TRENTON, New Jersey, June 16 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on June 15, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Announces New Jersey Has Joined $36.5 Million Settlement With CVS Pharmacy Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced that New Jersey joined a bipartisan coalition of 36 other attorneys general and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in securing $36.5 million from CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) for fraudulently overbil more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 13 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following executive order (No. 26-02): * * * By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawaii, in order to elevate the wellness and resilience of our people, I, JOSH GREEN, M.D., Governor of the State of Hawaii, hereby declare and order as follows: WHEREAS, Article V, Section 6of the Hawaii Constitution provides that every principal department shall be under the supervision of the governor"; and WHEREAS, Hawaii has established important emiss more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General issued the following news release on June 15, 2026: * * * DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES ROBERT CHAPMAN IN SECOND ESTATE FRAUD CASE The Department of the Attorney General has filed additional felony charges against Robert Chapman in a second estate-related fraud case, alleging he used forged documents to unlawfully obtain approximately $40,000 from a deceased individual's estate. Chapman is charged with Theft in the First Degree and Forgery in the Second  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 (TNSrep) -- The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism issued the following news release: * * * DBEDT Projects 1.6 Percent Growth for 2026 The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released its second quarter of 2026 Statistical and Economic Report today. In 2025 Hawaii's economy grew at a robust 2.5 percent, exceeding the overall U.S. growth rate of 2.1 percent. Moving forward DBEDT projects Hawaii's economic growth to moderate, with an estimated 1.6 percent incre more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: * * * DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT NARA ORGANICS INFANT FORMULA DUE TO POTENTIAL CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM CONTAMINATION The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Nara Organics for all lots of its Nara Organics Powdered Infant Formula products due to potential contamination of Clostridium botulinum. The products were distributed nationwide, including direct-to-consumer sales from the Nara more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release on June 15, 2026: * * * HAWAI'I STATE HOSPITAL DECOMPRESSION EFFORTS ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL CIVIL COMMITMENTS The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) announced today that due to decompression efforts, the Hawai'i State Hospital (HSH) has admitted the most civil commitments in more than 10 years, allowing the hospital to serve its community purpose of caring for civilly committed individuals. As admissions of justice-involved individuals - those admit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- No Labels, a political organization that advocates for centrism and bipartisanship, issued the following commentary on June 15, 2026, by senior policy analyst Peyton Lofton: * * * Locked Out of Democracy With fewer competitive House races and a new redistricting arms race underway, voters need more choices - not fewer. - According to the Cook Political Report, only 35 of this year's 435 House races are considered competitive. In the other 400, the general election is merely a formality. These 92% of districts are so  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Rare, deep-sea goblin shark observed in natural habitat The first published live observations (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.70505) of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep ocean habitat were reported by a University of Hawai'i at Manoa-led team of oceanographers. In the past, goblin sharks were only filmed and reported alive after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surfac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Duckworth, Blumenthal Press Trump on Republicans' Threats to Social Security's Future New Trustees Report reveals Trump's policies accelerate Social Security Trust Fund insolvency as top Republicans threaten Social Security benefit cuts - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) pressed President Donald Trump on Republican threats to Social Security after a new Trustees more PR