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22 State Attorneys General Oppose ATF Proposed Rule Rescinding Firearms Dealer Regulations Over Public Safety Concerns (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
August 4, 2026
Via Federal eRulemaking Portal
Honorable Todd Blanche
Acting Attorney General of the United States
Honorable Robert Cekada
Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
c/o: ATF Rulemaking Comments Mail Stop 6N-518, Office of Regulatory Affairs Enforcement Programs and Services Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explos more ST
23 State Attorneys General Oppose ATF Proposals to Broaden Firearms Import Exceptions and Loosen Regulations on Foreign Trade Zones and Customs-Bonded Warehouses (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
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August 4, 2026
Via Federal eRulemaking Portal and U.S. Mail
The Honorable Todd Blanche,
Acting Attorney General of the United States
Robert Cekada,
Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
c/o: ATF Rulemaking Comments
Mail Stop 6N-518, Office of Regulatory Affairs
Enforcement Programs and Services
Bureau of Alcohol, T more ST
Attorney General Bonta Defends Against Latest Trump Administration Attempt to Compel States to Participate in Civil Immigration Enforcement (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Defends Against Latest Trump Administration Attempt to Compel States to Participate in Civil Immigration Enforcement
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, filed an amicus brief in defense of New York's Driver's License Access and Privacy Act, or "Green Light Law." This law restricts the New York Department of Motor Vehicles' (DMV) disclosure of drivers' p more PR
Attorney General Bonta Defends Transgender Students' Rights to Use Restrooms Matching Their Gender Identity (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Defends Transgender Students' Rights to Use Restrooms Matching Their Gender Identity
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting transgender students in their lawsuit challenging Idaho's law prohibiting transgender students from using school bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. In the brief, Attorney G more PR
Auditor General DeFoor Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Associations in 24 Counties (10)
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 6 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release:
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Auditor General DeFoor Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Associations in 24 Counties
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HARRISBURG - Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 42 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Allegheny, Armstrong, Berks, Bucks, Bradford, Carbon, Chester, Crawford, Delaware, Fayette, Greene, Juniata, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northumberlan more PR
BLS Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report on Business Employment Dynamics in Delaware Fourth Quarter 2025 (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- Business Employment Dynamics in Delaware Fourth Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region - Aug. 6, 2026
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From September 2025 to December 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Delaware were 22,626, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 22,438, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Lori Keller noted that th more PR
DuPont Wins R&D 100 Award for Innovation in Healthcare (10)
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Aug. 7 -- DuPont issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026:
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DuPont Wins R&D 100 Award for Innovation in Healthcare
Award-winning DuPont(TM) Liveo(TM) Pharma TPE Ultra-Low Temp Tubing advances biopharma processing applications
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DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has won a 2026 R&D 100 Award in the Mechanical/Materials category, for its DuPont(TM) Liveo(TM) Pharma TPE Ultra-Low Temp Tubing product. The R&D 100 Awards, sponsored by R&D World Magazine, recognizes the 100 most innovative technologies more PR
Gov. Meyer Signs John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Strengthening Voting Rights Protections in Delaware (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Matt Meyer, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026:
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Governor Meyer Signs John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Strengthening Voting Rights Protections in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Governor Matt Meyer today signed House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, establishing comprehensive state-level voting rights protections to ensure every Delawarean has an equal opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
Joined by Representative Larry Lambert, Senator Marie Pinkn more PR
Senator Blunt Rochester Presses OpenAI and Anthropic on Recent Autonomous Hacking Incidents (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026:
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Senator Blunt Rochester Presses OpenAI and Anthropic on Recent Autonomous Hacking Incidents
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent letters to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, regarding recent cybersecurity incidents in which the companies' models gained unauthorized access to the internet, autonomously hac more PR
Senator Coons, Colleagues Celebrate Unanimous Passage to Extend Bankruptcy Financial Tools to Small Businesses and American Families (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release:
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Senator Coons, colleagues celebrate unanimous passage to extend bankruptcy financial tools to small businesses and American families
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) celebrated the unanimous passage by the U.S. Senate of their Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026, which would restore Americans' access to critical bankruptcy programs by reinstating modern debt limits for Subchapter V and more PR
Sens. Coons, Murkowski Celebrate Senate Passage of ACT for ALS Reauthorization Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release:
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Senators Coons, Murkowski celebrate Senate passage of ACT for ALS Reauthorization Act
Bipartisan legislation will preserve access to promising treatments and accelerate research into ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases
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U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Co-Chairs of the Senate ALS Caucus, celebrated the Senate's unanimous passage of the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Reauthor more PR
Sens. Coons, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Use Temporary Protected Status to Help Vulnerable Afghans in U.S. (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2026:
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Senators Coons, Murkowski introduce bipartisan bill to use Temporary Protected Status to help vulnerable Afghans in the United States
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026, legislation to protect eligible Afghan nationals already living in the United States from being forced to return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by granting them Temporary Protected more PR
Sportservice brings banana-themed menus to Target Field for Savannah Bananas games (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 6 [Category: BizTravel] -- Delaware North posted the following news release:
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Sportservice brings banana-themed menus to Target Field for Savannah Bananas games
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A selection of photos is available here
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -Aug. 6, 2026 -Target Field is gearing up to host the Savannah Bananas and the Loco Beach Coconuts for an exciting weekend of Banana Ball Aug. 7-9, and Sportservice, the sports hospitality and retail division of Delaware North, is rolling out a lineup of banana-themed food and beverage special more PR
States Call on HHS to Withdraw Unlawful Modifications to TANF Data System Raising Privacy and Oversight Concerns (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
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Via Federal eRulemaking Portal
David M. Swegle
Office of Family Assistance
Administration for Children and Families
330 C Street SW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20201
RE: Comment on the Notice of a Modified System of Records, Document ID ACF 2026-0727-001
Dear Director Swegle:
We, the Attorneys General for the States of New York, District of Columbia, Califo more ST
University of Delaware Researchers Identify Molecular Switch That Could Make Antibiotics More Effective Against Drug-resistant Bacteria (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Delaware issued the following research news:
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Targeting antibiotic resistance
UD researchers identify molecular switch that could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria
Article by Amy Cherry
If you ask Vijay Parashar, associate professor of medical and molecular sciences (MMSC) at the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences, human bodies are bags of bacteria.
"It sounds gross, but not all bacteria are bad; most of them are good. The trouble start more PR
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