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BAE Systems Advances to Phase 2 of DARPA's THREADS Program (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- BAE Systems issued the following news release:
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BAE Systems advances to Phase 2 of DARPA's THREADS program
THREADS program seeks to address temperature limitations in advanced RF electronics
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BAE Systems' FAST Labs(TM) research, development and production organization has successfully completed Phase 1 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale (THREADS) program and has been awarded continued support to move into Phase 2.
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026:
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Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States
Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see more PR
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: What They're Saying - GOP-Created Health Care Crisis Rips Away Care Across Key Senate Battleground States (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 11, 2026:
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: GOP-Created Health Care Crisis Rips Away Care Across Key Senate Battleground States
GOP Senate candidates' votes to gut Medicaid and refusal to extend ACA tax credits force health care costs to skyrocket, people to lose care as midterms approach
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In key Senate battleground states, voters are already feeling the pain from GOP Senate candidates' toxic agenda that's ripping away health care for mi more PR
EPA Proposes Conditional Approval of New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Inspection Program Repeal (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to conditionally approve a New Hampshire plan that would remove the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program as an active measure from its State Implementation Plan.
The proposal addresses a December 24, 2025, submission from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services seeking to remove the statewide vehicle inspection and maintenance program from the SIP. The program was approved to reduce emissions from on-road vehicles and has been requir more PR
Foley Hoag Recognized in The American Lawyer's 2026 New England Legal Awards (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, posted the following news:
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Foley Hoag Recognized in The American Lawyer's 2026 New England Legal Awards
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Foley Hoag and its lawyers have been recognized as winners and finalists across several categories in The American Lawyer's 2026 New England Legal Awards, which honor outstanding lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
The honorees will be recognized at a gal more PR
Geisel's New Medical and Health Sciences Students Begin Their Journey (10)
DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, Aug. 12 -- The Dartmouth College School of Medicine (Geisel) posted the following news:
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Geisel's New Medical and Health Sciences Students Begin Their Journey
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The Geisel School of Medicine has welcomed new students from the medical, Master of Public Health (residential and hybrid), and Health Care Research MS programs to the medical school community. For many, this marked their first steps into the medical and healthcare professions.
MD orientation, where the transition to medical school-and ultimately to b more PR
Hassan, Cassidy Bill to Protect American's Private Health Data Passes Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release:
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Hassan, Cassidy Bill to Protect American's Private Health Data Passes Committee
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WASHINGTON - Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to protect American's private health data recently advanced out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The Health Information Privacy Reform Act would expand health privacy protections to account for new technologies that are not curr more PR
ICYMI: Annual Shaheen-Led Bipartisan Resolution Designating National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day Unanimously Passes Senate (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: Annual Shaheen-Led Bipartisan Resolution Designating National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day Unanimously Passes Senate
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(Washington, DC) - Last week, a bipartisan resolution annually led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) designating August 21 as "Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day" unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan push aims to raise awareness around dangers of fentanyl, high more PR
N.H. Banking Dept.: State Joins $15.5 Million Settlement With Mortgage Servicer: Company Wrongly Charged Customers for Force-Placed Insurance (10)
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- The New Hampshire Banking Department issued the following news release:
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New Hampshire Joins $15.5 Million Settlement with Mortgage Servicer: Company Wrongly Charged Customers for Force-Placed Insurance
NewRez LLC to remediate more than $4.5 million to impacted borrowers and will pay an additional $11 million in penalties
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The New Hampshire Banking Department is among 48 state financial service agencies that have reached a $15.5 million settlement with one of the nation's largest mortgage servicers more PR
N.H. Education Dept. Launches School Screen Time Task Force (10)
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 13 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026:
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New Hampshire Department of Education Launches School Screen Time Task Force
Today, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) launched a statewide School Screen Time Task Force to examine the role of technology in student learning and develop practical, age-appropriate recommendations that support high-quality instruction and student well-being.
NHED has assembled a diverse group of stakeholders repr more PR
New Hampshire Proposes Leaving Ozone Transport Region, EPA Seeks Comments (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to grant a New Hampshire petition to leave the Ozone Transport Region, finding that emissions from the state do not significantly contribute to ozone attainment problems elsewhere in the region.
New Hampshire submitted its petition under section 176A(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act on December 24, 2025. The petition argues that the state continues to attain the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards and that technical analyses show emissions from New Hampshir more PR
Okla. A.G. Drummond Co-Leads 25-State Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Take Up Iowa Immigration Enforcement Case (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 13 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release:
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Drummond co-leads 25-state coalition urging Supreme Court to take up Iowa immigration enforcement case
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is co-leading a coalition in supporting Iowa's law criminalizing illegal entry into the state. Drummond and 24 attorneys general filed an amicus brief today in Bird v. Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging a ruling by the U.S. Court of more PR
PolitiFact announces nationwide partnership network to fact-check critical 2026 midterm elections (10)
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Aug. 12 [Category: Media] -- The Poynter Institute posted the following news release:
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PolitiFact announces nationwide partnership network to fact-check critical 2026 midterm elections
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (August 12,2026) -PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking news organization, today announced its most extensive partnership network to date for the 2026 midterm election cycle. Building on a nearly two-decade legacy of public service, PolitiFact is joining forces with premier local newsrooms more PR
Senator Hassan Presses DHS on Investigation into Corey Lewandowski's Alleged Corruption & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release:
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Senator Hassan Presses DHS on Investigation into Corey Lewandowski's Alleged Corruption & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today issued requests to the newly-confirmed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for Management for additional details on the ongoing investigation into former DHS official Core more PR
Shaheen, Booker, Merkley, Van Hollen Issue Statement Ahead of Elections in Zambia (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026:
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Shaheen, Booker, Merkley, Van Hollen Issue Statement Ahead of Elections in Zambia
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health Policy, Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) issued the below statement calling for peaceful, more PR
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