WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following news: * * * Norquist and Kudlow: Help the Middle Class by Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains ATR President Grover Norquist appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss ending the inflation tax on capital gains. Transcript: Norquist: "The government creates inflation, the government shouldn't profit by the inflation they create by raising taxes on people who own crypto, or the more than fifty percent of people who have houses, the more than sixty percent of  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * Reclamation Announces Water Deliveries to Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Collaborative action addresses habitat needs in Klamath Refuges - KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- On Monday Aug. 17, water diversions originating from Upper Klamath Lake began arriving in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge complex. This water comes at a critical time in helping to provide for acute habitat needs for migrator more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Cancer Advocates Applaud Oregon City Mayor's Call for Ending Sales of Flavored Tobacco, Urges Clackamas County to Act * OREGON CITY, ORE. - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) applauds Oregon City Mayor Denyse McGriff for calling on fellow mayors and city councils across Clackamas County to join her in asking for the Board of County Commissioners to end the sale of menthol cigarettes a more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 21 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 36 States And D.C. From July 2025 To July 2026; 28 States Add Jobs From June To July As Association Warns More Jobs Are At Risk * Fri, 08/21/2026 - 12:34 Texas and Louisiana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Lag; Illinois and Mississippi Top Monthly Gainers, While Texas and West Virginia Have the Largest Monthly J more PR

WALLA WALLA, Washington, Aug. 21 -- Whitman College posted the following news: * * * Extraordinary Gift Supports the Visual Arts at Whitman * Whitman Stories Whitman Stories The artist at work. In his Portland, Oregon, studio, Erik ReeL paints "Burning by a Bright Star" (No. 2490, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 108, 2023) while Rhonda P. Hill looks on. Artist Erik ReeL '75 and his wife, fashion curator Rhonda P. Hill, have committed to supporting the visual arts at Whitman College through a remarkable testamentary gift. ReeL, known for his abstr more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Law Enforcement Funding Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit over the unlawful imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally-authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- The Modular Building Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2026: * * * Modular Building Institute Files Federal Lawsuit Against Oregon Prevailing Wage Expansion This week, after a year and a half of good-faith effort and engagement with Oregon lawmakers and regulators, the Modular Building Institute (MBI) has sued the state of Oregon over its sweeping new prevailing wage law. The law, Oregon HB 2688, which was enacted on July 1, 2026, expands the definition of "public works" in Oregon s more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * AG Davenport Co-Leads Fight to Protect Law Enforcement Funding Multistate Coalition Sues Trump Administration for Illegal Conditions on Law Enforcement Grants - Today, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit challenging the federal government's imposition of illegal immigration-enforcement  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from an Aug. 4, 2026, hearing entitled "Medicaid: The Reality": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our witnesses for being here today. Last year, my Republican colleagues passed their so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. I call it a Big Ugly Betrayal because it slashes more than $1 trillion from our health care systems, kicks more than 15 million Americans off their health insurance and skyrocke more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 20 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM researcher joins national effort to listen for ripples in spacetime * A new University of New Mexico faculty member is joining a national research effort aimed at better understanding one of the universe's most mysterious phenomena: gravitational waves. Timothy Dolch, an associate professor in UNM's Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Collaboration, whi more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL DEMAND OF CDL DRIVERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION Attorney General Jones and a coalition of 21 attorneys general announced a U.S. District Court judge granted a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration from demanding the production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million drivers a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Casar Demand GAO Investigation Into Federal Law Enforcement's Use of Hacking and Spyware on Americans Members highlight need for transparency and effective oversight to protect Americans' privacy, prevent abuses, and guard against cybersecurity risks - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Greg Casar, D-Tex., requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) cond more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bicameral Bill to Protect Domestic Violence Survivors from Gun Violence * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they have joined their Senate and House colleagues in introducing legislation to close a dangerous loophole that allows domestic abusers to legally obtain firearms. "Keeping guns out of the hands of domestic violence abusers is common sense," Wyden said. "It's past time to help end more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Introduce Bicameral Bill to Protect Domestic Violence Survivors from Gun Violence * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they have joined their Senate and House colleagues in introducing legislation to close a dangerous loophole that allows domestic abusers to legally obtain firearms. "Keeping guns out of the hands of domestic violence abusers is common sense," Wyden said. "It's past time to help end th more PR