WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49187) on Aug. 14, 2026, entitled "African Growth and Opportunity Act" by international trade and finance analyst Liana Wong. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a key pillar of U.S. trade policy with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Congress enacted AGOA as part of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Title I of P.L. 106-200, as amended). AGOA is a nonreciprocal U.S. trade preference program providi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news on Aug. 20, 2026: * * * Mass. Supreme Court blocks religious statues on Quincy public building BOSTON - In a landmark ruling, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today unanimously upheld a preliminary injunction blocking the installation of two 10-foot-tall religious statues depicting St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian outside the entrance of the public safety building in Quincy. The court upheld the trial court's determination th more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 22 -- The Arizona Supreme Court issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Qualifications for Medical Malpractice Expert Witnesses The Arizona Supreme Court today issued its opinion in Arojojoye v. Allen, explaining how courts must determine whether an expert witness is qualified to testify about the standard of care in a medical malpractice case when a physician claims to practice a board-certified specialty. The case arose after Crystal Allen developed an infection and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, issued the following analysis: * * * "Prediction Markets," Gambling, the CFTC & Regulation: Facts, Fiction & The Law Introduction Since 2022, Better Markets has been deeply engaged in the debates over so-called "prediction markets," first at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and then in the courts, media, at other agencies, and now virtually everywher more PR

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * California Parents Ask Supreme Court to Hear Religious Discrimination Case * Washington, D.C.-On behalf of three California families who were excluded from a state program because they chose religious material to homeschool their own children, First Liberty Institute, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and King & Spalding LLP asked the Supreme Cour 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

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 22 -- The Colorado Supreme Court issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Announces Incoming Chief Justice Today, Chief Justice Monica Marquez announced that Supreme Court Justice William Hood was selected by his fellow justices to serve as the next chief justice beginning in August 2027, when Chief Justice Marquez's term concludes. The chief justice serves a three-year rotating term, established by a unanimous vote of the court in 2020 to replace indefinite terms. The incoming chief jus more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 20 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Cox Resigns From ATU Board of Trustees * Cory Cox of Perryville has resigned from the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees effective Thursday, Aug. 20. Cox's resignation is subsequent to his recent appointment by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders as a special justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court. "We are grateful to Mr. Cox for his excellent service on the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees," said ATU President Dr. Russell Jones. "His aff more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 20 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Brad Kaufman Named Finalist for American Lawyer Industry Awards Best Mentor * WEST PALM BEACH - Aug. 20, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Senior Chairman and Global Chairman of Professional Development and Integration Brad Kaufman has been named a finalist for the American Lawyer Industry Awards' Best Mentor recognition. The award honors lawyers and professional staff who have demonst more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Poll 126: Majority of North Carolina Voters Say Country Headed in Wrong Direction * HIGH POINT, N.C., Aug. 21, 2026 - A new High Point University(r) Poll of North Carolina likely voters found that a majority (59%) said the country is on the wrong track, while 36% said that the country was headed in the right direction. More than one-third of likely voters (35%) said the state of North Carolina was headed in the right direction, while 4 more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Chad: Political Opponents Freed * (New York) - The Chadian authorities should vacate or set aside the conviction of Succes Masra, the former Chadian prime minister and main opposition leader, Human Rights Watch said today. Masra was released from prison on August 15, 2026, after receiving a presidential pardon. His pardon and those of eight other political opponents led to their release from prison. However, their convictions for conduct that more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Liberty In Action Weekly: Education Freedom Forever! * The stakes could not have been higher. Out-of-state special interests were spending millions of dollars in an attempt to defeat Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program, which provides education opportunity to 100,000 students in the state. But thanks to the Goldwater Institute and its allies, the nefarious anti-school choice campaign went down in flames this week. The t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New Mexico Supreme Court Asked to Stop Illegal Water Use for Project Jupiter Construction * SANTA FE, N.M.-The Center for Biological Diversity today filed an emergency petition with the New Mexico Supreme Court challenging the state's approval of well drilling that has supplied millions of gallons of freshwater for Project Jupiter, the $165 billion data center campus proposed by Oracle and Open AI in Dona Ana County. In O more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026: * * * Drummond tells Muskogee schools the First Amendment did not require canceling prayer walk, offers future support Attorney General Gentner Drummond today advised Muskogee Public Schools that it was under no constitutional obligation to cancel a community prayer walk earlier this month, and offered this Office's assistance to any Oklahoma district that receives a similar demand. Muskogee 6th and 7th Grade Ac more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Professor Andrea J. Martin contributes legal expertise, research, and writing to two U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs * CARLISLE, PA-Professor Andrea J. Martin contributed legal expertise, research, and writing to two amicus curiae briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court in StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Title VI case arising from allegations of antisemitic ha 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

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers-Newark Vice Provost Elected President of National Society Focused on Psychology and Social Issues By Carrie Stetler Luis Rivera, Rutgers University-Newark's vice provost for academic innovation and a psychology professor, was elected president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, a national organization with a leading role in using research to inform public policy. Rivera, a social psychologist, described the organization as a more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Supporting 'We the People' for the summer * On a school field trip in elementary school, Penn Arts & Sciences undergrad Pelham Tennant remembers gazing up with a sense of awe at the words "We the People" etched into the exterior of the National Constitution Center (NCC) at Philadelphia's Independence Mall. Little did she know that as a rising second-year, she would intern in that very building, through Penn's Summer Humanities Internship P more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * The Supreme Court Should Keep Federal Regulators Out of Your Home * Every day, millions of American adults enjoy drinks made with whiskey, gin, rum and other spirits. But while the drinks are perfectly legal, anyone who dares to distill their own spirits at home is committing a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison-all because home-based distilleries are harder for the government to tax and regulate. That's an alarmi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: International] -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * Washington State's Attack on Enforcement Goes to Supreme Court * FAIR shows state law is unconstitutional WASHINGTON-The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging review of a case that puts federal immigration detention in the state of Washington in jeopardy. Washington passed a law that makes immigration detention centers operating under contrac more PR