WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Administration Releases More Than $5 Million for Maine Weatherization and Energy Aid Following Request from Senators Collins and Reed * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released $5,056,574 for the State of Maine through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), the Weatherization Readiness Fund (WRF), and the State Energy Program (SEP). This action follows a request sen more PR

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. 21 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on Aug. 20, 2026, by Rachel Loren: * * * Taxin' Jackson: Troy Jackson Vows to Impose Tax Hike on Small and Midsized Businesses Troy Jackson would impose a 60.35% combined federal-state tax rate on Maine businesses - Maine Senate Democrat nominee Troy Jackson has spent 20 years in the Maine Legislature but still does not understand that tax hikes will make his state less affordable. In an August 15 post, Troy Jackson declared: "When I'm in the U.S. Senate, I'II more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Clark welcomes Class of 2030 to campus * #'Some of your best memories may happen because you decided to take a chance' Hundreds of new Clarkies students packed into the Kneller Athletic Center on Thursday afternoon after moving into residence halls with the help of their family members and peer mentors, getting used to their new home away from home. President David Fithian '87 greeted the Class of 2030 and remarked that for all the ways Clark will shap 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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden, Bipartisan Fiscal Forum React to Historic Debt Milestone * WASHINGTON -Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and members of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum (BFF) released the following statements as our nation's gross national debt recently surpassed $40 trillion. Annual interest payments on the debt are already approaching $1 trillion, more than the United States is projected to spend this year on defense, Medicare or Medicaid. Absent meaningful act more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills Kicks Off Maine's 2026 Hire-A-Vet Campaign * Since its inception in 2015, the annual campaign has connected more than 2,200 veterans with good-paying Maine jobs Augusta, MAINE - Governor Janet Mills and Major General Diane Dunn, the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, kicked off Maine's annual Hire-A-Vet Campaign, a statewide effort to connect veterans and military family members with good-pa more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 21 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Internship at Del's Lemonade juices Sydney Amaral '26's interest in brand marketing * Summer in Rhode Island wouldn't be the same without Del's Lemonade, and for Sydney Amaral '26 it has been a season for squeezing the most out of a marketing internship at one of the Ocean State's most iconic brands. Amaral, who is set to graduate in December with a Marketing degree, has been looking for jobs in the cosmetics or finance industries, but it's her backgrou more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham: * * * Sen. Tim Nangle celebrates Hidden Circle purchase under mobile home park law he sponsored Jay cooperative marks first resident purchase since Sen. Nangle's right-to-purchase protections took effect - Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham, is celebrating the residents of Hidden Circle Mobile Home Park in Jay, who completed their $1 million purchase of the park on July 30, securing local ownership of the land beneat more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham: * * * Sen. Tim Nangle receives Maine Audubon Wildlife Champion Award On Thursday, Aug. 20, Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham, received a Wildlife Champion Award from Maine Audubon at the organization's inaugural Wildlife Champion Awards & Celebration at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth. Sen. Nangle was recognized for his leadership on laws that strengthen shoreland zoning enforcement and help municipalities pr 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

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 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Pearson Education to Pay $150,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit * Company settles federal lawsuit alleging it failed to provide visually impaired employees with equal access to employee online platforms NEWARK, N.J. -Educational publishing company Pearson Education, Inc. will pay $150,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Postal Service posted the following news release: * * * Postal Service Honors Sarah Orne Jewett * SOUTH BERWICK, ME -The U.S. Postal Service honored Sarah Orne Jewett with a stamp today at the Sarah Orne Jewett Literary House in the town she would call home her entire life. The stamp features an original portrait of the author with the Maine coast as background and a ray of sunshine, evoking a scene from her best-known work, "The Country of the Pointed Firs." "Sarah Orne Jewett is the premier historical icon more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Protect Borrowers (formerly Student Borrower Protection Center) issued the following commentary by Sophie Laing, a fellow and legal aid attorney working on issues of consumer debt: * * * Worst of Both Worlds: State Student Loans Are Not the Friendly and Safe Alternative States Claim They Are The student loan landscape is changing: with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), there are new federal lending limits that will significantly impact current and future student loan borrowers. At the same time, state disinvestme more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2026: * * * Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Ron Wyden Launch Inquiry into Shady Groups Awarded $394 Million in Contracts by Trump Administration to Represent Unaccompanied Children Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sen. Ron Wyden, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, pressed Burke Law Group  more PR

ORONO, Maine, Aug. 21 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release: * * * Tiny ocean plankton holds clues to the future of Maine lobster * The future of Maine's lobster industry may depend on a creature the size of a sesame seed. Researchers at the University of Maine have discovered that planktonic baby lobsters, or larvae, preferentially feed on Calanus finmarchicus, a tiny, calorie-rich zooplankton species, during one of the most vulnerable stages of their lives. Their new study upholds a theory advanced by scientists in more PR

ORONO, Maine, Aug. 20 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release: * * * UMaine summer interns make real-world impact at Bangor Savings Bank * Bangor Savings Bank's (BSB) payroll operations procedures were spread throughout multiple platforms when Curtis Bibber began his summer internship. The University of Maine finance major set out to change that. As a payroll operations intern, Bibber developed a centralized database for the bank's payroll operations processes and procedures, consolidating information into a single lo 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