital Asset Holdings, LLC, a technology firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the proposed rulemaking on Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements issued jointly by the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Foreign Assets Control. The letter offers detailed feedback on definitions, risk assessments, an more ST
Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Germany With Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 -- Dolby Laboratories Inc. issued the following news release on June 9, 2026, with Deutsche Telekom:
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Dolby and MagentaTV Bring Fans Closer to the FIFA World Cup 2026(TM) in Germany with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
Deutsche Telekom's MagentaTV to become the first platform in Germany to broadcast a major football tournament in Dolby
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Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) and Deutsche Telekom today announced that MagentaTV will bring fans a premium FIFA World Cup 2026(TM) viewing experience, becoming the fi more PR
Earthjustice Statement: 2026 NYS Legislative Session (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on June 9, 2026:
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Earthjustice Statement: 2026 NYS Legislative Session
Bills to rein in energy-hogging data centers, protect drinking water, and boost solar await Governor Hochul's signature
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Albany, N.Y. -- New York's 2026 legislative session came to an end on Friday, June 5. After finalizing the significantly delayed state budget (due in part to one of the Governor's top priorities, weakening New York's Climate Law), the Legislature passed several bil more PR
Environmental Defense Fund Highlights Deficiencies in EPA's Phthalic Anhydride Risk Evaluation (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), headquartered in New York, NY, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the agency's Draft Risk Evaluation for Phthalic Anhydride under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The letter identifies notable shortcomings in the EPA's assessment, raising concerns that the agency's current approach significantly underestimates risks posed to workers, consumers, fenceline communities, and the wider population.
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Equipping Liberia's Largest Hospital with Medicines to Reverse Overdose (10)
SANTA BARBARA, California, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news:
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Equipping Liberia's Largest Hospital with Medicines to Reverse Overdose
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The medicine could save an overdose patient's life. The problem was finding the money to buy it.
As overdose cases rose last year at John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Liberia's largest referral hospital, young people were being carried in from the streets of Monrovia and beyond, some unconscious, some abandoned at the entrance by people who left before staff co more PR
Family-owned veal company sues to stop NLRB's unlawful in-house tribunals (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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Family-owned veal company sues to stop NLRB's unlawful in-house tribunals
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Washington, DC; June 10, 2026: Yesterday, a family-owned New York butcher shop filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the National Labor Relations Board's use of in-house tribunals to prosecute, judge, and punish the businesses it targets.
"The Constitution guarantees a fair process in a real more PR
FIU: Ecosystems Have an Afterlife, Where Dead Help Shape the Living, Research Finds (10)
MIAMI, Florida, June 11 (TNSjou) -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news:
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Ecosystems have an afterlife, where dead help shape the living, research finds
By JoAnn Adkins
In nature, what's left behind isn't just the past -- it's a powerful force shaping the future, according to new FIU research.
The study, published in Science Advances, reveals that the physical remains of foundation species -- plants and animals that shape entire ecosystems -- continue to i more PR
Flow Insurance Services Supports Private Flood Insurance Expansion and NFIP Reform (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Flow Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Lafayette, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the President's Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., regarding the Council's report and recommendations on reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Flow's letter focuses on endorsing the strategic shift toward increased private flood insurance market participation, affirming the technical viability of a priva more ST
Forbes Names Two Hunton Partners Among 2026 America's Top Women Lawyers (10)
DALLAS, Texas, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Forbes Names Two Hunton Partners Among 2026 America's Top Women Lawyers
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that Los Angeles office managing partner Ann Marie Mortimer and New York office managing partner Lisa J. Sotto have been recognized by Forbes among its inaugural list of America's Top Women Lawyers. The list of 200 attorneys from across the country "spotlights leaders, rainmakers, trusted counselors and i more PR
Four Accomplished Alumni Join SBU's Board of Trustees (10)
ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, June 11 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release:
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Four accomplished alumni join SBU's Board of Trustees
St. Bonaventure University has added four distinguished alumni to its Board of Trustees following approval at the board's May 15 meeting on campus.
The new trustees bring deep experience in healthcare, finance and energy, investment banking, technology, governance, military and logistics operations, and alumni service at a time when St. Bonaventure is advancing a long-term strategic more PR
Fraud detection critical to online health research, study finds (10)
RIVERSIDE, California, June 11 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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Fraud detection critical to online health research, study finds
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While online research is a useful way to reach people who may not take part in in-person studies, researchers are increasingly concerned that fake, automated, and duplicate survey responses can reduce data quality and compromise findings.
A study led by researchers at UC Riverside, the University of Connecticut, Brown University, UCLA, and Fordham University highl more PR
From Classroom to Clinic: UCLA's Newest Doctors Embark on Medical Careers (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, June 10 -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release:
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From classroom to clinic: UCLA's newest doctors embark on medical careers
Graduating doctors from the David Geffen School of Medicine will begin residency across the U.S., with many remaining at UCLA
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Gathered with her classmates from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on May 29, Denise Jimenez-Tapia had her parents and her farmworking community in mind as she and her classmates recited the Hippocratic oath to become the next generation o more PR
Furman's World Cup Legacy Continues to Shape the Game (10)
GREENVILLE, South Carolina, June 10 -- Furman University posted the following news:
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Furman's World Cup Legacy Continues to Shape the Game
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When the FIFA World Cup kicks off across the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, Furman University may not have a player on the field, but the Paladins' influence on the world's biggest sporting event remains impossible to ignore.
For more than two decades, Furman maintained one of the most remarkable World Cup streaks in American college soccer. From Clint Dempsey and Rica more PR
Ga. Lt. Gov. Jones Issues Letter to President Trump, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, June 11 (TNSletter) -- Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, R-Georgia, issued the following letter to President Trump and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid:
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Here is the text of the letter:
June 9, 2026
The Honorable Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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The Honorable Dr. Mehmet Oz
Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
725 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20503
Dear President Trump and Administrator Oz: more PR
Getty Trust Proposes Changes to IRS Rules on Donor-Advised Fund Payments for Memberships and Event Tickets (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The J. Paul Getty Trust, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service regarding Notice 2017-73, which addresses excise taxes related to donor-advised funds (DAFs). The Getty Trust seeks reconsideration of current IRS positions concerning the use of DAF distributions to cover the deductible portions of memberships with charitable organizations and tickets to charity-sponsored events.
The Getty Trust is a major philanthropic and cultural institution dedicat more ST
Gibson Dunn Advised Cinven, KKR, and Providence in EUR 4.25 Billion Sale of Stake in MasOrange (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, June 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Gibson Dunn Advised Cinven, KKR, and Providence in EUR 4.25 Billion Sale of Stake in MasOrange
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Gibson Dunn advised Cinven, KKR, and Providence in connection with the sale of the 50% stake held by Lorca Midco Limited in MasOrange to telecommunications company Orange for EUR 4.25 billion.
The sale is one of the largest telecommunications deals in Spain to date and represents the exit of Cinven, KKR, and Prov more PR
GitLab Announces New Capabilities to Give Enterprises Speed and Control at Agentic Scale (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- GitLab, an AI-powered development, security and operations platform for software innovation, posted the following news release:
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GitLab Announces New Capabilities to Give Enterprises Speed and Control at Agentic Scale
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* Next generation source code management, now in private beta, replaces repository clones with structured API access to project intelligence, delivering up to 50x faster task execution per agent.
* GitLab Orbit, now in public beta, is a context more PR
GitLab Expands Collaboration with Google to Deliver a Fully Managed DevSecOps Platform with the Latest Gemini and Gemma Models (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- GitLab, an AI-powered development, security and operations platform for software innovation, posted the following news release:
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GitLab Expands Collaboration with Google to Deliver a Fully Managed DevSecOps Platform with the Latest Gemini and Gemma Models
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* GitLab and Google Cloud go-to-market teams are working with certified managed service providers, including Beyond and Digital Future, to help enterprises move to a scalable, reliable DevSecOps architecture o more PR
GlobalFoundries and Qualinx Demonstrate First European Sovereign Manufacturing Flow for Security Critical Semiconductors (10)
SANTA CLARA, California, June 11 -- GlobalFoundries, a manufacturer of semiconductors, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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GlobalFoundries and Qualinx demonstrate first European sovereign manufacturing flow for security critical semiconductors
First end-to-end European chip manufacturing flow proven for aerospace, defense and critical infrastructure
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DRESDEN, Germany and DELFT, Netherlands - GlobalFoundries (GF) and Qualinx today announced the successful completion of the first fully European-based, end-to-end semico more PR
Government Accountability Project Issues Letter to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, House Agriculture Committees (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSletter) -- The Government Accountability Project issued the following letter to the committees of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and House Agriculture:
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June 4, 2026
Chair and Ranking Member
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Washington D.C. 20510
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Chair and Ranking Member
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
Washington D.C. 20515
Re: Protected Whistleblower Disclosure To Whom It May Concern:
On behalf of individuals who wish to re more PR
Grant Supports UC Merced's Work to Strengthen College and Career Pathways in the San Joaquin Valley (10)
MERCED, California, June 10 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news:
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Grant Supports UC Merced's Work to Strengthen College and Career Pathways in the San Joaquin Valley
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A $3 million grant from the Gates Foundation is advancing UC Merced's efforts to expand educational pathways and improve college and career outcomes for thousands of high-school students across the San Joaquin Valley.
The funding is part of the Gates Foundation's Pathways initiative, which aims to ensure that all students, regardless of bac more PR
Greenberg Traurig Advises Kayne Anderson-BKM Joint Venture on $1.81B Light Industrial Portfolio Acquisition (10)
MIAMI, Florida, June 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig Advises Kayne Anderson-BKM Joint Venture on $1.81B Light Industrial Portfolio Acquisition
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NEW YORK - June 10, 2026 - Attorneys at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Kayne Anderson Real Estate (Kayne Anderson) and BKM Capital Partners (BKM) in their joint venture acquisition of an 8.5 million square foot portfolio of 51 multitenant light industrial assets across California, Washington more PR
Greenberg Traurig Lawyers Recognized in 2026 Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation (10)
MIAMI, Florida, June 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greenberg Traurig Lawyers Recognized in 2026 Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation
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NEW YORK - June 10, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholder Michael Burshteyn and Of Counsel Bethany Histed were named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation list. According to the publication, the guide honors those who "have made their mark in fewer than 15 years in practice, with entire careers ahead of more PR
Greenpeace USA Urges NOAA to Deny American Metal Resources Deep Seabed Mining License Application (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Greenpeace USA has submitted a public comment letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) strongly opposing the American Metal Resources LLC (AMR) application for a deep seabed mining exploration license under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA). Through this letter, Greenpeace highlights substantial environmental, cultural, financial, and governance concerns associated with AMR's request to conduct exploration activities in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean.
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Greg Reed Named Transportation and Logistics Practice Group Leader at Hanson Bridgett (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 -- Hanson Bridgett, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Greg Reed Named Transportation and Logistics Practice Group Leader at Hanson Bridgett
Partner Greg Reed's industry thought leadership and cross-practice collaboration continue to strengthen the firm's transportation capabilities
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Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that partner Gregory R. Reed has been named Transportation and Logistics practice group leader.
The appointment comes just over a year after Reed joined the firm more PR
HACU's 40th Annual Conference to feature workshops on excellence in leadership (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 10 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release:
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HACU's 40th Annual Conference to feature workshops on excellence in leadership
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The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 40th Annual Conference highlights topics under Track Four on "Excellence in Leadership." More than 50 workshops addressing the theme, "40 Years of Championing Higher Education Success: One Graduate at a Time," will be offered across seven tracks. The conference w more PR
House FY 2027 spending bill underfunds public health putting communities at risk (10)
SAN DIEGO, California, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release:
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House FY 2027 spending bill underfunds public health putting communities at risk
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Contact: mediarelations@apha.org
The House Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, approved by the House Appropriations Committee yesterday, fails to provide adequate funding for key public health agencies and programs. The bill would cut funding to the Cent more PR
House Natural Resources Committee Advances Commonsense Land Policies (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on June 10, 2026:
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Committee Advances Commonsense Land Policies
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources favorably reported legislation that will initiate a land exchange to benefit a tribal community, support military preparedness and allow mineral leases in Carlsbad, N.M., to boost energy production. Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:
"House Commit more PR
House Oversight Chairman Comer: Congress Must Stop Fraud to Protect Taxpayers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release:
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Chairman Comer: Congress Must Stop Fraud to Protect Taxpayers
Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered remarks before the House Rules Committee in support of H.R. 8464, H.R. 8312, and H.Res. 1335, which require the U.S. Treasury to return payments that are flagged for elevated fraud risk, establish a permanent anti-fraud analytics more PR
How TROY alum Katie Byrd turned a love of math and psychology into a career of impact (10)
TROY, Alabama, June 10 -- Troy University issued the following news:
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How TROY alum Katie Byrd turned a love of math and psychology into a career of impact
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For many students, choosing a major feels like deciding what they want to do for the rest of their lives. For Troy University alumna Katie Byrd, it was about finding a way to combine two subjects she loved.
"I just knew I loved math and psychology," she said, "but that combination ended up influencing everything I've done since."
Those passions would eventually lead her across more PR
Huffman and Westerman Introduce Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Huffman and Westerman Introduce Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250
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Washington, D.C. -Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) introduced the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act 250 (GAOA 250).
"As millions of Americans are preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation's independence, Congress is coming together in a bipartisan manner to more PR
Huffman Votes No on Republicans' Blank Check for ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Huffman Votes No on Republicans' Blank Check for ICE
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GOP's budget bill prioritizes Trump's brutal immigration agenda over lowering costs for Americans
Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jared Huffman voted against House Republicans' latest reconciliation package, which would provide tens of billions of dollars in new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) while failing to lower costs for Amer more PR
Huffman, Carbajal Reintroduce Bill to Protect Blue Whales & Cut Coastal Air Pollution (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Huffman, Carbajal Reintroduce Bill to Protect Blue Whales & Cut Coastal Air Pollution
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The bill encourages commercial shipping vessels to reduce speeds, minimize harm to marine mammals, and cut carbon pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) reintroduced the Alan S. Lowenthal Blue Whales, Blue Skies Act, a bill to create a new federal program encouraging commercial shipping compan more PR
Human Interest Advisors Urges Clarifications in DOL Fiduciary Duty Rule for Small Retirement Plans (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Human Interest Advisors LLC, an investment advisory firm based in San Francisco, California, issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration regarding the agency's proposed rule on fiduciary duties in selecting designated investment alternatives (RIN 1210-AC38). The company, which serves tens of thousands of small and mid-sized 401(k) and 403(b) plans as a 3(38) discretionary investment manager and QDIA provider, calls for clarifications in the rule to better acco more ST
ICE: Harder Votes No on New ICE Funding, Condemns Blank Check while Working Families Struggle (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Joshua Harder, D-California, issued the following news release:
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ICE: Harder Votes No on New ICE Funding, Condemns Blank Check while Working Families Struggle
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Reconciliation package redirects nearly $70 billion in taxpayer and health care dollars to ICE
WASHINGTON - Today, following the U.S. House passage of legislation to redirect billions in taxpayer and health care dollars to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09), who voted no, released the following statement condem more PR
Intuitive Urges CMS to Retain Alternative Payment Pathways for Breakthrough Medical Technologies (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Intuitive, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the FY 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. The company emphasized the importance of preserving the New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) alternative pathways that facilitate Medicare beneficiary access to FDA-designated Breakthrough Devices such as the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgical system.
Intuitive highlighted that these alternative NTAP and Ou more ST
Justice Department Finds University of California Davis Medical School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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Justice Department Finds University of California Davis Medical School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today that it determined the University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Davis Med), discriminates based on race in its admissions process, violating the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision in, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). The determinatio more PR
Juul Labs Urges FDA to Reform Flavored ENDS Regulation to Combat Illicit Market and Protect Public Health (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Juul Labs, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the agency's draft guidance on flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) premarket applications and considerations related to youth risk. The letter addresses the challenges facing the U.S. ENDS marketplace, urging the FDA to adopt a more comprehensive and efficient regulatory framework to combat the illicit market, enhance product authorization pathways, and bala more ST
Keck Medicine of USC Highlights Concerns Over Medicare IPPS Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2027 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, an academic health system headquartered in Los Angeles, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. The health system, which encompasses four hospitals including Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, urged CMS to reconsider several provisions of the proposed rule, str more ST
KU Law students make 2026 honor roll for pro bono service (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 10 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news:
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KU Law students make 2026 honor roll for pro bono service
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LAWRENCE - Sixty-two University of Kansas School of Law students provided more than 2,300 hours of free legal services during the 2025-2026 academic year.
The students' services included preparing tax returns for low-income residents, representing parties in the KU Court of Parking Appeals and volunteering for the courts, the Douglas County Legal Self-Help Center, and prosecutors' and public de more PR
Latham & Watkins Expands Complex Commercial Litigation Practice in Texas (10)
NEW YORK, June 8 -- Latham and Watkins, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Latham & Watkins Expands Complex Commercial Litigation Practice in Texas
Addition of skilled litigator Shayne Henry further strengthens the firm's rapidly growing litigation presence in the state and nationwide.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Shayne Henry has joined the firm's Austin office as a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Henry is a skilled litigator and trial lawyer whose practice spans commercial an more PR
Latham Adds Another Senior CFIUS Lawyer From the U.S. Treasury Department (10)
NEW YORK, June 11 -- Latham and Watkins, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Latham Adds Another Senior CFIUS Lawyer From the US Treasury Department
Cate Behles is the fifth former government lawyer in the past 16 months to join the firm's market-leading CFIUS & US National Security and Economic Sanctions & Export Controls practices.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Cate Behles has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office/* as counsel in the CFIUS & US National Security Practice within the firm's White C more PR
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Meet the Machines That Matter - Portable Neutron Detector (10)
LIVERMORE, California, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Meet the machines that matter: the portable neutron detector
Nuclear materials are rarely quiet. Even when hidden inside a sealed container, they emit a kind of heartbeat through streams of particles and radiation that carry critical information about its contents.
In a laboratory, scientists have the tools and expertise to read that heartbeat. But in an emergency, first responders need a way to interpret i more PR
LITERACY: Harder's National Reading Panel Restoration Passes Out of Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Joshua Harder, D-California, issued the following news release:
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LITERACY: Harder's National Reading Panel Restoration Passes Out of Committee
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Completed in 2000, evidence-based report identified key metrics of educational excellence and established "Science of Reading" (link is external)ABOVE: Harder speaks in support of the National Reading Panel during Tuesday's markup
Restored Panel would give teachers, parents, and lawmakers clear path to improving reading scores across America
WASHINGTON - Today more PR
Littler's Semi-Annual 2026 Rates Update for Minimum Wage, Tips, and Exempt Pay Increases (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Littler's Semi-Annual 2026 Rates Update for Minimum Wage, Tips, and Exempt Pay Increases (and Other Developments)
At a Glance
* Highlights notable rate-related developments in the first half of 2026
* Identifies minimum wage rate increases for non-exempt (including tipped) employees on July 1, 2026
* Lists increases to exempt employee pay resulting from minimum wage increases on July 1, 2026
By Sebastian Chilco and Paul Piccigallo
Fuel prices are more PR
LLUMC-Murrieta now offers robotic-assisted Whipple surgery (10)
LOMA LINDA, California, June 10 -- Loma Linda University Health issued the following news:
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LLUMC-Murrieta now offers robotic-assisted Whipple surgery
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Robotic-assisted Whipple procedure being performed.
The first-ever robotic-assisted Whipple procedure was performed at Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta in late May. Whipple procedures treat pancreatic, bile duct, or duodenal tumors through the removal of part of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, bile duct, and gallbladder before rejoining the remaining parts of the panc more PR
Los Angeles County Urges FEMA to Recognize Underinsurance in Disaster Assistance Policies (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, provided comprehensive input to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council regarding the agency's Final Report on disaster recovery reform. Drawing from frequent disaster experiences including wildfires and tropical storms, the county emphasized the importance of federal assistance during overwhelming emergencies.
The county highlighted the need for FEMA to revise policies, especially the Individuals and Ho more ST
MacArthur Justice Center, ACLU Demand Transparency About DHS Agents' Pattern of Targeting People Who Film Them (10)
NEW YORK, June 10 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release:
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The MacArthur Justice Center, ACLU Demand Transparency About DHS Agents' Pattern of Targeting People Who Film Them
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The MacArthur Justice Center, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (ACLU NorCal) filed a FOIA lawsui more PR
Mavericks For Life: Softball (10)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, June 10 -- Colorado Mesa University posted the following news:
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Mavericks For Life: Softball
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A look at the people whose connection to CMU extends far beyond their time as student-athletes
Willie Hinojosa's pathway to Maverick softball is more unusual than many coaches within the sport. The CMU alumnus was once a part of the powerhouse baseball program as an athlete but now serves as an assistant coach for the softball team. Hinojosa is a former All-American shortstop for the Mavericks, who joined the softb more PR
Mayer Brown Strengthens Salt Lake City Office With Data Privacy and Minor Safety Litigator Larissa Lee (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Mayer Brown strengthens Salt Lake City office with data privacy and minor safety litigator Larissa Lee
SALT LAKE CITY - Mayer Brown announced today that Larissa Lee has joined the firm in Salt Lake City as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. She joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and continues the trend of successful tech litigators that have departed that firm to join Mayer Brown in recent years, fo more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Trump Administration Mandates on Federal Contractors
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that - in the name of purging "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) from federal contracting - impose unclear and confusing requ more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Continue Legal Services for Veterans, Rural Communities (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Continue Legal Services for Veterans, Rural Communities
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general in urging congressional leaders to continue funding the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans.
In a letter to congressional a more PR
Medable Proposes Guidance and Workshops to Enhance FDA Regulation of Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Medable, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency's request for information on advancing the use of digital health technologies (DHTs) in clinical investigations for drugs and biological products. The letter identifies key regulatory challenges and opportunities for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) to accelerate DHT adoption.
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Media Experts on New World Screwworm (10)
DAVIS, California, June 10 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news:
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Media Experts on New World Screwworm
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The U.S Department of Agriculture has now confirmed cases of New World screwworm in calves and a goat in Texas and in a dog in New Mexico. New World screwworm is a serious parasitic fly that can affect livestock, pets, wildlife, and less commonly, people and birds. Adult screwworm flies are about the size of a common housefly or slightly larger. Their larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animal more PR
Memories take flight at Banner Health's annual butterfly release in Greeley (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- Banner Health posted the following news release:
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Memories take flight at Banner Health's annual butterfly release in Greeley
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GREELEY, Colo. (June 10, 2026) - Banner Health invites community members to gather for Memories with Wings, its annual butterfly release and memorial service, on Saturday, June 20, 2026. The event offers a meaningful opportunity to honor loved ones who have passed in hospice care or reflect alongside others.
The event will take place at the Banner Hospice more PR
Midnight Foundation Urges Technology-Neutral Standards for Privacy-Preserving Stablecoins in FinCEN Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Midnight Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking on anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and sanctions compliance programs for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs). The comments address critical concerns about an implicit transparency assumption in the draft regulation that could unintentionally hinder the adoption of privacy-preserving payme more ST
Montana Named Top State to Start a Business (10)
HELENA, Montana, June 10 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release:
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Montana Named Top State to Start a Business
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HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that Montana was ranked as the 12th best state to start a business in 2026.
"Montana is open for business," Gov. Gianforte said. "Since taking office, we've removed burdensome regulations, cut taxes, strengthened our workforce, and increased the supply of affordable housing to support the businesses choosing to invest in Montana and create more PR
Morongo Band of Mission Indians Seeks IRS Guidance on Tribal Tax-Exempt Bonds (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, headquartered in Banning, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service urging updated guidance on the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Indian tribes. The letter, addressed to the IRS and copied to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, calls for clear regulations that would allow tribes to utilize tax-exempt financing for economic development activities similar to those permitted for state and local governments.
The tribe highlights that the Indian Tr more ST
N.J. A.G. Davenport Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Mandates on Federal Contractors (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, June 11 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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AG Davenport Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Mandates on Federal Contractors
Federal Demands Complicate State Contracting Requirements in Latest Ideological Fight Against Diversity
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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over the addition of new terms to federal contracts that impose unclear requirements on contractor more PR
NAFSMA Raises Concerns Over FEMA Review Council Report on NFIP Privatization and Flood Risk Management (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA), headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council's Final Report released May 7, 2026. The letter outlines NAFSMA's support for key recommendations while expressing deep apprehensions about proposals they believe could weaken federal flood protections, impose unfunded mandates on state and local governments, and more ST
Nation's Top Scientists Endorse the Dignity Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release:
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Nation's Top Scientists Endorse the Dignity Act
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the GROW Coalition, representing the nation's leading scientific, engineering, research, and technology organizations, announced its support for the DIGNITY Act, warning that America's broken immigration system is making it harder to retain the very scientists, engineers, and innovators needed to keep the United States at the forefront of global innovation.
The endorseme more PR
NATIONAL POLL: MORE THAN 70% OF VOTERS BACK MILITARY RIGHT TO REPAIR, MODIFY THEIR EQUIPMENT (10)
DIAMOND BAR, California, June 11 -- The Specialty Equipment Market Association issued the following news release:
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NATIONAL POLL: MORE THAN 70% OF VOTERS BACK MILITARY RIGHT TO REPAIR, MODIFY THEIR EQUIPMENT
Voters give clear, unambiguous public mandate for Congress to act to enhance warfighter readiness
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The public is overwhelmingly in support of providing the U.S. military with the right to repair their equipment and vehicles, according to a new survey commissioned by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). According to more PR
National Waste & Recycling Association Urges IRS to Update Fuel Tax Rules for Auxiliary Equipment (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), headquartered in Washington, D.C., submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advocating for the inclusion of guidance on fuel excise tax treatment in the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan (PGP). The letter focuses on modernizing the federal excise tax rules related to fuel used to operate power take-off (PTO) and other auxiliary equipment on commercial vehicles powered by a single engine.
NWRA represents private sector companies involved in w more ST
Naval Research Laboratory Receives Space Force Antenna to Expand Joint Space Test Capabilities In, From, and To Space (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news:
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Naval Research Laboratory Receives Space Force Antenna to Expand Joint Space Test Capabilities In, From, and To Space
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has received a transportable satellite tracking antenna system from the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) System Delta 81 (SYD 81) to expand joint space testing, training and operational support capabilities at NRL's Blossom Point Tracking Facility during the f more PR
Netflix Reveals the Official Trailer of 'The Map of Longing' (10)
LOS GATOS, California, June 11 -- Netflix, a content provider, issued the following news on June 10, 2026:
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Netflix Reveals the Official Trailer of 'The Map of Longing'
STARRING ALICIA FALCO, PABLO ALVAREZ AND GEORGINA AMOROS, THE MINISERIES BRINGS ALICE KELLEN'S BESTSELLING NOVEL TO THE SCREEN AND ARRIVES ON NETFLIX ON JULY 17
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Netflix today unveiled the official trailer and new images for The Map of Longing, the miniseries starring Alicia Falco, Pablo Alvarez, and Georgina Amoros.
The series is an adaptation of the novel by Spani more PR
Netflix Showcases New Mobile Experience, Collections and Games Vision in APAC (10)
LOS GATOS, California, June 11 -- Netflix, a content provider, issued the following news:
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Netflix Showcases New Mobile Experience, Collections and Games Vision in APAC
In a region defined by technological innovation, Netflix Chief Product & Technology Officer Elizabeth Stone shared how Netflix is bringing its global product vision to members in Asia Pacific.
At the APAC Product Innovation Showcase, Netflix leaders announced updates across mobile, curated collections and games to make Netflix more personal and more fun to use -- includ more PR
Netflix Unlocks Its Most Disruptive Captive Reality Yet With Lock Upp: Sach Ya Saza, Fronted by Riteish Deshmukh and Farah Khan (10)
LOS GATOS, California, June 11 -- Netflix, a content provider, issued the following news:
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Netflix Unlocks Its Most Disruptive Captive Reality Yet With Lock Upp: Sach ya Saza, Fronted by Riteish Deshmukh and Farah Khan
In a world where opinions are formed in seconds, social media defines narratives, and judgment often arrives before the facts, Netflix is set to launch Lock Upp: Sach ya Sazaa -- a bold new captive reality series that asks a provocative question: What happens when the people we think we know are finally forced to reveal w more PR
New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release:
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New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2025
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Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures increased $76.8 billion, or 49.5 percent, from 2024 levels. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for more PR
NGOsource Urges IRS to Exclude Non-US Charities From Proposed Donor Advised Fund Rules (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- NGOsource, a San Francisco California-based project of TechSoup Global and the Council on Foundations, submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding Notice 2017-73. The IRS proposes changes to the public support computation for organizations receiving contributions from donor advised funds (DAFs). The proposed regulation aims to prevent the circumvention of excise tax rules applicable to private foundations. NGOsource cautions that the rule's application to non-US charities seeking publ more ST
Nicotine pouches, tobacco's latest ploy: Five things to know (10)
STANFORD, California, June 10 -- Stanford University School of Medicine posted the following news:
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Nicotine pouches, tobacco's latest ploy: Five things to know
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Nicotine pouches are small, microfiber satchels containing a pre-portioned powder doped with nicotine -a highly addictive chemical -flavorings and other ingredients. When held in the mouth between the lip and gum, the nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Worldwide, retail sales of nicotine pouches grew by more than 50% from 2023 to 2024. Last year, the global market fo more PR
Nicotine Science Exchange Recommends Graduated Risk Framework for Flavored ENDS Premarket Applications (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Nicotine Science Exchange (NSE), based in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), addressing the draft guidance concerning flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) premarket applications (PMTAs) and their youth risk considerations. This document offers scientific and methodological insights on youth risk, adult switching benefit, flavor-related abuse liability, and device access restriction (DAR) tec more ST
Nishant Bagadia Joins CBRE as Global Head of Energy & Sustainability Partnerships (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, June 11 -- CBRE Group, a commercial real estate services provider, issued the following news release:
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Nishant Bagadia Joins CBRE as Global Head of Energy & Sustainability Partnerships
CBRE announced that Nishant Bagadia has joined the company as Global Head of Partnerships for Energy & Sustainability.
In this role, Bagadia will oversee the global partner ecosystem across CBRE's energy and sustainability services, helping to structure and scale partnerships that align with client needs and net zero ambitions.
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NMCSD cuts ribbon on New Patient Advocacy and Resource Center, elevates beneficiary experience (10)
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, June 9 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news:
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NMCSD cuts ribbon on New Patient Advocacy and Resource Center, elevates beneficiary experience
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Naval Medical Center San Diego celebrated the grand opening of its newly established Patient Advocacy and Resource Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 9 June, marking a significant milestone in how the command supports its beneficiaries.
The new facility serves as the central hub for NMCSD's patient relations personnel and resources. It was design more PR
Nobel laureate to discuss science, ethics, AI and society at public lecture in Glasgow (10)
GLASGOW, Scotland, June 10 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news:
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Nobel laureate to discuss science, ethics, AI and society at public lecture in Glasgow
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Eminent scientist Professor Ardem Patapoutian will be the guest speaker at a public event in Glasgow this summer.
The US-based academic won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2021 for his discovery of how the body senses touch, pressure, pain and movement.
On 13 July, he will be in live conversation at the Scottish Exhibition Campus (SEC) offering rar more PR
Notabene Highlights Key Compliance and Technical Issues for Payment Stablecoin Issuers in FinCEN Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Notabene, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, provided a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) addressing the agency's joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the implementation of new anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), and sanctions compliance programs for Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers (PPSIs). The comprehensive response from the global payments technology company underscored critical t more ST
Opacity Labs Urges Treasury to Clarify Use of Distributed Networks for Compliance in Stablecoin Regulation (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Opacity Labs, Inc., a technology firm based in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, addressing the proposed rulemaking on anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs). The letter focuses on the challenges and regulatory uncertainties facing PPSIs in leveraging decentralized compliance infrastructure to meet obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act ( more ST
ORNL-developed cybersecurity framework graduates from lab to electric grid (10)
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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ORNL-developed cybersecurity framework graduates from lab to electric grid
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A grid cybersecurity and verification framework developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed by GridForge Energy Solutions. The startup plans to explore ways the technology could boost real-time visibility of grid behavior for energy projects, grid management companies and utilities.
The more PR
Oscilar Urges Strengthened AML/CFT Program Standards and Responsible AI Use in FinCEN Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Oscilar, the Palo Alto, California-based Agentic Risk Platform provider for financial institutions and fintech companies, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) programs under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
Oscilar expressed support for key objectives of the proposed rule, including shifting AML/CFT supervision toward assessi more ST
OU College of Allied Health Welcomes Department Chair (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 11 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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OU College of Allied Health Welcomes New Department Chair
Amyn M. Amlani, Ph.D., a nationally recognized audiologist, researcher and health economist, has been named professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health. He began the role on June 1.
As chair, Amlani will lead efforts to expand the department's educational, research and clinical impact. Hi more PR
OU College of Allied Health Welcomes New Department Chair (10)
NORMAN, Oklahoma, June 10 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news:
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OU College of Allied Health Welcomes New Department Chair
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Amyn M. Amlani, Ph.D., a nationally recognized audiologist, researcher and health economist, has been named professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health. He began the role on June 1.
As chair, Amlani will lead efforts to expand the department's educational, research and clinical impact. His more PR
Pacific Legal Foundation Urges Withdrawal of NOAA Speed Rule Overreach Concerns (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation, a public interest legal organization headquartered in Sacramento, California, submitted a public comment letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA NMFS) opposing the existing vessel speed restriction regulation known as the Speed Rule. The comment letter addressed to NOAA's Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs raised concerns that the Speed Rule exceeds the agency's authority under the Marine Mammal Protection Act more ST
Padilla, Vargas Introduce Bill to Rename San Diego Post Office After Late Latino Civil Rights Activist Armando Rodriguez (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Padilla, Vargas Introduce Bill to Rename San Diego Post Office After Late Latino Civil Rights Activist Armando Rodriguez
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Representative Juan Vargas (D-Calif.-52) introduced a bicameral bill to rename a San Diego post office after the late Mexican-American civil rights advocate Armando Rodriguez. The "Armando Rodriguez Post Office" would be located at 2777 Logan Avenue, which is c more PR
Paradigm Urges Treasury To Refine GENIUS Act State Regulatory Framework for Stablecoins (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Paradigm Operations LP, a frontier technology investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury addressing concerns and recommendations regarding the department's proposed rulemaking under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). The proposed rule aims to establish principles to determine whether a state-level stablecoin regulatory regime is substantially similar to the federal regulatory frame more ST
Parsons' CUAS Solutions Strengthen National Security And Protect Critical Infrastructure (10)
PASADENA, California, June 10 [Category: BizConstruction]-- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, posted the following news release:
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Parsons' CUAS Solutions Strengthen National Security And Protect Critical Infrastructure
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Key Takeaways
* Parsons recently demonstrated AI-enabled CUAS solutions which integrated sensor and kinetic effectors.
* Parsons' expertise in non-kinetic effects (NKE) detect, disrupt, and mitigate single, multi and swarm drone or missile threats.
* The compa more PR
Patients' Rights Action Fund Urges CMS to Enforce Assisted Suicide Funding Restrictions and Address Discrimination Concerns (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Patients' Rights Action Fund, a secular, non-partisan organization headquartered in New York, NY, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The letter addresses the FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements rule, specifically responding to the request for information concerning Medical Aid in Dying (MAID).
The Patients' Rights Action Fund expressed conc more ST
Paul Hastings Advises Trulieve on Historic NYSE Listing and Corporate Restructuring (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, June 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Paul Hastings Advises Trulieve on Historic NYSE Listing and Corporate Restructuring
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Paul Hastings LLP advised Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (NYSE: TRLV), a leading medical cannabis company, in connection with its historic NYSE uplisting and related corporate restructuring, representing the first U.S. cannabis company to list on a major U.S. exchange after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a final rule moving state-sanctio more PR
Perfect Score: Gulfstream Delivers 100th G700 and Completes 100th G700 Speed Record (10)
SAVANNAH, Georgia, June 11 -- Gulfstream Aerospace, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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A Perfect Score: Gulfstream Delivers 100th G700 and Completes 100th G700 Speed Record
Milestones Highlight Performance, Speed and Advanced Manufacturing Excellence
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced its 100th customer delivery and the 100th city-pair speed record for the Gulfstream G700, underscoring the exceptional performance and speed of the aircraft, backed by Gulfstream's advanced m more PR
Pillsbury Advises Marlinspike on Leading Layup Parts' $42 Million Series A Funding Round (10)
NEW YORK, June 11 -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Pillsbury Advises Marlinspike on Leading Layup Parts' $42 Million Series A Funding Round
Pillsbury advised Marlinspike, a veteran-led venture capital fund, on leading a $42 million Series A funding round for Layup Parts, a Huntington Beach, California-based manufacturing startup that automates the production and procurement of custom composite components.
Marlinspike was joined in the financing by existing investors Founders Fund and Lux Capital, as well as more PR
Predicate Urges Treasury to Grant Greater Discretion to Stablecoin Issuers in Sanctions Compliance (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Predicate, a blockchain infrastructure company headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking on anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) program, and sanctions compliance requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs).
Predicate advocates for enhanced discretion and autonomy for PPSIs in freezing digital asset more ST
Provost Gomez Chosenfor Millennium Leadership Initiative (10)
POMONA, California, June 10 -- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona posted the following news:
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Provost Gomez Chosenfor Millennium Leadership Initiative
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Cal Poly Pomona Provost Terri Gomez is one of 31 higher education leaders from across the country selected to participate in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2026 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) cohort, a premier professional development program for senior-level administrators.
The yearlong program equips participants with the ins more PR
Pullias Center for Higher Education: Prioritizing Professional Development With the USC Leadership in Enrollment Certificate Program (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, June 11 -- University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news:
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Prioritizing Professional Development with the USC Leadership in Enrollment Certificate Program
By Emily Chung
Organizational research in higher education indicates that institutions that prioritize professional development experience lower staff burnout, stronger talent retention, and more sustainable enrollment strategies, particularly during periods of disruption. And for enrollment leaders, ongoing more PR
Rand Report: A Formal Model of How Artificial Intelligence Erodes Human Agency (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- A Formal Model of How Artificial Intelligence Erodes Human Agency - A report from Rand - April 20, 2026, (39 pages) - Alvin Moon and Benjamin Boudreaux
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As artificial intelligence (AI) systems assume more decisionmaking roles in government, the economy, and society, a question emerges: Will humans retain the capacity to shape collective outcomes? Several theories suggest that, once human decisionmaking erodes past a certain threshold, the skills, institutions, and politic more PR
Rand Report: Advancing U.S.-UK Cooperation to Secure Frontier Artificial Intelligence (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Advancing U.S.-UK Cooperation to Secure Frontier Artificial Intelligence - A report from Rand - June 8, 2026, (41 pages) - Brianna Rosen, Kyle A. Kilian, Matthew J. Malone, Benjamin Etheridge, Tiffany Saade
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This interim RAND-Oxford Programme for Cyber and Technology Policy report identifies a significant opportunity for collaboration between the United States and the United Kingdom and proposes a framework for coordinating efforts to secure frontier artificial intelligen more PR
Rand Report: Agricultural Security Considerations for the U.S. Corn Belt (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Agricultural Security Considerations for the U.S. Corn Belt - A report from Rand - April 27, 2026, (52 pages) - Tyler Hoard, Adeline E. Williams, and David Luckey
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In this report, the authors examine the agricultural security risks to crop production in the U.S. Corn Belt, the backbone of the United States' food, feed, and biofuel industries. This region in the heart of the Midwest faces evolving threats that are shaped by biological factors, such as plant pathogens and p more PR
Rand Report: Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods - A report from Rand - MAy 21, 2026, (32 pages) - Louis Abramson, Sarah B. Hunter, Rick Garvey, Cyril Cherian, and Jason M. Ward
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Unsheltered homelessness remained flat between December 2024 and January 2026. While tent dwelling has fallen 55 percent since 2021, rough sleeping and vehicle dwelling have risen significantly.
With 87 percent of tents now in Skid Row, tent-centric aid is less effective e more PR
Rand Report: Battle Damage Repair for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers - A Report From Rand (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Battle Damage Repair for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers - A report from Rand - May 27, 2026, (27 pages) - Bradley Martin, David A. Shlapak, Angela Yun, Grace Carter, Katherine Anna Trauger, and Tyler Hoard
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commonly known as a DDG-51, is the primary surface combatant vessel of the U.S. Navy. These ships--designed to operate in contested environments--are likely to sustain widespread battle damage from diverse attacks shoul more PR
Rand Report: Breaking Barriers Rapid Rehousing Program for Justice-Involved Individuals in Los Angeles County (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Breaking Barriers Rapid Rehousing Program for Justice-Involved Individuals in Los Angeles County
- A report from Rand - April 30, 2026, (124 pages) - Maya Buenaventura, Alex Sizemore, Austin Smidt, Sarah B. Hunter
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Justice-involved individuals face significant barriers to stable housing and employment. In Los Angeles County, the challenges faced by people reentering after incarceration are further compounded by exceptionally high housing costs, a shortage of affordable more PR
Rand Report: Building the Knowledge and Skills the U.S. Air Force Needs for Strategic Competition With China (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Building the Knowledge and Skills the U.S. Air Force Needs for Strategic Competition with China - A report from Rand - April 14, 2026, (77) - Miriam Matthews, Cristina L. Garafola, Sean Robson, Benjamin J. Sacks, Rebecca Wusinich, Angela K. Clague, Devon Hill, Catherine Kish, and Yoony Lee
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Despite clear strategic guidance identifying China as the primary pacing threat, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) lacks a coordinated, scalable, and sustained approach for developing and util more PR
Rand Report: Challenges When Collaborating With China on Space Research and Technology (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Challenges When Collaborating with China on Space Research and Technology - A report from Rand - May 26, 2026, (24 pages) - Cortney Weinbaum, Christopher G. Pernin, Camille Reeves, Libby Weaver, and Shanshan Mei
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The authors present risks of participating in space sector research with research institutions based in China. They describe China's national interests in space; risks to researchers, institutions, and national governments participating in space research collabor more PR
Rand Report: China's Science and Technology Strategy in Perspective (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- China's Science and Technology Strategy in Perspective - A report from Rand - May 5, 2026, (66 pages) - Shanshan Mei and Judith Huismans
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Science and technology (S&T) are central pillars of China's national strategy, underpinning the country's ambitions for economic modernization, global competitiveness, and national security. In this report, the authors provide an analysis of how China conceptualizes S&T as part of its broader national strategy. The authors draw on a var more PR
Rand Report: Considering the Consequences of Changing Cannabis Policy in Indiana (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Considering the Consequences of Changing Cannabis Policy in Indiana - A report from Rand - April 29, 2026, (28 pages) - Beau Kilmer, Gregory Midgette, Rosanna Smart, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Roland Neil, Ben Senator, Wendy Hawkins, Anna Newell
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Indiana is typically considered one of the more restrictive U.S. states when it comes to cannabis. In recent years, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Indiana have introduced multiple bills to change some of its cannabis laws more PR
Rand Report: D-SITAR Methods Report (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- D-SITAR Methods Report
- A report from Rand - April 22, 2026, (112 pages) - Lucy Strang, Katherine I. Morley, Beth Muldrew, Manon Richard-Sheridan, and Jennifer Newbould
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This methods report is part of a wider RAND Europe evaluation of the former UK Government's 10-year drug strategy investment in the Treatment and Recovery Portfolio in England (D-SITAR). In 2023, RAND Europe and partners King's College London, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the Univers more PR
Rand Report: Evaluating Large Language Models' Abilities to Process and Understand Technical Policy Reports (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Evaluating Large Language Models' Abilities to Process and Understand Technical Policy Reports
- A report from Rand - April 28, 2026, (30 pages) - Zara Fatima Abdurahaman, Prateek Puri, Mohammad Ahmadi, Edward Geist
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Large language models (LLMs) -- with their ability to process, organize, and summarize large volumes of information -- are increasingly being evaluated as tools to support policy research and analysis. For instance, frameworks, such as retrieval-augmented g more PR
Rand Report: Evaluation of Depot Buprenorphine Provision in Treatment and Recovery Services in England (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Evaluation of depot buprenorphine provision in treatment and recovery services in England
- A report from Rand - APril 22, 2026, (73 pages) - Daniel Lee, Alessandro Grosso, William D. Phillips, Jennifer Newbould, Lucy Strang, Katherine I. Morley, Nicola Kalk, Joanne Neale, Jennifer Bostock, and Andrew Jones
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Improving access to and retention in opioid treatment remains a central objective of drug policy in England. As part of the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment more PR
Rand Report: Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative--How Network Hubs Develop and Support Continuous Improvement Networks (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative--How Network Hubs Develop and Support Continuous Improvement Networks - A report from Rand - April 22, 2026 (57 pages) - Susan Bush-Mecenas, Rebecca Herman, Karen Christianson, Stephani L. Wrabel, Peter Nguyen, Sarah Zelazny, Tiffany Berglund, Pierrce Holmes, Isaiah Simmons, and Nazia Wolters.
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Educators have increasingly adopted networked continuous improvement (CI) approaches, coming together in partnerships t more PR
Rand Report: Fiscal Year 2025 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Fiscal Year 2025 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project
- A report from Rand - April 21, 2026 (102) - Laura Werber, Susan M. Gates, Angela Yun, Nolan Yager, Laura Bellows, Tiffany Keyes, Jonas Kempf, Elliott Brennan, and Kristin J. Leuschner
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) implemented the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) in 1999 to help improve the management of DoD civilian employee more PR
Rand Report: Flagpole to Front Lines (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Flagpole to Front Lines - A report from Rand - June 10, 2026, (12 pages) - Christopher A. Mouton, Hunter Stoll, Megan McKernan, Stephen M. Worman
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The U.S. Department of War (DOW) is operating in one of the most complex and dangerous security environments the United States has ever faced. This environment demands a coherent, agile, and integrated approach to the DOW requirements process that links strategy with execution and provides warfighters with the capabilities they more PR
Rand Report: Force Multipliers in the Americas (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Force Multipliers in the Americas - A report from Rand - May 5, 2026, (40 pages) - Irina A. Chindea, Elina Treyger, Tahina Montoya, and Kiki Hunegs
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The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) elevates Latin America as a region of serious U.S. security concern. The region presents the United States with both promising opportunities and notable challenges. By employing security force assistance (SFA) in new and innovative ways or by expanding its current use, the United Stat more PR
Rand Report: Future Scenarios for Mental Health in the UK Armed Forces Community (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Future scenarios for mental health in the UK Armed Forces community - A report from Rand - May 14, 2026, (63 pages) - Linda Slapakova, Elizabeth Moisan, and Erik Silfversten
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he UK Armed Forces charities sector supports a sizeable community of UK Armed Forces personnel, veterans and families who can face unique risks and challenges to their mental health. To effectively plan for the future, the Armed Forces charities sector requires a better understanding of what the futu more PR
Rand Report: Gaps in State Workforce Priorities, Needs, and Training Programs (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Gaps in State Workforce Priorities, Needs, and Training Programs - A report from Rand - April 30, 2026, (53 pages) - Elaine W. Leigh, Alexis Gable, and Sarah Haroon Sualehi
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In this report, the authors analyze the most recent Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans (Program Years 2024-2027) and eligible training provider lists (ETPLs) to assess how well state workforce development systems align WIOA-eligible training programs with labor market demand. The au more PR
Rand Report: Gender Norms Survey Measurement in Very Young Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Gender Norms Survey Measurement in Very Young Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - A report from Rand - June 2, 2026, (16 pages) - Julia Rollison, Laura J. Faherty, Lia Pak, Maya Rabinowitz
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This report provides a review of survey efforts and best practices for measuring gender norms among very young adolescents (VYAs) ages 10 to 14 in low- and middle-income countries. Drawing on literature and expert consultations, the authors assess major platforms--includi more PR
Rand Report: Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Community Care (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Health Care Access and Quality for New York Veterans Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Community Care - A report from Rand - April 29, 2026, (86 pages) - Claire E. O'Hanlon, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Ensheng Dong, Jonathan H. Cantor, Heather M. Salazar, and Carrie M. Farmer
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care program allows eligible veterans to receive VA-funded private care when VA services are unavailable or do not meet access more PR
Rand Report: How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research? (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research? - A report from Rand - May 27, 2026, (20 pages) - James M. Anderson, Gerald L. Epstein, Katie Dammer, Elika Somani, Lloyd Dixon, Bethany Saunders-Medina
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Life sciences research has vastly improved the human condition by curing diseases and reducing harm from a wide variety of human ailments. But it could also cause grave harm, either by accident or deliberate misuse by insiders or third par more PR
Rand Report: How School Cell Phone Policy Strictness Shapes Student Phone Use (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- How School Cell Phone Policy Strictness Shapes Student Phone Use - A report from Rand - May 13, 2026, (28 pages) - Melissa Kay Diliberti, Jonathan H. Cantor, and Ryan K. McBain
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olicies that restrict students' cell phone use during the school day have become ubiquitous in U.S. schools. Public opinion polls show that although educators strongly favor such policies, citing a variety of perceived benefits to students' learning, attention, and mental health, youth are much mo more PR
Rand Report: How to Forecast China's Lithography Leap (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- How to Forecast China's Lithography Leap - A report from Rand - May 7, 2026, (39 pages) - Marie Jones and Fabian Villalobos
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orecasting is an analytic tool used to mitigate the risk of surprise because of an uncertain future by collecting quantitative probabilities about a specific future event. In this report, the authors compare two forecasting methodologies--the Delphi method and crowdsourced forecasting--using the context of techno-economic competition and the People' more PR
Rand Report: Implementing Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education in Community Colleges (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Implementing Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education in Community Colleges - A report from Rand - May 20, 2026, (24 pages) - Peter Nguyen, Lindsay Daugherty, and Jonah Kushner
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Between 2021 and 2026, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office piloted direct assessment competency-based education (CBE) programs at eight community colleges, aiming to increase credential attainment, reduce equity gaps, and streamline student progress. By spring 2026, three col more PR
Rand Report: Independent Assessment of the Defense Business Enterprise Architecture (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Independent Assessment of the Defense Business Enterprise Architecture - A report from Rand - May 13, 2026, (94 pages) - Ryan Consaul, Sarah Zabel, Vanya Barrer, Christian Kim, Adrian Salas, Joshua Simulcik, and Drake Warren
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In this congressionally mandated report, the authors assess the effectiveness of the defense business enterprise architecture (DBEA) as a framework for planning, managing, and integrating defense business systems and its adequacy in informing busines more PR
Rand Report: Indiana's Cannabis Landscape (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Indiana's Cannabis Landscape
- A report from Rand - APril 29, 2026, (24 pages) - Beau Kilmer, Gregory Midgette, Rosanna Smart, Roland Neil, Elle Wadsworth, Anna Newell, and Ben Senator
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Policy discussions about cannabis and intoxicating hemp products are heating up at the federal level and in many states, including Indiana. Since 2024, Indiana state legislators have introduced more than a dozen bills focused on related issues, although none have been signed into law. Fa more PR
Rand Report: Investigating the Potential Use of Frontier AI Models for Offensive Cyberattacks: A Human Uplift Study (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Investigating the potential use of frontier AI models for offensive cyberattacks: A human uplift study - A report from Rand - May 28, 2026, (123 pages) - Jair Aguirre, Henri van Soest, Benjamin Sperisen, Zylex Lopez, Nicholas Kong, Adam Seri-Levi, James Caridi-Doyle, Elizabeth Moisan, Evie Graham, William Mitchell Reid
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Frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models have rapidly advanced in recent years, moving from basic text generation to sophisticated reasoning that can more PR
Rand Report: Mapping Disconnection Among American Youth (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Mapping Disconnection Among American Youth - A report from Rand - June 10, 2026 - Jennie W. Wenger, and Stephanie Bonds
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At any point in time, about one out of every seven young people (aged 18 to 24) across the United States neither works nor participates in education or training. These disconnected youth (sometimes called opportunity youth) often lack a path to economic success.[1]
This report is the third in a series of publications describing disconnected youth, thei more PR
Rand Report: Navigating Duality in Space (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Navigating Duality in Space
- A report from Rand - June 9, 2026, (73 pages) - Bruce McClintock, David Glickstein, Krista Langeland, Anca Agachi, Melusine Lebret, Karen Schwindt
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Space systems increasingly provide civilian services, such as communications, navigation, and environmental monitoring, while also supporting military and intelligence functions. This inherent duality, in which the same satellite can serve peaceful and militaristic roles, could make satellite ac more PR
Rand Report: Outcome Evaluation of Los Angeles County's Juvenile Justice Client Assessment Recommendation and Evaluation (CARE) Program (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Outcome Evaluation of Los Angeles County's Juvenile Justice Client Assessment Recommendation and Evaluation (CARE) Program - A report from Rand - May 13, 2026, (93 pages) - Laura Whitaker, Jill Portnoy Donaghy, Maya Buenaventura, Melissa M. Labriola, and Gabriel W. Hassler
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This report evaluates the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office CARE Program, a holistic defense model that supports justice-involved youth. Using qualitative, quantitative, and cost analyses, th more PR
Rand Report: Qualified Medical Evaluators and the Medical-Legal Process in California Workers' Compensation (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Qualified Medical Evaluators and the Medical-Legal Process in California Workers' Compensation - A report from Rand - May 21, 2026, (172 pages) - Sara E. Heins, Amy Mahler, Travis Hubble, Shona Olalere Oluwatola, Danya Birnbaum, Cheryl K. Montemayor, and Jennifer Gildner, Michael Dworsky
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In this report, the authors examine the role of Qualified Medical Evaluators -- physicians who have been certified by the California Division of Workers' Compensation to assess injured w more PR
Rand Report: Reading Full Books in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Reading Full Books in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms - A report from Rand - May 6, 2026, (16) - Ashley Woo
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Scholars, education practitioners, and the media have raised concerns about the diminishing role of full books in schools. In this report, the author draws on data from the spring 2025 American Instructional Resources Survey, a nationally representative survey of public school teachers in kindergarten through grade 12, to examine the questions of whether more PR
Rand Report: Simpler Is Better for Autograders (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Simpler Is Better for Autograders - A report from Rand - April 22, 2026, (78 pages) - Sunishchal Dev, Patricia Paskov, Andrew Sloan, Kevin Wei, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Swaptik Chowdhury, Jason Johnson, and William Marcellino
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The increasing capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have driven a need for rigorous, scalable evaluation frameworks. One of the primary bottlenecks in meeting this demand is the cost of human grading of model outputs: Expert human graders a more PR
Rand Report: State of the American Teacher Survey (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- State of the American Teacher Survey - A report from Rand - Juhne 8, 2026, (20 pages) - Sy Doan, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Ashley Woo, Phoebe Rose Levine
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This technical report on the 2026 State of the American Teacher (SoT) survey and American Life Panel (ALP) companion survey includes descriptions of the survey content, survey administration, and survey weighting for the SoT and ALP, as well as univariate descriptive tables of the SoT and ALP survey results.
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Rand Report: Teacher Well-Being, Pay, and Intentions to Leave in 2026 (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Teacher Well-Being, Pay, and Intentions to Leave in 2026 - A report from Rand - June 8, 2026, (35 pages) - Elizabeth D. Steiner, Phoebe Rose Levine, Sy Doan
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In this report, the authors present selected findings from the 2026 State of the American Teacher survey, an annual survey of kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public school teachers across the United States. The authors track teachers' reported well-being over time and compare teachers' responses with those of si more PR
Rand Report: The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes - A report from Rand - May 27, 2026, (64 pages) - Elizabeth Chase, Christine Eibner, Rose Kerber, Jodi L. Liu
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In this report, the authors evaluate the effects of Massachusetts's health care cost growth benchmark--established in 2012 to constrain health care spending--on hospital revenues, health care prices, and health insurance premiums. The cost growth ben more PR
Rand Report: The Effects of the Measure ULA (United to House LA) Transfer Tax on Economic Development and Municipal Finances in Los Angeles (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Effects of the Measure ULA (United to House LA) Transfer Tax on Economic Development and Municipal Finances in Los Angeles - A report from Rand - May 28, 2026, (89 pages) - Jason M. Ward, Lizhong Liu, Elizabeth Selby, Phoebe Rose Levine
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Measure ULA has raised $1.2 billion for affordable housing and tenant assistance but has reduced high-value real estate sales by 31% and housing production by over 9,000 new units through early 2026.
Forgone revenue to Los Angeles a more PR
Rand Report: The Survivor Benefit Plan Optional Child Annuity Repeal (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Survivor Benefit Plan Optional Child Annuity Repeal - A report from Rand - April 28, 2026, (21 pages) - Devon Hill, Samantha Cherney, and Daniel B. Ginsberg
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The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored and -subsidized program available to military retirees that allows them to ensure a continuous lifetime annuity to their spouses or dependents upon their death. The plan is administered by the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) more PR
Rand Report: Updating California's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment and Response Algorithm (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Updating California's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment and Response Algorithm - A report from Rand - June 2, 2026, (28 pages) - Nicole K. Eberhart, Edward L. Machtinger, Ingrid Estrada-Darley, Suzanne Perry, Priya Gandhi, Alejandro Roa Contreras, Ryan K. McBain, and Nadine Burke Harris
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress are major, costly public health issues facing California that significantly impact the health and more PR
Rand Report: Verified Machine Learning Infrastructure (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Verified Machine Learning Infrastructure - A report from Rand - June 4, 2026, (53 pages) - Gopal P. Sarma, Rachel Steratore, Sunny D. Bhatt, Geoffrey Irving
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The rapid advancement of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) systems has created an urgent need to secure the infrastructure on which these systems run. As AI advances, so do its associated threats: Not only could malicious actors target AI infrastructure to steal model weights or disrupt operations, but a misalign more PR
Rand: Will We Know If AI Takes Over? Q&A With Benjamin Boudreaux (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, June 11 -- Rand issued the following Q&A on June 10, 2026, involving Benjamin Boudreaux, policy researcher and a professor of policy analysis at the Rand School of Public Policy:
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Will We Know if AI Takes Over? Q&A with Benjamin Boudreaux
Benjamin Boudreaux could feel something slipping in this age of AI. What happens, he wondered, if we off-load our ability to make decisions, to shape the future, to machines? How will we know if we start to lose part of what makes us human, our agency?
Boudreaux is a policy r more PR
Randy Villegas Added to DCCC's Coveted 'Red to Blue' Program (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Randy Villegas Added to DCCC's Coveted 'Red to Blue' Program
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Today, the DCCC announced that Randy Villegas has been added to the committee's highly competitive 'Red to Blue' program, signaling that the DCCC is invested in providing Villegas, a top-tier candidate, with the support needed to continue building a winning campaign as he runs for California's 22nd more PR
Randy Villegas es incorporado al codiciado programa Rojo a Azul del DCCC (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Randy Villegas es incorporado al codiciado programa Rojo a Azul del DCCC
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Hoy, el DCCC anuncio que Randy Villegas ha sido incorporado al altamente competitivo programa Rojo a Azul del comite. Esto senala que el DCCC se compromete a brindar a Villegas, un candidato de primer nivel, el apoyo necesario para seguir construyen more PR
Ready to Join? Netflix Fan Club Arrives at Cannes Lions (10)
LOS GATOS, California, June 11 -- Netflix, a content provider, issued the following statement on June 10, 2026:
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Ready to Join? The Netflix Fan Club Arrives at Cannes Lions
Netflix returns to the JW Marriott rooftop at Cannes Lions, inviting attendees and partners to step into the ultimate fan experience. Netflix members are known to be the ultimate fans, obsessed with their favorite shows, movies and live events, and we're bringing that energy to Cannes. This year, 'Netflix Fan Club' lands on the Croisette, an interactive experiential more PR
Reno nurses to hold picket at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (10)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 10 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Registered nurses at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (SMRMC) in Reno, Nev., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, June 11, to protest the hospital administration's anti-union tactics and refusal to bargain a fair contract, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU).
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Rep. Juan Vargas Votes Against $70 Billion Blank Check to ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Juan Vargas Votes Against $70 Billion Blank Check to ICE
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WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) voted against a Republican budget bill that gives another $70 billion to ICE. This funding is on top of the $170 billion for ICE that was included in their Big Ugly Bill.
"Trump's ICE agents have terrorized our communities. They have beaten, brutalized, and even murdered innocent people. Instead of demanding accountabilit more PR
Rep. Juan Vargas, Senator Alex Padilla Introduce Bill to Rename San Diego Post Office After Late Latino Civil Rights Activist Armando Rodriguez (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Juan Vargas, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Juan Vargas, Senator Alex Padilla Introduce Bill to Rename San Diego Post Office After Late Latino Civil Rights Activist Armando Rodriguez
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WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Representative Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced a bicameral bill to rename a San Diego post office after the late Mexican-American civil rights advocate Armando Rodriguez. The "Armando Rodriguez Post Office" would be located at 2777 Logan Avenu more PR
Rep. Norma Torres Introduces Amendment to Protect Americans' First Amendment Rights and Privacy (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Norma Torres Introduces Amendment to Protect Americans' First Amendment Rights and Privacy
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced a series of amendments to the fiscal year 2027 Homeland Security Appropriations bill aimed at protecting Americans' constitutional rights, strengthening congressional oversight, and prioritizing community safety over mass depor more PR
Report - Clean Power Maintains Strong Lead, Faces Challenges Due to Administration Policy Reversals and Barriers (10)
NEW YORK, June 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release with Atlas Public Policy:
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Report: Clean Power Maintains Strong Lead, Faces Challenges Due to Administration Policy Reversals and Barriers
More than 8 GW of clean power projects were canceled in Q1 2026 despite growing electricity demand and $377 billion in planned clean energy investments
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Environmental Defense Fund and Atlas Public Policy today released a new report, The State of Clean Power in Q1 2026, finding that clean power is poised more PR
Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Steve Hilton's Advancement to General Election for California Governor (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release:
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Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Steve Hilton's Advancement to General Election for California Governor
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Washington, DC - Republican Steve Hilton has officially advanced to the November ballot in California's gubernatorial election, setting up a general election that will determine whether California continu more PR
Reps. Bera, Kelly, DelBene, and Joyce Celebrate Milestone for Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Ami Bera, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Reps. Bera, Kelly, DelBene, and Joyce Celebrate Milestone for Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), leaders of H.R. 3514, the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, (link is external) released a joint statement after the legislation reached a significant milestone this week of 290 House cospon more PR
Reps. Khanna, Moolenaar Press Commerce Department to Maintain Strong Enforcement of U.S. Trade Laws (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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Khanna, Moolenaar Press Commerce Department to Maintain Strong Enforcement of U.S. Trade Laws
Today, Ranking Member Ro Khanna and Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a bipartisan letter to Commerce Secr more PR
Reps. Waters, Raskin Issue Letter to Charles Schwab Corp., Fidelity Investments, Vanguard Group (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSletter) -- Reps. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, and Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following letter to Charles Schwab Corp., Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group:
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June 9, 2026
Ms. Abigail P. Johnson
Chairman and Chief Executive Office
Fidelity Investments
245 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
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Mr. Salim Ramji
Chief Executive Officer
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
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Ropes & Gray Ranks Band 1 in Chambers USA Across 8 Asset Management Categories for 2nd Year (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Ropes & Gray Ranks Band 1 in Chambers USA Across 8 Asset Management Categories for 2nd Year
Ropes & Gray is pleased to announce the continued recognition of its asset management practice in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA. We once again earned Band 1 rankings in six key nationwide asset management categories--the only firm to do so:
* Hedge Funds
* Investment Funds: Investor Representation
* Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
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Schwab Charitable Urges IRS to Avoid Additional Regulations on Donor Advised Funds (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Schwab Charitable, a public charity based in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service regarding Notice 2017-73. The letter addresses regulatory considerations involving excise taxes related to donor advised funds (DAFs). Schwab Charitable, which has administered DAFs for nearly two decades and facilitated billions in charitable grants, emphasizes that additional regulatory burdens on DAFs, sponsoring organizations, or donor-advisors are unnecessary and could impede c more ST
Schwab Charitable Urges IRS to Maintain Current Donor Advised Fund Regulations (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Schwab Charitable, a San Francisco California based tax-exempt public charity specializing in donor advised funds (DAFs), submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service regarding Notice 2017-73. The notice seeks input on potential regulatory changes affecting excise taxes and oversight in donor advised funds. Schwab Charitable has nearly two decades of experience administering DAFs and expressed strong opposition to additional regulatory burdens that could hinder philanthropic efficiency.
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SEMI Urges Treasury and IRS to Expand Semiconductor Investment Credit Eligibility (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- SEMI, based in Milpitas, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service urging a revision of the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (AMIC) regulations under Section 48D of the Internal Revenue Code. The letter responds to Notice 2026-23, inviting recommendations on the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan, and calls for expanding AMIC eligibility to include semiconductor materials manufacturers and research and design companies currently excluded by more ST
Sen. Schiff Leads Launch of Inquiry into Administration's Corrupt Redirecting of Taxpayer Dollars for National Parks to Pay for Trump's Vanity Projects (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Sen. Schiff Leads Launch of Inquiry into Administration's Corrupt Redirecting of Taxpayer Dollars for National Parks to Pay for Trump's Vanity Projects
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Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is leading his colleagues in launching an inquiry into the Trump administration redirecting tens of millions of dollars from fees paid to the National Park Services (NPS) to fund President Donald Trump's vanity projects in Washington, more PR
Senator Welch Secures Commitment from Secretary Rollins on Deployment of More Than $30 Million in Disaster Aid Block Grant Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
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Senator Welch Secures Commitment from Secretary Rollins on Deployment of More Than $30 Million in Disaster Aid Block Grant Funding
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today pressed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins about the Department's progress in delivering over $62 million in disaster aid relief to Vermo more PR
Sens. Durbin, Padilla Issue Letter to President Trump on Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSletter) -- Sens. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Alex Padilla, D-California, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, issued the following letter to President Trump:
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Here is the text of the letter:
June 8, 2026
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Trump:
On May 21, 2026, you issued an Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2 more PR
Sens. Schiff, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Hold Big Oil Accountable, Establish Strict Standards for Offshore Operators (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Sens. Schiff, Padilla Introduce Legislation to Hold Big Oil Accountable, Establish Strict Standards for Offshore Operators
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Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) are introducing legislation to establish strict standards for offshore oil and gas operators and set requirements to hold them responsible for decommissioning and cleanup efforts off our coast - to ensure offshore oil companies that are ope more PR
SFSU Design alumni tapped for creative contributions to FIFA World Cup 26 in the Bay Area (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 10 -- California State University San Francisco State University posted the following news:
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SFSU Design alumni tapped for creative contributions to FIFA World Cup 26 in the Bay Area
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As millions of soccer fans around the globe turn their eyes toward the Bay Area this month for the FIFA World Cup 26, two alumni of San Francisco State University's School of Design are playing roles on the creative side. Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and LeRoid David exemplify how an education at SFSU prepares you for care more PR
SNMMI Announces Mars Shot Research Fund Award Winners (10)
RESTON, Virginia, June 10 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release:
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SNMMI Announces Mars Shot Research Fund Award Winners
More than $500,000 Granted for Infection and Inflammation Research
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The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is pleased to announce the recipients of five Drs. Jane & Abass Alavi Mars Shot Research Awards from SNMMI's 2026 Mars Shot Fund. With a focus on advancing imaging research in infection and inflammation, the awards more PR
SOLO Highlights Need for Clear Standards and Cooperation in AML/CFT Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- SOLO, a financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The letter addresses FinCEN's proposed Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Programs rule, stressing the importance of clear standards, interbank reliance, and information sharing to improve the effectiveness of AML efforts and create a fairer financial system.
SOLO operates a more ST
Sonal N. Mehta Named to Daily Journal's 2026 Top Women Lawyers List (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- WilmerHale, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Sonal N. Mehta Named to Daily Journal's 2026 Top Women Lawyers List
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WilmerHale Partner Sonal N. Mehta has been named to the Daily Journal's 2026 Top Women Lawyers list. The recognition honors leading women attorneys in California whose accomplishments have made a significant impact on the legal profession.
Mehta, partner-in-charge of the Firm's Palo Alto office and vice chair of its Litigation/Controversy Department, is a trial lawye more PR
Splunk Issues Commentary: Defending in the Post-Mythos Era - What Frontier AI Changes for the Security Operations Center (10)
SAN JOSE, California, June 11 -- Splunk, a Cisco company, issued the following commentary on June 10, 2026, by David Dalling, global vice president of global cyber strategy:
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Defending in the post-Mythos Era: What Frontier AI Changes for the Security Operations Center
Key takeaways
1. AI is exposing weaknesses in traditional security operations, making fast validation, prioritization, and action more important than simply finding potential threats.
2. Human expertise remains essential, with AI helping teams investigate, validate, and more PR
Splunk Issues Commentary: What Is Detection Engineering? A Complete Guide to Modern Threat Detection (10)
SAN JOSE, California, June 11 -- Splunk, a Cisco company, issued the following commentary on June 10, 2026, by freelance content writer Blessing Onyegbula:
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What Is Detection Engineering? A Complete Guide to Modern Threat Detection
Key Takeaways
* Detection engineering is the systematic process of designing, building, and tuning the logic used to identify threats by mapping attacker behaviors to specific detection rules.
* The detection engineering lifecycle is a continuous feedback loop involving visibility, threat modeling, Detectio more PR
Stanford Medicine's bold proposal to accelerate cancer innovation and transform care (10)
STANFORD, California, June 9 -- Stanford University School of Medicine posted the following news:
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Stanford Medicine's bold proposal to accelerate cancer innovation and transform care
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Stanford Medicine's long legacy of innovation in the fight against cancer -a disease burden that is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades -is poised to become even more pivotal.
Stanford's bold vision for expanding its commitment to cancer innovation and care with an integrated clinical care and research center in Redwood City will take more PR
Stantec to help drive redevelopment for City of Vallejo (10)
EDMONTON, Alberta, June 10 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Stantec, a design and consulting company, posted the following news:
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Stantec to help drive redevelopment for City of Vallejo
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The City of Vallejo has selected Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) as part of a redevelopment effort for Mare Island.
Formerly the site of the first US Naval base on the West Coast, Mare Island sits nearly 25 miles from San Francisco. It's also the cornerstone of a proposed re more PR
Startup's nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Startup's nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable
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The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data center expansion. Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center electricity is devoted to cooling the chips that run AI models.
That's the pr more PR
Statement by Rep. Panetta on His Vote Against the Republican Reconciliation Bill to Give ICE and CBP $70 Billion (10)
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Statement by Rep. Panetta on His Vote Against the Republican Reconciliation Bill to Give ICE and CBP $70 Billion
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Washington, D.C. - United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on the House passage of a purely partisan Republican reconciliation bill that would give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an additional $70 billion in federal funding.
"Today, I vo more PR
Steptoe Expands FDA Regulatory Bench and West Coast Capabilities With Prominent FDA and Consumer Products Regulatory Partner Natalie Rainer (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Steptoe, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Steptoe Expands FDA Regulatory Bench and West Coast Capabilities with Prominent FDA and Consumer Products Regulatory Partner Natalie Rainer
(San Francisco) - Steptoe LLP is growing its FDA Regulatory Bench and West Coast capability with the addition of partner Natalie Rainer, a highly regarded regulatory litigator with deep experience advising consumer product and food industry clients. She joins the firm's Environment, Food, and Chemicals group in San Franc more PR
Steven Chiu, Prominent California Health Care Regulatory Attorney, Joins Crowell & Moring (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Crowell and Moring, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Steven Chiu, Prominent California Health Care Regulatory Attorney, Joins Crowell & Moring
Los Angeles: Steven Chiu, an experienced and versatile health care regulatory attorney with more than 16 years of experience advising leading health care clients, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Los Angeles, further strengthening the firm's fast-growing and industry-leading Health Care Group.
At Crowell, Chiu will expand the fir more PR
Strategic ETF Partner Hire Strengthens K&L Gates' Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Strategic ETF Partner Hire Strengthens K&L Gates' Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice
San Francisco - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Edward Baer as a partner in its Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. Baer joins the firm's San Francisco office from Ropes & Gray LLP.
Baer brings extensive experience advising exchange-traded funds (ETFs), investment companies, and asset managers on a wide range of complianc more PR
Stripe Advocates for Outcomes-Based AML Reform in Comments to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Stripe, headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rule to modernize Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) programs. The company expressed strong support for the shift to a risk-based, outcomes-focused approach to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance, emphasizing the need to prioritize operational effectiveness over technical checklist adherence.
In its letter, Strip more ST
Stripe Urges Codification of Stablecoin Compliance Exemptions in Treasury Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Stripe, a major provider of internet payment infrastructure headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted public comment letters to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The communications address the joint proposed rule concerning anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), and sanctions compliance program requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) under the GENI more ST
Summer Scholars begin OMRF internships (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 10 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation posted the following news:
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Summer Scholars begin OMRF internships
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Twenty-one students will spend the summer conducting hands-on experiments at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
The students, who arrived June 1, include 15 Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars, three Langston University Biomedical Research Scholars, and three John H. Saxon Service Academy Summer Research Program students.
They will work in OMRF labs that focus in the areas of aging, hea more PR
Surface Transportation Board Issues Decision Involving Channel Pacific Railroad (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36932) entitled "Channel Pacific Railroad - Operation Exemption - In West Sacramento, Yolo County, California":
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Digest:/1 This decision waives the 60-day advance notice requirement and allows Channel Pacific Railroad to operate approximately 2,132 linear feet of track located within a terminal facility in West Sacramento, Yolo County, Cal., on or after June 11, 2026.
On May 12, 2026, Channel Pacific Rai more PR
SwRI demonstrates technologies that allow off-road vehicles to meet proposed emissions standards (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 10 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release:
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SwRI demonstrates technologies that allow off-road vehicles to meet proposed emissions standards
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June 10, 2026 -Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully demonstrated a diesel engine system designed to help off-highway diesel vehicles meet Tier 5 emissions standards proposed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). SwRI-developed hardware modifications and optimized calibration strategies allowed an off more PR
The ASAM Weekly for June 9, 2026 (10)
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release:
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The ASAM Weekly for June 9, 2026
It's been just under a year since the ASAM Weekly rounded out our co-editorial team of four, and it has been less than six months since we announced applications for the next editor in chief, wrapped in acknowledgment for the legacy that came before.
And now that legacy continues:
(drumroll, please)
On behalf of the ASAM Weekly, I am proud to introduce our next edit more PR
The Leader's Floor Lookout: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release:
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The Leader's Floor Lookout: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today:
Safeguarding Taxpayer Dollars in National Emergencies
Every year, the federal government loses hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent and improper payments. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), those losses total between $233 billion and $521 billion annually. Far too often, these har more PR
Thirty years of investing in communities: Alumna Shannon Lawder on language, philanthropy, and following your passion (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, June 10 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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Thirty years of investing in communities: Alumna Shannon Lawder on language, philanthropy, and following your passion
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UC Santa Cruz alumna Shannon Lawder (Kresge '91, Russian studies) is the director of the Civil Society Program at the Mott Foundation. The Mott Foundation has supported communities worldwide for 100 years, and Lawder has been part of that mission for 31 years.
June 10, 2026
By Haneen Zain
Key takeaways
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Through the Years, Courses Reflect Changing Approaches to Environmental Law (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 9 -- Yale Law School posted the following news:
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Through the Years, Courses Reflect Changing Approaches to Environmental Law
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When what became Yale Law School's first environmental clinic launched in 1995, changes to landmark environmental legislation were fresh on people's minds. The Clean Air Act of 1970 had long established some of the earliest tools available to environmental lawyers. Then in 1990, amendments tightened the law to create a new nationwide strategy to the problem of air pollution.
"The more PR
TICAS Statement on FY2027 House Education Funding Proposal (10)
OAKLAND, California, June 10 [Category: Education] -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release:
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TICAS Statement on FY2027 House Education Funding Proposal
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Last night, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its fiscal year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill.
The following statement is attributable to Michele Zampini, Associate Vice President, Federal Policy & Advocacy, at The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS):
"We support more PR
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
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A new kernel, or core program within an operating system, gives researchers a cleaner view of what's happening inside a processor. Called Fractal and developed at MIT, the kernel has already surfaced previously unknown behavior in Apple's M1.
When security researchers want to understand what a modern processor is really doing with the kind of deta more PR
Tokenization Systems: Empirical Study Highlights Importance of Effective Supervisory Control for AML/CFT Officers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Tokenization Systems, based in Los Angeles, California, provided a supplemental public comment to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network regarding the proposed rule on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) programs. The comment focused on Recommendation 4 from their earlier submission, emphasizing the need for the AML/CFT officer to be based in the United States with effective supervisory control over U.S. operations rather than holding a nominal title without real authority.
Tokeniz more ST
Torres Leads Fight to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat and Restore Preschool Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Torres Leads Fight to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat and Restore Preschool Funding
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Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced two critical amendments during the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Full Committee markup.
The amendments pushed back against harmful provisions in the Republican drafted fundi more PR
TRM Labs Highlights AI and Blockchain Advantages in Stablecoin Compliance to FinCEN and OFAC (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- TRM Labs, headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The letter addresses the proposed rule implementing anti-money laundering (AML), combating the financing of terrorism (CFT), and sanctions compliance program requirements for Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers (PPSIs) under the GENIUS Act. TRM Labs, which special more ST
Tropical Depression Cristina: Storm Warning Issued for El Salvador and Guatemala Coast (10)
SANTA BARBARA, California, June 10 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news:
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Tropical Depression Cristina: Storm Warning Issued for El Salvador and Guatemala Coast
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A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Pacific coast of Central America, specifically the border region of El Salvador and Guatemala.
Tropical Depression Cristina is currently stationary approximately 85 miles off the coast of El Salvador. The system is sustaining maximum winds of 35 mph but is forecast to track northwestward toward G more PR
Turtle Island Restoration Network Urges Maintaining Vessel Speed Rules to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a Forest Knolls, California-based environmental nonprofit, submitted a public comment letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advocating for the continued enforcement of vessel speed restrictions to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whales. TIRN emphasized opposition to any efforts to weaken the existing protections aimed at preventing vessel strike injuries that have severely impacted these whales.
TIRN highlighted that North Atl more ST
UC Irvine Launches Nation's First Multischool Depression Research Institute (10)
IRVINE, California, June 10 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release:
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UC Irvine launches nation's first multischool depression research institute
Event brings together leading scholars, clinicians and community leaders to accelerate breakthroughs in prevention and treatment
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UC Irvine marked a major milestone in mental health research on June 9 with the launch of the Noel Drury, M.D. Institute for Translational Depression Discoveries, which university leaders describe as the first institute in more PR
UC Irvine's Oswald Steward is Awarded 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience (10)
IRVINE, California, June 10 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release:
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UC Irvine's Oswald Steward is awarded 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Neurobiologist helped explain how nerve cells communicate and recover from injury
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University of California, Irvine neuroscientist Oswald Steward has been awarded the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, one of the world's most prestigious honors in science, for discoveries that fundamentally changed understanding of how neurons build, strengthen and modify c more PR
UC San Diego Professor Daniel Kane Awarded Godel Prize, Highest Theoretical Computer Science Honor (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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UC San Diego Professor Daniel Kane Awarded Godel Prize, Highest Theoretical Computer Science Honor
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University of California San Diego computer science and mathematics professor Daniel M. Kane has been awarded the 2026 Godel Prize, one of the highest honors in theoretical computer science.
Kane is a professor in both the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and the Depa more PR
UC San Diego's Astronomy Department Celebrates Its First Graduating Class (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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UC San Diego's Astronomy Department Celebrates Its First Graduating Class
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When UC San Diego's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics was launched in 2023, it wanted to capitalize on the rich history of space research and teaching at the university while also rethinking the needs of modern-day students. In fact, one of the motivations in establishing the new department was creating a new undergraduate program that allowed stude more PR
University of Hawaii Manoa: San Andreas Fault Reaches Highest Stress Level in 1,000 Years (10)
MANOA, Hawaii, June 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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San Andreas fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years
Tectonic stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California has now reached, and in some places exceeded, the highest levels seen in the past 1,000 years, according to research led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, has direct implications fo more PR
University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute: Unlocking the Inner Ear - Transforming How Scientists Study Hearing and Balance (10)
MARINA DEL REY, California, June 11 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news:
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Unlocking the Inner Ear: Transforming How Scientists Study Hearing and Balance
A collaboration between USC/ISI, Ostrow School of Dentistry, and the National Institutes of Health is creating the first national database for hearing and balance research.
By Julia Cohen
Hearing loss and balance disorders affect millions, yet scientists know surprisingly l more PR
University of Texas Dallas: Study - It's Never Too Late To Strengthen Cognitive Capacity (10)
RICHARDSON, Texas, June 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news:
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Study: It's Never Too Late To Strengthen Cognitive Capacity
By Stephen Fontenot
A three-year study of brain health and performance by researchers in The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth (CBH) suggests that mental acuity does not inevitably diminish with age, and cognitive abilities can improve at any stage of life.
The study, published online May 2 in the Nature research journal Scientific Reports, relies on da more PR
USU Biochemists Report Further Findings on Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations With CRISPR (10)
LOGAN, Utah, June 10 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
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USU Biochemists Report Further Findings on Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations With CRISPR
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On the heels of breakthrough findings about a lesser-known CRISPR bacterial immune system and its potential for battling cancer, Utah State University biochemists Ryan Jackson and Kadin Crosby report further discoveries about emerging targeted cell-killing technology.
"Our knowledge of CRISPR and its potential for advancing cancer treatments is progressing rapidly," say more PR
Va. A.G. Jones Joins Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 Racing to End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 11 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 10, 2026:
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Attorney General Jay Jones Joins Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 Racing to End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships
Attorney General Jay Jones 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 terminate more PR
Valadao, Costa Recognize Day of Portugal, Camoes, and the Portuguese Communities (10)
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release:
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Valadao, Costa Recognize Day of Portugal, Camoes, and the Portuguese Communities
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WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) joined Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) to reintroduce a resolution officially commemorating June 10th as Day of Portugal, Camoes, and the Portuguese Communities (Dia de Portugal, de Camoes e das Comunidades Portuguesas). This resolution honors the life and legacy of Luis de Camoes, Portugal's most celebrated poe more PR
Venable Once Again Recognized Among the DC Metro Region's Top 25 Corporate Philanthropists (10)
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Venable, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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Venable Once Again Recognized Among the DC Metro Region's Top 25 Corporate Philanthropists
Venable LLP is pleased to announce that it has been honored by the Washington Business Journal at the2026 Corporate Philanthropy Awards for charitable giving in the greater Washington area among large companies. The Washington Business Journal recognized 55 companies across large, mid-sized, and small categories for their contributions to the community.
"We are honored more PR
Visa Supports OCC Interim Final Rule Clarifying National Banks' Powers on Interchange Fees (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Visa, headquartered in San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) expressing strong support for the agency's interim final rule (IFR) that clarifies the powers of national banks and federal savings associations to charge fees, including interchange fees, regardless of whether such fees are established by the bank or a contract with a third party. The letter highlights the importance of the rule in providing clarity amid state legislative attempts more ST
Walmart+ Travel Doubles Down on Member Savings (10)
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, June 11 -- Walmart issued the following news:
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Walmart+ Travel Doubles Down on Member Savings
While summer is the most popular time to travel in the U.S., Walmart+ is making every trip even more rewarding this year for members, whether it's a summer getaway, fall weekend escape, or their next big vacation. Walmart+ members can now earn double the Walmart Cash, now up to 10%, on eligible hotels, car rentals and activities booked through Walmart+ Travel powered by Expedia/1. Members will also continue to earn 2% Wal more PR
WhaleSpotter Advocates for Verified Technology to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- WhaleSpotter Corp of San Francisco, California, submitted a public comment letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. The company emphasized the proven operational use of its thermal-imaging whale detection systems installed on commercial vessels in North Atlantic waters and worldwide. WhaleSpotter highlighted over 47 vessel-years of continuous in-service operation and more than 303,000 doc more ST
What Powered the Earth's Earliest Life? (10)
LA JOLLA, California, June 10 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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What Powered the Earth's Earliest Life?
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Early biological systems likely relied on RNA molecules to copy themselves and drive simple chemical reactions. Any system that could generate guanosine-triphosphate (GTP) -which is necessary for RNA synthesis -from prebiotic chemicals would gain a crucial advantage toward self-replication. Now researchers from the University of California San Diego report a version of an RNA enzyme (riboz more PR
WilmerHale and Civil Rights Coalition Advance Challenge to California's Death Penalty with Supreme Court Show Cause Order (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- WilmerHale, a law firm, issued the following news:
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WilmerHale and Civil Rights Coalition Advance Challenge to California's Death Penalty with Supreme Court Show Cause Order
WilmerHale, alongside a coalition of civil rights organizations, secured a significant procedural victory in a landmark challenge to California's death penalty when the Supreme Court of California issued an order to show cause, moving the case into a new phase of litigation and increasing scrutiny of whether the system more PR
XSOC Advocates for Advanced Cryptographic Compliance Strategies in FinCEN Stablecoin Rulemaking (10)
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- XSOC, a technology firm based in Irvine, California, specializing in transaction authorization and compliance infrastructure, has submitted a public comment letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) regarding the agency's proposed rule on anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance programs for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs). XSOC's submission advocates for regulatory recognition of advanced cryptographic enforcement methods aimed at improving the effectiveness and agility of compliance more ST
Yardi expands payment options for Canadian property managers with new Yardi Payment Processing capabilities (10)
SANTA BARBARA, California, June 10 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release:
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Yardi expands payment options for Canadian property managers with new Yardi Payment Processing capabilities
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Same-day card settlement, pay by link and payment terminals now available to Voyager clients in Canada
TORONTO, ON, June 10, 2026 - Yardi (r) announced today three new Yardi Payment Processing capabilities for all Canadian Vo more PR
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