NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: * * * AFBF, NFU Call on USDA to Preserve Protection for Farmers American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and National Farmers Union President Rob Larew issued a joint statement today on reports that USDA plans to rescind rules that protect farmers under the Packers and Stockyards Act. "America's farmers are deeply troubled by news that USDA plans to rescind or continue to delay several rules that are specifically designed to more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Announces $36.5 Million Multistate Settlement with CVS for Allegedly Over-Dispensing Insulin Pens * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in collaboration with the U.S Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of 35 other state attorneys general, today announced a $36.5 million multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) to resolve allegations that the company knowingly more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would make it harder for scammers to make robocalls from legitimate telephone numbers by cutting off scammers' access to those telephone numbers. The Anti-Robocall Multis more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: ** * Attorney General James Secures $45 Million from Block for Enabling Fraud and Misleading Cash App Users New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 45 other attorneys general today secured $45 million from Block, Inc. (Block), the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, for misleading its users and failing to protect them from scams and fraud. Attorney General James and the coalition alle more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls * July 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocalls alling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocal more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Pushing Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * RALEIGH-When a robocall scammer wants to call you, he doesn't need to do it from a fake number. The first thing he does is buy a long list of real phone numbers, then he cycles through them so fast that spam filters can't keep up. By the time one number gets flagged, he's moved on to the next.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Ro more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * C1 neurons identified as a driver of prolonged fear and anxiety * Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how these regions connect has been poorly understood. By exploring these connections, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital revealed that epinephrine-producing C1 neurons in mice are modulators of fear and anxiety. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on July 8, 2026, by investigative researcher Parker Thayer: * * * The Charitable Back Door Federal law bans foreign money from our elections -- so why is a Swiss billionaire bankrolling America's voter-registration machine? - Federal law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to political action committees (PACs). This makes sense because it prevents foreign nationals from influencing American politics. Federal law does not prohibit foreign nationals from  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Announces FEMA Funding of $125,791 to Tipton County for Road and Embankment Repairs * Following damage from April 2025 storms WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced Tipton County will receive funding of $125,791 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair roads and embankments damaged in the straight-line winds and tornadoes of April 2025. The figure represents 75 percent of the total of co more PR

LANSING, Michigan, July 9 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Whitmer Announces Michigan Ranked #6 in Best States for Doing Business * July 9, 2026 Contact: press@michigan.gov Michigan jumps from 24th in 2019 to 6th in 2026 under Governor Whitmer's leadership, beating Florida, Georgia, and Indiana LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated Michigan's No. 6 ranking from CNBC's America's Top States for Business, earning a Top 10 ranking for a fifth time under Governor Whi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Harshbarger Introduces Bill to Refocus Nuclear Safety Reviews on Advanced Reactors * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today introduced the Nuclear Advisory Committee Reform Act, legislation to realign the role of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) in nuclear licensing toward applications that carry real safety significance rather than applying uniformly to every application. Rep. Craig Goldman (R-TX)  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Hirshhorn Museum Partners with Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program "50 for 50" Will Place American Art from the Hirshhorn Collection in Every U.S. State and Puerto Rico Selected by Each Institution for Multiyear Loans - The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participate in "50 for 50," a national collection-sharing i more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Inhibiting menin to treat myeloproliferative neoplasms shows preclinical promise * Inhibiting menin, a protein that supports leukemia growth and is already targeted to treat some forms of leukemia, also holds promise for treating myeloproliferative neoplasms. A new study from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital showed that inhibiting menin significantly extended survival and reversed multiple d more PR

NEW YORK, July 9 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news on July 8, 2026: * * * LDF Calls for Transparency in National Guard Killing of Tyrin Johnson * On July 5, 2026, National Guard troops connected to the Memphis Safe Task Force fatally shot and killed Tyrin Johnson, a 20-year-old Black man. Johnson's family has called for footage of the incident to be publicly released. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director of Strategic Initiatives Jin Hee Lee issued the following statem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding the commission's proposed rulemaking titled "Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct Material Use". This rulemaking, which follows a presidential executive order aiming at NRC reform, suggests amendments to multiple parts of the Code of Federal Regulations governing radioactive material handling and licensing. The LLW Forum's Disused Sources Working Group (DSWG), establis more ST

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Hassan and Garcia Launch Investigation into Trump Administration's Personal Use of Luxury Government Aircraft * Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, and Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested the Government Accountability Office to investigate Trump Administration officials' personal use of government-owned aircraft an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy released the following testimony by Social Security Works President Nancy J. Altman from a June 24, 2026, hearing entitled "The Future of Social Security": * * * Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Subcommittee: Our Social Security system is crucial to the over 71 million people who receive those earned benefits each month. It is also crucial to the 184 million American workers who are earning with every paycheck inv more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: * * * Statistical Summary of 15-Month Campaign Activity of the 2025-2026 Election Cycle * Congressional candidates collected $2.1 billion and disbursed $1.3 billion, political parties received $1.1 billion and spent $824.8 million, and political action committees (PACs) raised $6.3 billion and spent $4.8 billion, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 20 more PR

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, July 6 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tech's desktop publishing program helps students take ideas to market * As the skills needed to successfully launch a business, product or idea continue to evolve, Tennessee Tech University is helping students adapt through its desktop publishing program. "Desktop publishing provides students with the skills needed to effectively publish their work," said Amy Hill, lecturer in Tech's School of Professional Studies. "This can range f more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 (TNSrep) -- The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury issued the following news release: * * * Comptroller Releases Independent Forensic Audit of Memphis Shelby County Schools Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower has released the results of an independent evaluation of Memphis Shelby County Schools (MSCS) that identified widespread failures in governance, internal controls, procurement, financial oversight, and accountability that developed over multiple years and exposed taxpayers to unnecessary  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news release on July 8, 2026: * * * TDEC Announces Round 2 Awards for Fast Charge TN Network under Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced it awarded approximately $2.7 million in total grant funding from the state's Volkswagen Diesel Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust (VW Settlement EMT). The four grantees will use the funds to instal more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Nashville, has submitted a public comment letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission expressing concerns regarding proposed amendments aimed at modernizing regulations for byproduct material use. The proposed changes, outlined in the Federal Register Notice published May 18, 2026, would revise regulations spanning 10 CFR Parts 30, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 70, and 150, introducing a Standard General License framework intended to streamline licensing for certain radioacti more ST

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 9 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release: * * * Landmark Rail-to-Trail Agreement Will Preserve a 41-Mile Former Rail Corridor Across Scott, Campbell, and Anderson Counties for a New Public Trail in East Tennessee Trust for Public Land (TPL) has reached an interim trail use agreement with R. J. Corman Railroad Property, LLC, clearing the way for creation of a 41-mile, multi-use trail that will follow a historic former rail corridor through Scott, Campbell, and Anderson Counties in East T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 15 Virginia Counties as Natural Disaster Areas * Virginia This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as more PR