BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * After AG-Led Action, Shopify Bans E-Cigarette Sales * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today welcomed a decision by the e-commerce platform Shopify to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its platform. The decision is a direct response to a letter sent by AG Campbell and a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York to Shopify in No more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 25 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown blocks Trump administration's election power grab * A U.S. District Court judge today blocked President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that tried to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by 23 attorneys general and one governor and co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown that challenged the administration's attempt to restrict voting to individual more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * Alsobrooks and Merkley: Senate Republicans Vote to Allow Federal Student Loan Costs to Soar Maryland's U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks and Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley slammed Senate Republicans for voting to allow the Trump Administration to cap federal student loans and overhaul the student loan system, driving up costs for students across the nation: "As the first in my family to go to college, I know we need to do al more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 26 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections Attorney General Kris Mayes today secured a victory blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit joined by Mayes and a coalition of 24 states that challenged the Administration's atte more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Back-to-Back Victories for Democracy, Court Blocks President Trump's Second Elections Executive Order * OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, 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 summary judgment and permanently  more PR

ALBANY, New York, June 25 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Leads Coalition Demanding Reversal of Dangerous New ICE Policy * New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reverse a dangerous new policy ending investigations and public reporting of deaths that occur shortly after people are released from ICE custody more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 25 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections * Attorney General Dan Rayfield today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit by Attorney General Rayfield and a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin, Colleagues Demand USPS Abandon Effort to Carry Out Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS) abandon its proposed rule to implement President Trump's unconstitutional executive order to restrict voting by mail. The President's executive order and the USPS's proposed rule are a piece of the President's efforts to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Merkley Lead Colleagues in Push to End CFTC Assault on State Prediction Markets Oversight - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) this week led 15 of their Democratic colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from using federal funding to prevent states and Tribes from enforcing their g more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Blunt Rochester, Wyden, Schumer Lead Legislation To Cap Medicare Costs for Seniors The Medicare Cost Cap Act Will Create a $5,000 Ceiling on Out-of-Pocket Costs for People with Traditional Medicare and Protect Low-Income Seniors - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici Introduces Resolution to Impeach Education Secretary Linda McMahon * WASHINGTON, DC [6/25/26] - Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced a resolution to impeach Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. The resolution outlines how McMahon violated her oath of office, made false and misleading statements to Congress, and violated federal law by illegally transferring the operations of multiple offices and more than 140 progra more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 26 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Meet four students who received Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the U.S. National Science Foundation Story by: Jasmine Vo Four Case Western Reserve University students and five alumni are among those selected nationwide to receive Graduate Research Fellowships from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for the 2026-2027 academic year. In total, 2,500 graduate research fellows were selected from a pool of nearly 14,000 applican more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Foster, Merkley Introduce Bicameral Investor Choice Act * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Investor Choice Act, legislation to prohibit pre-dispute mandatory, or "forced," arbitration agreements and preserve customers' ability to bring or join class action lawsuits in certain financial sectors. "Individuals shouldn't need to surrender their legal rights because they choose to  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation released the following written testimony by Derrick Collins, director of physical infrastructure, United States Government Accountability Office, from a June 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Connecting Rural America to the National Airspace System": * * * Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Carson, and Members of the Subcommittee: I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today on the issues affecting air service to small communities in the United State more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 24 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Attends BIO International Convention to Promote Oregon's Current and Future Strengths in Bioscience Sector * This week, Governor Tina Kotek traveled to San Diego to attend the BIO International Convention (BIO), the world's largest biotechnology gathering, where she spoke on two panels to showcase Oregon's strengths and met with life sciences companies to identify new opportunities for investment, innovation, and job creation.  The more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Newhouse Holds Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee Hearing on National Forest System * Press Release : June 25, 2026 Contact: Juan Ayala, (202) 713-7750 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) held the hearing entitled " Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System."Featuring a panel of stakeholders on various issues before the National  more PR

LA JOLLA, California, June 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news: * * * Immune molecule may drive excessive drinking in alcohol use disorder Scripps Research scientists showed that blocking an immune molecule tied to inflammation reduced alcohol consumption in mice.  - The drugs that keep rheumatoid arthritis in check may one day help people stop drinking. A new Scripps Research study shows that an anti-inflammatory molecule, already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to trea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states. Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are involved in tracking and investigating cases of online child e more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Denounce White House Attempt to Restrict Vote by Mail U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining dozens of his Senate colleagues in raising concerns over an unconstitutional executive order that would restrict mail-in voting. In a letter to the Postmaster General and Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS), the Senators demand that USPS follow existing federal law instead of an executive order signed by Presi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Encourage Methane Removal Following UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' call for an international reduction in methane emissions, Representatives Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Carol Miller (WV-01) introduced the bipartisan Methane Removal and Innovation Act, legislation to accelerate the development of technologies that capture methane directly from the atmosphere and ensure American l more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 26 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control over Elections Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control over Elections - Attorney General Aaron M. Frey secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constituti more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 26 -- Tonkon Torp, a law firm, issued the following news on June 25, 2026: * * * Maureen Bayer to Discuss Water Quality Regulations at Oregon Water Rights Seminar Maureen Bayer is a featured speaker at the upcoming, day-long Oregon Water Rights and Regulation webinar on July 21, 2026. Bayer's presentation will focus on "Complying with Water Quality Regulations" and will feature an overview of Oregon and federal water quality regulations, along with a discussion of issues impacting those required to comply with stormwat more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit joined  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Merkley Asks CBO To Examine the Long-Term Impact Higher than Expected Interest Rates Would Have on the National Debt Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, calls on the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to examine how the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, the Republican signature undertaking that stripped health care and food assist more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Merkley Launches Investigation into Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Surrounding Renovation of the Reflecting Pool Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley-Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee-launched an investigation into the Trump Administration's renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America's 250th anniversary, which has so f more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement on June 24, 2026: * * * Merkley Statement on Trump's Request for Nearly $88 Billion To Fund His Illegal War and Illegal Tariffs Today, President Trump formally requested that Congress spend an additional $88 billion in the form of a supplemental request. The majority of these funds would be spent to cover the costs and replenish wasted ammunitions from Trump's war of choice with Iran while also covering the cost o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce Cannabis Banking Reform * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led a bipartisan group of Senators to reintroduce his legislation that would ensure state-legal cannabis businesses can access traditional and secure banking systems and financial services. Even with the recent federal reclassification of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III at the federal level, the bipartisan Secure more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * MURKOWSKI VOICES SUPPORT FOR INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES NOMINEE MARK CRUZ DURING NOMINATION HEARING U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led a nomination hearing to consider Mr. Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and expressed her intent to suppo more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors issued the following news release: * * * NASCUS Honors Janet Powell's Distinguished Career and Service to the State Credit Union System * The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) recognizes and celebrates the remarkable career of Janet Powell, Chief of Regulation and Supervision-Credit Unions for Oregon's Division of Financial Regulation, as she retires at the end of June 2026 fol more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sentara Healthcare posted the following news: * * * New president of Sentara Health Plans focused on growth and member-driven health care * Michael Cole, the new leader of Sentara Health Plans, believes in learning from the communities that Sentara has the privilege to serve. "Our members are more than numbers," said Cole, who started as executive vice president and president of Sentara Health Plans on June 15. "They are our neighbors, our families, and people who depend on us during s more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 26 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ issues 11 enforcement actions in May for environmental violations The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 11 penalties totaling $540,262 in May for various environmental violations. A detailed list of violations and resulting penalties is at ordeq.org/enforcement. Fines ranged from $6,400 to $260,700. Alleged violations included an individual operating a waste tire storage site without a proper permit; a wastew more PR

SALEM, Oregon, June 24 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Reaches Settlement in Pandemic Lawsuit, Maney v. State of Oregon * Governor Tina Kotek announced today that, in close consultation and coordination with the Oregon Department of Justice, the state has reached a settlement in Maney v. State of Oregon, which includes two class actions regarding Adults in Custody (AICs) at the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) who were exposed to COVID-19 during the global pandemic between 2020 and 2021.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail As President Donald Trump continues to increase costs on working Americans and grows increasingly unpopular, he wants to put new, unprecedented restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming mid-term elections. Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to severely restrict mail-in voting, which he claims -without e more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a June 16, 2026, confirmation hearing for Hal Duncan to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget: * * * Thank you, Chairman Graham. And thank you, Mr. Duncan, for joining us. Today, we will consider your nomination to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. This is a position of immense responsibility. The Deputy Director serves as the Number Two official at OM more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Lujan Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports. In 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Census Bureau developed this comprehen more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * SHOPIFY BANS ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the city of New York, 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 20 more PR

NEW YORK, June 26 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Skanska breaks ground on University of Oregon behavioral health facility, one of the nation's largest all-mass-timber healthcare projects Mass timber project will create a first-of-its-kind hub for child behavioral health education, research and workforce development - PORTLAND, OR - Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, broke ground on the University of Oregon's Ballmer Institute for Childr more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 26 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on June 25, 2026: * * * Hygrade Components Expands in Maury County * Metal fabricator to create more than 30 new jobs, invest over $1.6M in Mount Pleasant * Announcement marks over 30 years of business in Tennessee - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Deputy Gov. and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Hygrade Components CEO Randall D. Gottlieb announced today the company will ex more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: * * * VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025 * The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal year 2025 as part of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act. President Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018 after it passed Congress with widespread bipartisan support. The law created a benefit that lets eligible V more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 26 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections Attorney General Jay Jones today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit joined by Attorney Ge more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Reed Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail Democrats declare Trump's Postmaster General mail ballots threat to be blatantly illegal - As President Donald Trump continues to increase costs on working Americans and grows increasingly unpopular, he wants to put new, unprecedented restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming mid-term elections. Earlier this year, President more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Wyden Launches Inquiry Into Trump-Connected Blank Check Company Planning Venezuela Investments Yorkville International Capital Raised $200M for Investments in Venezuela, Latin America; Yorkville's Parent Company Has Multi-Billion-Dollar Financial Relationship With Trump Family - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., launched an inquiry today into a blank-check compan more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026: * * * Wyden Sounds Alarm on Trump Scheme to Deport Hundreds of Children, Endangering Their Safety and Legal Protections Finance Ranking Member Calls for Suspension of the Planned Removal and Disclosure of Operational Details and Legal Justification - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Trump administration to halt an attempt to remove hundreds of chil more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Support Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues to introduce legislation that would provide funding to states and other eligible entities that supports direct care workers and family caregivers who provide essential daily care and support for many older adults and people with disabilities. "One of the top concerns I he more PR