JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 6 -- The Alaska Department of Law issued the following news release: * * * Acting Attorney General Cori Mills Announces $400 Million Multi-State Settlement Over Generic Drug Conspiracy (Anchorage, AK) - Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills has joined a coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $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 c more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG's Office Reaches $400 Million Multistate Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Conspiracy to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition * BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-runnin more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Bipartisan Letter to Thank Congress, Urge Continued Protections from Intoxicating Hemp Products * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, along with 34 other attorneys general, sent a letter thanking Congress for updating the language of the Farm Bill and urging Congress to continue protecting Californians from intoxicating hemp products. The letter is in response to Congress closing a l more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges SEC to Keep Climate Disclosure Regulations, Ensure Investments, Americans' Retirement Accounts Are Protected * Rescinding the rules would not eliminate climate risk; it would only leave investors in the dark OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in opposing the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed rule rescinding its 2024 cl more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 4 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins 34 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Preserve Federal Hemp Reforms and Prevent the Return of Intoxicating Hemp Products * Attorney General Clark has joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general in a letter to congressional leaders urging them to preserve the federal redefinition of hemp and reject any effort to delay, repeal, suspend, or weaken the reforms Congress enacted to address i more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS BIPARTISAN COALITION URGING CONGRESS TO PRESERVE FEDERAL HEMP REFORMS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general, sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to preserve the federal redefinition of hemp and reject any effort to delay, repeal, suspend or weaken the reforms Congress enacted to address intoxicating hemp-derived products. In a l more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition of Attorneys General Urging Congress to Preserve Federal Hemp Reforms and Prevent the Return of Intoxicating Hemp Products * Press Releases (Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong announced today that he co-led a coalition of 34 attorneys general in a letter to congressional leaders urging them to preserve the federal redefinition of hemp and reject any effort to delay, repeal, susp more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: * * * BETA Technologies and EXIM Bank Announce Intent to Expand Financing Agreement for Up to $1 Billion to Fuel U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing Growth * SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. - BETA Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BETA) ("BETA"), an aerospace and defense company, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("EXIM") announced their intention to expand the parties' existing financing relationship. The proposed expansion would provide BETA with up to $1 bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on Aug. 4, 20226, by Rachel Jacobson, lead researcher of state climate policy on the State Fiscal Policy Team, and Mikaela Tajo, climate policy analyst on the Federal Fiscal Policy Team: * * * States Should Support an Energy System That Is Affordable, Safe, and Reliable for All They Can Start Now, in Their 2026 Legislative Sessions - Everyone deserves affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy to meet their everyday needs. But rising energy costs more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Constellation Announces Board Chairman Transition and New Board Appointment Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Dominguez to serve as Chairman of the Board, effective Aug. 4, 2026, and appointed Roger Crandall, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Offi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Sides with the Public's Right to Know in GMO/Bioengineered Food Labeling Case * SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a major victory for consumers and food right-to-know advocates, a federal district handed down a final remedy decision yesterday in the long-running litigation over the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) regulations for the first-ever U.S. disclosures of genetically engineered (GE or GMO, now known as "bioe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2026: * * * Jesse Gourevitch Joins Resources for the Future The staff of Resources for the Future (RFF) is expanding: Jesse Gourevitch, an environmental economist who focuses on climate adaptation strategies and the economic risks of climate change, joins RFF today as a research fellow. Gourevitch's work will complement RFF's growing emphasis on the ways in which climate change affects housing markets, financial institutions, and the insurance indust more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Preserve Federal Hemp Reforms Concerning Intoxicating Hemp Products Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general in a letter to congressional leaders urging them to preserve the federal redefinition of hemp and reject any effort to delay, repeal, suspend, or weaken the reforms Congress enacted more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 6 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Formella Urges Congress to Preserve Federal Hemp Reforms and Protect Consumers from Intoxicating Hemp Products Attorney General John M. Formella, working as part of a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the country, is urging Congress to preserve recent federal hemp reforms and reject any effort to delay, repeal, suspend, or weaken the new framework governing hemp-derived p more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 6 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Drummond announces $469 million settlement with Sandoz over generic drug price-fixing scheme Attorney General Gentner Drummond today announced a $469 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade involving numerous generic prescript more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 6 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Joins National Coalition Urging Congress To Strengthen Federal Hemp Reforms South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 34 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to maintain the November 2025 federal redefinition of hemp. In a letter sent to congressional leadership and the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the coalition thanked Congress for closi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Welch, Budd's Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Foreign Robocalls * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of their bipartisan Foreign Robocall Elimination Act, legislation to bring together government and private sector experts to find additional means of eliminating unlawful robocalls placed into the U.S. from abroad. The Senators' bill is the first piece of l more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Stumping for RI Blizzard Relief, Reed Urges Bipartisan Lawmakers to Help Make Federal Disaster Aid for States Merit-based Again * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) joined several of his colleagues on Tuesday for a bipartisan roundtable discussion looking at extreme weather, natural disasters, and federal disaster relief efforts. Reed joined U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), John Curtis (R-UT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Brian Schatz (D-H more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Secures Multistate Settlement in Principle with Sandoz Over Alleged Generic Drug Price-Fixing * Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread conspiracies to inflate and manipulate generic drug prices, reduce compet more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued 'Cambrian and Ordovician Stratigraphy, Conodont Biostratigraphy, and Microfacies Analysis to Support 1:24,000-scale Geologic Mapping of the Southern Lake Champlain Valley, New York and Vermont' by Randall C. Orndorff, Mercer Parker, Stephen A. Leslie, John E. Repetski, and John T. Haynes, as U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1879-3 in 2026. The report, part of 'Stratigraphic Notes--Volume 3, 2026', was published in Reston, Virginia, and the manuscript was approved on June more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Sues Trump Administration Again to Stop Latest Round of Illegal Tariffs Lawsuit challenges unlawful tariffs that are increasing costs for Virginians and exacerbating the existing cost crisis - Attorney General Jones joined a coalition of 25 states in filing another lawsuit against the Trump Administration's efforts to impose illegal tariffs on American consumers and businesses. The case challen more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB and Partners Earn 2026 Preservation Award for Adaptive Reuse Project * VHB and project partners recently earned a 2026 Preservation Award for transforming three historic barracks into 65 permanently affordable homes in Colchester, Vermont. Presented by the Preservation Trust of Vermont at the Downtown & Histo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Files 42 Amendments to the Farm Bill * Welch's amendments would support farmers and rural communities, reform farm subsidy programs, and improve access to nutrition programs WASHINGTON, D.C. -On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee plans to consider Senate Republicans' partisan Farm Bill which, as written, will not adequately support Vermont farmers and families and rural communities. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Curtis, Murkowski, Schatz Host Bipartisan Roundtable on Extreme Weather Response, Supporting Disaster-Impacted Communities * Thirteen Senators joined the bipartisan discussion WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) this week hosted a bipartisan roundtable on Capitol Hill focused on the high costs of extreme weather and climate change, and how Washington can more PR