PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * AG Mayes Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Efforts to Undermine Affordable Care Act Protections Attorney General Mayes today joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would make health insurance more expensive and harder to ob more PR

LEWISTON, Maine, Aug. 1 -- Bates College issued the following news: * * * Alumni Association presents alumni awards recognizing service, career achievements By Alexandra DeMarco At Bates Reunion in June, the Alumni Association gathered to present the annual Alumni Council Awards, recognizing the exceptional career and service achievements of five alumni. "It is truly inspiring to witness the transformative power of our alumni as they engage in informed civic action and lead in diverse fields," said Leah Elsmore '12, president of the Alumni more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Aug. 1 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: * * * Tracking Marine Life: Students Showcase Summer Research at Schiller By Tom Porter Bowdoin students have been based at Schiller Coastal Studies Center over the summer break pursuing a variety of research projects. From sea snails to lobsters to sea stars (a.k.a. "starfish"), a number of undergraduates (plus one recent graduate) have been making full use of the center's facilities, including dry labs and the seawater-filled web laboratories. Three projects were fea more PR

SAN BERNARDINO, California, July 31 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following Faculty In the News wrap up: * * * Faculty in the News, July 30 Meredith Conroy (political science) wrote an opinion column on the collapse of Graham Platner's campaign for U.S. Senate in Maine and Lucy Lewis (music) discussed the upcoming auditions for the San Bernardino Symphony Youth Orchestra. * * * Gap Check: The gender gap Democrats should watch (https://meredithconroy.substack.com/p/gap-check-the-gender-gap-democrats) Gende more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 30 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Announces $500,000 in Grants to Help Expand Local Food Production and Agricultural Education * Program created by Governor Mills will help schools and communities across Maine grow fresh, local food and extend growing season Augusta, MAINE - The Mills Administration has awarded $500,000 to 10 Maine communities to expand local food production and agricultural education through the construction of durable, shared-use greenhouses. Governor M more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * GSA Selling Historic Denver Five Points Garages, Saving Taxpayer Dollars * Accelerated disposition cuts waste, reinforces the federal real estate inventory, and opens properties to redevelopment opportunities DENVER -Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the public sale of two historic federally owned properties in Denver's Five Points neighborhood, advancing Administrator Edward Forst's effort to return underutiliz more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Hoeven: Senate Passes Resolution Designating August 1 as Gold Star Children's Day Senator John Hoeven joined Senators Roger Wicker, (R-Miss.) and Mark Kelly, (D-Ariz.) in marking the passage of a Senate resolution they introduced designating August 1, 2026, as Gold Star Children's Day, which recognizes the children of fallen service members. America's Gold Star tradition began in World War I. When a service member deployed, his  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 1 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Terry-supported property tax relief measure is now in effect A new law supported by Rep. Parnell Terry, D-Gorham, to help provide relief for the rising cost of property taxes is now in effect. The supplemental budget passed by the Legislature in April, LD 2212, expands the Property Tax Fairness Credit by increasing the maximum benefit from $1,000 to $1,500 for eligible Mainers under 65. "We are in the midst of a national affordability crisis, and more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 1 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine Affordable Care Act Protections Coalition Sues Over Federal Rule That Reinstates Provisions Blocked by a Federal Court and Adds New Harmful Changes - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California t more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Sues to Protect Health Insurance Coverage Co-Leads Lawsuit to Prevent Damage to New Jersey Healthcare - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today co-led the filing of a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain for millions of Americans, and which has already caused tens  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition sue Trump Administration to block rule that would undermine Affordable Care Act protections Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and one governor in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Legislation to Strengthen CFTC Whistleblower Program * U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) to introduce the CFTC Whistleblower Protection and Program Improvement Act. This bill would help provide long-term stability to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) whistleblower program, strengthen protections for whistleblowers, and speed up the p more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Senator Coons, colleagues launch investigation into Trump administration's campaign to kill offshore wind projects "Administration's actions will kill more than 30,000 jobs and raise energy costs" - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Angus King (I-Maine), and Martin Heinrich (D-M.N.) launched an investigation with eight other Democratic colleagues into more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Schiff, Padilla Join Heinrich, Murray & Colleagues in Demanding Trump Administration Restore Funding for Energy Projects That Were Illegally Canceled and Politically Targeted * The letter follows an admission from the Trump administration that the decision to cancel energy project grants in states that did not vote for Trump was "based solely" on politics Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.)  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Scott, Wicker, colleagues honor Gold Star Children's Day * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and numerous colleagues in celebrating the passage of a Senate resolution designating Aug. 1, 2026, as Gold Star Children's Day, which recognizes the children of fallen service members. "Gold Star children bear the unimaginable weight of losing their father or mother in service  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Provider Reimbursement Stability Act to Ensure Long-Term Access to Medical Care * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Boozman (R-AR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS), Angus King (I-ME), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act to modernize Medicare's Physician Fee Schedule (MFPS). The bipartisan, comprehensive legislati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Fights to Restore Direct File Through Senate Tax Bill, Calls Out Trump Admin's Attempts to Give Trump Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card on Tax Audits "[I]f we truly want to make tax filing accessible and convenient, we have to do more...[Canceling Direct File] is corruption, plain and simple, and my amendment would reverse that shameful decision" "We also cannot stand by when the Trump administration just cut a deal giving Donald Trump a g more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, King Seek Data on Tax Break for Ultra-Wealthy Expanded by Republicans in One Big Beautiful Bill One year after bill passage, lawmakers ask JCT to investigate tax break benefits Republican expansion of Qualified Small Business Stock exclusion estimated to cost taxpayers $17.2 billion - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine) wrote to the nonpartisan Joint Commit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Joins 38 Colleagues in Demanding Trump Admin Restore Funding for Energy Projects That Were Illegally Canceled and Politically Targeted The letter follows an admission from the Trump Admin that the decision to cancel energy project grants in states that did not vote for Trump was "based solely" on politics - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, joined  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Wicker, Kelly, and Colleagues Honor Gold Star Children's Day * Washington - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., along with numerous colleagues, celebrated the passage of a Senate resolution designating August 1, 2026, as Gold Star Children's Day, which recognizes the children of fallen service members. "The sons and daughters of our fallen service members carry on the legacies of their parents. We set aside this day  more PR