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AG Nessel Challenges Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine Affordable Care Act (10)
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release:
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AG Nessel Challenges Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine Affordable Care Act
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LANSING -Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 states in filing a lawsuit (PDF) 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 obtain for millions more PR
Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award (10)
HOUGHTON, New York, Aug. 3 -- Houghton University issued the following news:
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Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award
One could learn a great deal about this year's recipient from reading Houghton's student newspaper, The Star. In November 1965, this first-generation college student was recognized as a nominee for Who's Who among students at American Colleges and Universities. A feature article highlighted his participation in Oratorio, Concert Ensemble and the Education Club, as well as his service as the editor of the Boulder and as a more PR
ASTM International Presents Forensics Award to Jennifer Remy (10)
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release:
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ASTM International Presents Forensics Award to Jennifer Remy
The award recognizes exceptional and unwavering dedication to the advancement of forensic science
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ASTM International's forensic sciences committee has presented its Peter V. Tytell Forensic Sciences Award more PR
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Over Latest Attempt to Weaponize Personal Sensitive Data of Californians (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Over Latest Attempt to Weaponize Personal Sensitive Data of Californians
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Trump Administration is attempting to disclose troves of data about Californians receiving financial assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to DHS and other agencies
OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, co-leading a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trum more PR
Attorney General Clark Announces $358,000 Settlement in Principle With Generic Drug Maker Sandoz (10)
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 3 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release:
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Attorney General Clark Announces $358,000 Settlement in Principle With Generic Drug Maker Sandoz
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Attorney General Charity Clark today announced a nationwide $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to n more PR
Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Vulnerable New Yorkers' Personal Information (10)
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 3 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Vulnerable New Yorkers' Personal Information
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August 3, 2026
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over unlawful policy changes that would give the administration broad access to the sensitive private information of millions of families receiving Temporar more PR
Attorney General McCuskey Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Drug Prices and Limit Competition (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 3 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release:
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Attorney General McCuskey Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Drug Prices and Limit Competition
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Attorney General JB McCuskey today announced a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. The action is to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, red more PR
Attorney General Tong Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Announces $400 Million Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition
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The Settlement Will Result in Total Payments of Approximately $469 Million to State Enforcers by Sandoz
(Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to res more PR
Boards, Executives, and the Law: What the Fable Shutdown Reveals About AI Governance Liability (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Frantz Ward, a law firm, posted the following news:
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Boards, Executives, and the Law: What the Fable Shutdown Reveals About AI Governance Liability
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Part One of this series documented the threat environment: the Fable and Mythos pullback, AI-driven malware, autonomous cyberattacks, and the emergence of frontier AI models whose capabilities are being rationed by their own developers. This second installment addresses what is at stake legally when organizations fail to govern AI and da more PR
Congressman Brecheen Announces August Town Halls (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
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Congressman Brecheen Announces August Town Halls
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August 3, 2026
Oklahoma-On Monday, Congressman Brecheen announced his August town hall schedule which includes stops in 15 different cities.
Monday, August 24th, 2026
8:00am - 9:00am
Tishomingo Town Hall
Johnston County Library
116 W. Main St.
Tishomingo, OK 73460
10:00am - 11:00am
Durant Town Hall
Donald W. Reynolds Library
1515 W. Main St.
Durant, OK 74701
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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D'Youville University Welcomes the Inaugural Class of Its College of Osteopathic Medicine (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 3 -- D'Youville College posted the following news:
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D'Youville University Welcomes the Inaugural Class of Its College of Osteopathic Medicine
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A historic day for D'Youville, Buffalo, and the future of healthcare in Western New York.
Today, D'Youville University officially welcomed the inaugural class of its College of Osteopathic Medicine (DYU-COM), marking the opening of Western New York's first osteopathic medical school and the region's first new medical school in nearly 200 years. After years of planning, more PR
Justice Department Files Record 25 Denaturalization Cases Against Naturalized Criminals Including Attempted Murderers, Spousal Abusers, and Child Sex Offenders (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2026:
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Justice Department Files Record 25 Denaturalization Cases Against Naturalized Criminals Including Attempted Murderers, Spousal Abusers, and Child Sex Offenders
25 complaints filed since July 20, 2026, mark largest denaturalization effort ever
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The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 25 individuals accused of serious offenses -- including attempted fir more PR
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Urges BTS to Improve Aggregates Freight Data Quality Timeliness and Granularity (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
July 31, 2026
Mr. Edward Strocko
Acting Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
c/o Docket Management Facility
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140
Washington, DC 20590-0001
Re: Request for Information - Shaping the Future of the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics; Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-1387
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New State Grant Supports Climate Change Education (10)
GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Aug. 3 -- Stockton University posted the following news:
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New State Grant Supports Climate Change Education
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Galloway, N.J. -Stockton University will continue to provide K-12 teachers free climate change instruction thanks to a $650,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Education.
This is the third year the university's Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center (SRI & ETTC) received funding from the state to support climate change education for a total award of $1.9 million.
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Penn State-Brandywine Welcomes New Student Academic Success Center Specialist (10)
MEDIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- The Pennsylvania State University Brandywine Campus issued the following news:
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Brandywine welcomes new Student Academic Success Center specialist
By Christina Billie
Amy Forsberg joined Penn State Brandywine as a Student Academic Success Center specialist for the Office of Academic Affairs in July. Coming from Delaware County Community College where she was the foundation coordinator, Forsberg said she is looking forward to getting to know the students and helping them navigate higher education.
Forsber more PR
Senators Coons, Whitehouse Introduce Carbon Dioxide Removal Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release:
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Senators Coons, Whitehouse introduce carbon dioxide removal bill
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Congressmen Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Paul D. Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the Carbon Dioxide Leadership Act to curb climate change by investing in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
"Investing in cutting-edge technology like carbon capture is key to growing our economy and protecting our nation and pla more PR
The Neighborhood Engine: Co-Designing Philadelphia's Local Economy (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- Drexel University LeBow College of Business posted the following news:
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The Neighborhood Engine: Co-Designing Philadelphia's Local Economy
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Global business trends love to obsess over massive, overnight scale. But at the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, we know a secret: the most resilient innovations don't start on a global stage, they start on the block. True economic impact begins with a shift in perspective, moving away from abstract corporate theories and focusing squarely on the t more PR
Washington joins federal lawsuit to protect residents' personal information (10)
OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 3 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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Washington joins federal lawsuit to protect residents' personal information
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The federal government is seeking to illegally use the sensitive private information of tens of thousands of Washingtonians receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Washington and a multistate coalition have filed a new lawsuit to protect residents from this unlawful abuse of sensitive personal information.
TANF is one of more PR
What's in the Dust - University of Virginia Study Finds Hidden Metals in City Streets (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news:
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What's in the dust? UVA study finds hidden metals in city streets
By Zeina Mohammed, spr2jm@virginia.edu
If you're in an urban area with strong winds, chances are you are breathing in more than just a little dust. You could be exposed to metals from cars, construction sites or pesticides used decades ago.
In a new study published in the Environmental Science and Pollution Research journal, University of Virginia researchers more PR
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