BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG's Office Secures Indictments Against Milford Construction Company Owner for Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud and Larceny * BOSTON -The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that Edwin Santiago Bueno, 40, of Milford, was indicted by a Worcester Grand Jury on four counts of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud and one count of Larceny Over $1,200 in relation to a workers' compensation i more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 22, 2026, by Andrew Gins and Daniel Lee: * * * Private Deposit Insurance Can Help Challenge Federal Deposit Insurance Monopoly Federal deposit insurance operates as a monopoly. The U.S. financial system has guaranteed deposits at banks since 1934. This system was supposed to prevent bank runs by instilling confidence in depositors, assuring them that their money would be safe in the event of a bank failure. The downside of this policy is that it essential more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Assumption University issued the following news: * * * Assumption University Board Elects New Chair and Trustees * At its annual meeting in May, Assumption University's Board of Trustees elected new leadership and members. Effective June 1, 2026 Andrew S. Viens '94 will serve as chair. Outgoing chair Candace Race '78 will continue to serve on the board as a trustee, as she has since 2002. "After three years as chair, and with Assumption operating in a position of strength, it felt like the right time t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * At Hearing, Warren Slams Trump's Failed Economic Agenda, Urges Congress to Continue Addressing American Affordability Crisis Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Committee hearing on affordability about the impact of Trump's tariffs o more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Federal Partners in National Health Care Fraud Takedown 2026 * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the California Department of Justice's (California DOJ) participation in the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a coordinated law enforcement operation that resulted in criminal charges against 455 defendants nationwide with over $6.5 billion in intended losses. Working along more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Increased Oil and Gas Development on Alaska's Coastal Plain * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 13 other attorneys general in filing amicus briefs supporting three lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's decision to authorize an oil and gas program that would maximize development of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. In th more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Major Victory, Court Strikes Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order * OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the coalition's motion for a permanent injunction and blocked key provisions of Executive Order No. 14248 from takin more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales, Following Call for Action * OAKLAND -Co-leading a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the City of New York today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The decision is a direct response to the coalition's November 2025 call  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Secures Major Victory, Court Strikes Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order * Attorney General Charity Clark and a coalition of 18 other attorneys general today announced a victory after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the coalition's motion for a permanent injunction and blocked key provisions of Executive Order No. 14248 from taking effect. Issued by President T more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 24 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stops Federal Elections Overreach * June 24, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after a federal judge ruled that the administration's executive order asserting federal control over elections is unlawful: "Generations of Americans fought tirelessly for the right to vote, and we honor their legacy by protecting that right against anyone who tries to more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES COURT REVIEW OF MANUFACTURED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, CORRUPT USE OF LEGAL SYSTEM IN TRUMP v. IRS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to carefully scrutinize the parties' conduct and claimed settlement agreement in Trump v. IRS. In the brief, Raoul and the co more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Condemns Unprecedented Misuse of Legal System in Trump v. IRS * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to scrutinize the parties' conduct and purported "settlement" agreement in Trump v. IRS. In January 2026, President Trump, his family, a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Welcomes Shopify Ban on All E-Cigarette Sales Following Call for Action * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -As part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York, Attorney General William Tong today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The decision is a direct response to the coalition's Nove more PR

ORANGE, Connecticut, June 25 -- Avangrid, an energy company, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * Avangrid to Build Battery Storage Project in Oregon, Invest in Local Childcare and Early Learning Shutler Energy Storage, a 41 MW/82 MWh battery storage project, will be located in Gilliam County, Oregon and support reliability across Avangrid's Pacific Northwest operations Avangrid will make annual donations totaling $110,000 to two Gilliam County nonprofit organizations supporting childhood education - GILLIAM COUNTY, more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 25 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * Bank of America Celebrates America 250 by Giving Customers Free Access to 250 Museums and Support for Cultural Programs Nationwide During July 4th weekend, BofA cardholders will receive free admission to 250 nonprofit cultural institutions nationwide through Museums on Us(r) Key points * During July 4 th weekend, BofA cardholders will have free access to 250 cultural institutions throu more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, June 24 -- The University of Rochester posted the following news: * * * Board elects new members at May meeting * In addition, two dedicated board members have been recognized for their contributions. At its May meeting, the University of Rochester Board of Trustees elected five new board members and recognized two members for becoming trustees emeriti. New trustees Patrick Cunningham Patrick Cunningham is the retired chief executive officer of investment advisory firm Manning & Napier, Inc. In 2022, he came ou more PR

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: * * * Col. Wuertz assumes leadership of ESG * HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Col. Mark Wuertz assumed leadership of the Ground-Based Air Defense Sensors Division during a change of leadership ceremony here, June 11.  The position marks a return to familiar territory for Wuertz, who served in the organization, then known as the Theater Battle Control Division, as materiel leader of Long-Range Radar Programs from July 2023 to July 20 more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Computer model could enable bridges and buildings that use less material * In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7 percent of total carbon emissions. But how many of those materials were truly necessary to build houses, buildings, and bridges? A technique called topology optimization can design structures that reduce the amount of material used, in some cases by as much as 90 percent, which more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 [Category: BizConsulting] (TNSrpt) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * CPG and Retail Leaders Are Bullish on AI, yet Most Haven't Scaled It Where It Matters Most * Report from BCG and The Consumer Goods Forum Finds Roughly 75% of CPG Companies Remain in Pilot Mode * 45% of Retailers Are Scaling AI, While a Similar Number Have Barely Begun * More Than Half of Surveyed Companies Do Not Formally Measure AI ROI * Leaders Are Pulling Ahead by Co more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber Uses AI to Design Proteins That Could Make Cancer Drugs Safer and More Precise * RESEARCH SUMMARY Study Title : Zero-shot design of drug-binding proteins via neural iterative selection-expansion Publication : Nature Dana-Farber Cancer Institute authors : Benjamin Fry; Kaia Slaw; Nicholas Polizzi, PhD Summary: A Dana-Farber Cancer Institute team led by Nicholas Polizzi, PhD, has developed a more PR

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * EBC Ascending Professionals Committee Announces New Vice Chair The EBC is pleased to announce that Todd Amaral, Associate with EBC Member Adler Pollock & Sheehan, P.C., is now a Vice Chair of the EBC Ascending Professionals Committee. Please join EBC in welcoming Todd to this position. Todd joins the current Committee Chair of the EBC Ascending Professionals Committee, Becky Raymond of Sage Environmental, Inc., A Terracon  more PR

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: * * * EBC Energy Resources Committee Announces New Leadership Team Member The EBC Energy Resources Committee is excited to announce that Caroline Santangelo, Associate with EBC Member Stantec has joined the Leadership Team. The members of the EBC Energy Resources Committee Leadership Team meet routinely with the chairs and vice chairs to identify topics for future EBC programs. As part of their responsibility, members of the lea more PR

ORANGE, California, June 25 -- Chapman University issued the following news: * * * Experienced Administrator and Student Affairs Leader Genia Herndon Named Chapman's Next Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Chapman announced that it has selected Genia Herndon, Ed.D., as its next Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, effective July 31. After a comprehensive national search, Herndon emerged as the ideal choice to lead the next chapter of Student Affairs' success and continue Chapman's momentum with student success at the forefront.  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Goodwin Advises Ollin Biosciences on Oversubscribed $330 Million Series B Financing * The Life Sciences team advised Ollin Biosciences, Inc., (Ollin) on an oversubscribed $330 million Series B financing. The financing round was co-led by new investor TCGX and founding investor ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from a syndicate of leading healthcare-focused crossover investors, sovereign wealth funds and other inst more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Applauds Senate Passage of Glioblastoma Awareness Day Resolution * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today applauded the passage of his Senate Resolution designating July 15, 2026 as Glioblastoma Awareness Day. "Glioblastoma is an aggressive brain cancer, and I have seen three members of the Senate family, Ted Kennedy, Senator Barrasso's wife, Bobbi, and my dearest friend John McCain, lose their battle to more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Harvard Medical School's MEDscience Inspires Next Generation of STEM Leaders * The 22-year-old college student was in severe stomach pain and struggling to stay awake. Her care team quickly assessed her, took her medical history, and explained that they could not administer anything for her escalating pain until proper testing was complete. While scenes like this play out every day in emergency rooms, and on popular medical dramas like "The Pitt," thi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 25 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ WELCOMES SHOPIFY BAN ON ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION As part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York, Attorney General Lopez today welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The decision is a direct response to the coalition's November 2025 call for stro more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Health and Fitness Association (formerly the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association) issued the following news release: * * * Health & Fitness Association Expands Presence Across Asia With Presentations at Major Industry Events Interim President and CEO Greta Wagner and APAC Director Sean Tan to represent HFA at SPORTEC Thailand, SPORTEC Japan, and ChinaFit-HFA Management Forum. - Washington, DC - The Health & Fitness Association (HFA) will strengthen its engagement across the Asia-Pac more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Humane World Action Fund (formerly the Humane Society Legislative Fund) issued the following statement on June 23, 2026: * * * STATEMENT: Senate Farm Bill excludes Save Our Bacon Act, a reckless attempt to overturn state-level farm animal welfare laws Humane World Action Fund says the Senate Agriculture Committee draft rejects the Big Pork 'sob story' to instead focus on agricultural priorities - Humane World Action Fund, formerly called Humane Society Legislative Fund, issued the following statement on the release o more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Illegal Alien from India Pleads Guilty to Visa Fraud Conspiracy * BOSTON - An Indian national unlawfully residing in Worcester, Mass., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to conduct staged armed robberies of convenience stores for the purpose of allowing store clerks to falsely claim they were crime victims on immigration applications. Mitul Patel, 40, plea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, Menendez Introduce Bill to Eliminate Xenophobic Barriers to Healthcare, Nutrition Assistance, and Other Support Programs for Lawful Immigrants * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Rob Menendez (NJ-08) led 99 lawmakers today in introducing the Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration (LIFT the BAR) Act, which would remove unnecessary barriers and restore eligibility to federal public benef more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Jeremy Liabo Speaks to Bloomberg Law on Prediction Markets Regulation Asset management partner Jeremy Liabo was quoted in a recent Bloomberg Law article on the SEC's emerging role in regulating the rapidly growing prediction markets industry. Jeremy commented on the SEC and CFTC's joint request for public comment on the definitions of certain swaps and derivatives products, a move that could open prediction markets to oversight by both agencies. H more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * MA Senate Releases Energy Affordability Bill The Senate's bill is a far stronger approach on proposals than the bill advanced by the House earlier this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Lawmakers in the Massachusetts Senate have released their version of an energy affordability bill, offering a far stronger approach on proposals than the bill advanced by the House earlier this year. The Senate bill preserves Mass Save, the state's critica more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Company Sentenced for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Worker's Death * BOSTON - John Oliveira & Sons Stamp Concrete, Inc., a corporation doing business in East Freetown, Mass., was sentenced in federal court in Boston for willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards in a 2023 incident that led to a worker's death. John Oliveira & Sons Stamp Co more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council Awards $52 Million in Tax Credits to Businesses to Create, Retain Jobs * Boston -The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) approved 11 projects for participation in the Economic Development Incentive Program (EDIP) at the June meetings of the EACC. EDIP is a program administered by the Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD) that seeks to cre more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: * * * MassMutual Ranked Among Top 10 on the 2026 Evident AI Index for Insurance Company recognized as top-ranked mutual life insurer in the Index - MassMutual announced that it ranked 10th overall on the 2026 Evident AI Index for Insurance, the most comprehensive independent benchmark of AI maturity in the insurance sector. The company was also recognized as the top-ranked mutual life insurer in the Index and was ranked within  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Characterizing Earth's damping mechanisms Fourth-year PhD candidate Perrin Davidson studies the carbon cycle to understand how the planet responds to global disturbances. - Perrin Davidson is a scientist, a bluegrass banjo player, and -at his core -a builder. He spent his youth roaming around his family's farm just outside of Freeport, Maine, a small coastal community near Portland. Although the town is close enough to the cit more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 23 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Nanoparticles sneak antibodies into cells to inhibit cancer, inflammation * A delivery system that uses lipid nanoparticles to sneak proteins into cells can accomplish the same feat with smuggling therapeutic antibodies, new research has found. The platform, reported June 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was demonstrated to inhibit cancer cells, lung inflammation and Parkinson's disease. The lead author is Azmain Alamgir, Ph.D. '24,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Option Care to Pay $50,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit * Settles federal suit charging that provider of infusion therapy services failed to accommodate pregnant nurse NEW YORK -Option Care Enterprises, Inc., a Bannockburn, Illinois-based chain of infusion therapy services providers across the nation, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employme more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * PhD Student Awarded Fellowship to Advance Environmental Justice in Jails and Prisons *. Zanyah Williams on Talbot Green. Photo: Megan Jones health equity As the recipient of Innovate@BU's 2026 Enlight Fellowship, Zanyah Williams, a PhD student in environmental health, will receive $10,000 to intern at the Chelsea, Mass. nonprofit Roca while developing her own social venture to address environmental health hazards in carceral more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Highlights Historic Housing Package Passed by Congress, Calls Out Trump for Refusing to Sign It into Law * " Instead of our celebrating the ROAD to Housing, we are on a road to voter suppression. Instead of our celebrating the ROAD to Housing, many people in this country will be on a road to struggle, compounded struggle." Pressley-Led Bills Would Address Bias in Home Appraisals, Expand Affordable Housing, Strengthen Oversight of Corpor more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news on June 24, 2026: * * * Pressley Issues Call to Action on Fourth Anniversary of Devasting Supreme Court Dobbs Decision, Engages & Uplifts Families Harmed by Republicans Denial of Life-Saving Abortion Care At 10:30AM, Pressley To Lead Press Conference with House Democratic Leadership, Reaffirm Need for Action & Commitment to Abortion Justice - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, marks the somber four more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news on June 24, 2026: * * * Pressley Makes Plain the Traumatic, Generational Harm of Republicans' Denying Abortion Care, Offers Vision for True Reproductive Justice On Fourth Anniversary of Devastating Dobbs Decision, Pressley Issues Call to Action, Uplifts Families Impacted by Republicans Denying Abortion Care - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led a press conference with House Democratic Leadership to mark the fourth anniversary of the devast more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Q&A: What Investors Need to Know About Landscape Initiatives * Ceres recently released a new report " Working Across Landscapes: An Investor Guide to Managing Nature Risk at Scale " The report makes the business case for corporate participation in landscape initiatives to mana more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Fitzgerald Chairs Hearing on How Government Regulation Harms Airline Competition and Consumer Costs * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), who serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, held a hearing entitled, "The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry." Rep. Fitzgerald issued the following statement ab more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Advised on $2.5 Billion Agility Robotics De-SPAC Transaction Ropes & Gray represented the PIPE placement agents and capital markets advisor to Churchill Capital Corp XI (NASDAQ: CCXI) in connection with the announced business combination between Churchill XI and Agility Robotics, Inc., a humanoid robotics and physical AI company. The transaction was announced on June 24. The business combination values Agility at a pre-money equity va more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Scheduling Surgeons: UMass Amherst Researchers Identify Factors That Could Influence Hospital Efficiency Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have analyzed nearly 86,500 surgeries at Baystate Medical Center to identify the top factors that influence inefficiencies in surgeon schedules. Having an efficiently organized surgical schedule has the potential to lower costs and reduce surgeon burnout, which would also improve patien more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2026: * * * Warren Releases New Report: American National Security for Sale Report reveals how UAE officials and entities invested hundreds of millions in Trump family crypto ventures and received at least 10 policy actions in return - including access to advanced U.S. AI chips - Today, the Minority Staff of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Aff more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2026: * * * Warren Delivers Remarks Ahead of Senate Passage of Biggest Housing Bill in Over 30 Years Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the final Senate vote on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the biggest housing bill in over 30 years. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sens. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, and Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, chairman and ranking member, of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on June 22, 2026: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren Statement on Senate Passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Committee, released the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member and chairman, of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on June 22, 2026: * * * Warren, Scott Statement on Senate Passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Chairman of the Committee, released the following statement aft more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to Over Nine Years in Prison for Robbing Weymouth Bank at Gunpoint * BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for the December 2024 armed robbery of a Santander Bank in Weymouth. Glenn Legere, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick to 110 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In December 2 more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 23 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Institute of Food Technologists posted the following news release: * * * Student Food Scientists Create the Healthy Snacks of Tomorrow, To Compete for Grand Prize at IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo * CHICAGO - June 23, 2026 - The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is proud to announce the finalists for the IFTSA Smart Snacks for Kids Competition, which challenges students more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * The US Senate Should Reject Farm Bill's Stale Food and Agricultural Policies * "This proposal fails the basic test of a modern farm bill: whether it helps farmers and communities become less vulnerable to the crises they are facing," said Dr. Kate Anderson, director of the Food and Environment program at UCS. "Farmers are grappling with a fertilizer and fuel crisis and increasingly extreme weather spurred b more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Trump Buys Back Four More Offshore Wind Leases * Key Takeaways 1 The Trump administration is completing its third deal on offshore wind leases sold during the Biden administration, when lucrative subsidies were available to developers. 2 The administration will return $765 million to energy developer Invenergy, somewhat less than the cost of its four wind leases, to terminate them off the coasts of New York, California, and  more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Selected for National Interfaith America Cohort to Advance Pluralism and Combat Campus Bigotry * UMass Amherst has been selected to participate in the 2026-27 Prejudice to Pluralism Campus Cohort (link is external), a national initiative led by Interfaith America (link is external) that supports colleges and universities in addressing antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of prejudice through a pluralism-centered framework more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan research of digital tools show promise in supporting infant feeding, sleep By Hayley Mignacca Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School are studying whether digital tools for infant feeding, sleep and other early parenting challenges can improve health outcomes and expand access to support for families. Among them is Nisha Fahey, DO, MSc'21, assistant professor of pediatrics, principal investigator on research more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * US Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability to Terrorism Exacerbated by Sweeping Proposed Changes * WASHINGTON (June 23, 2026)-The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) unveiled a major proposed change today to its security regulations that would allow owners of U.S. nuclear power plants to dramatically weaken the measures that protect their facilities from terrorist attacks. If adopted, this 250-page plan would mak more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Calls on Congress and Antitrust Enforcers to Take on Corporate Power at Open Markets Conference Warren calls out both Democrats and Republicans for nominating judges that don't follow antitrust laws Warren pushes antitrust tools to tackle new challenges, including AI - At the Open Markets Institute's 2026 conference on "The New American Revolution," U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke on the growing momentum for antit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hirono, Schumer, Colleagues Blast Trump, RFK Jr. For Steering Pregnant Women to Misleading Anti-Abortion Website * The government website directs women to Option Line, a finder tool for unregulated, often nonmedical anti-abortion facilities that has exposed the sensitive data of pregnant women. "Moms.gov is not about promoting women's health-it is an attempt to use HHS resources to further strip women of their rights and privacy more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * What happens when environmental change outpaces life's ability to adapt? * When an animal's environment changes faster than the animal can adapt, its chances of survival can flat-line. The same is true for populations, and even entire species. Now, scientists at MIT and the University of Leicester have found that this connection between evolutionary adaptation and the pace of environmental change holds up at the global scale as  more PR