LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Joins Coalition to Protect Law Enforcement Funding from Illegal Conditions Imposed by Federal Government * LANSING - Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit (PDF) over the illegal imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally-authorized public safety grants, including grants int more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following news: * * * Court Strikes Down Maryland's Digital Ad Tax, Serving As Cautionary for Other States Last fall, ATR pointed out how the tax hike-laden budget that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law earlier in the year was on shaky ground. That's because the state budget assumes revenue from a state digital advertising tax, the nation's first, which stood a good chance of being struck down in court. That's precisely what ended up happening last week, when the Maryland T more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 21 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Public Safety Funding * Today, Attorney General Clark joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit over the illegal imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally-authorized public safety grants. Last year, the Trump Administration, disregarding the clear letter of the law  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL DEMAND OF CDL DRIVERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION * 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 and from terminating more than $10 million in federal funding to the American Association of  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION TO PROTECT LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a multistate coalition in filing an updated lawsuit over the Trump administration's illegal attempt to hold critical public safety funding hostage unless states comply with its immigration enforcement priorities. These public safety grants, authorized by Congress to help fight crime, include grants intended to kee more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Law Enforcement Funding * (Hartford, CT) - Today, Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit over the illegal imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * By this rule, NIST amends its regulations governing traffic and conduct at its sites in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Boulder and Fort Collins, Colorado. This rule amends those regulations by removing excessive and redundant restrictions on personal conduct, updating or removing sections with outdated references or requirements, and broadening an exception regarding the use of s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news: * * * July Unemployment Fell in 28 States plus DC, Remained Unchanged in 18, Increased in 4 Today, the Joint Economic Committee released its monthly State Employment Update, outlining the employment situation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In July, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia unemployment fell in 29, rose in 4, and remained unchanged in 18. The highest unemployment rate was 5.9 pe more PR

ROANOKE, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Oral therapy shows potential to protect healthy tissue from radiation * Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have developed an experimental oral therapy that protected mice from otherwise harmful radiation exposure while preserving radiation's ability to destroy cancer cells, a finding that could ultimately improve cancer treatment and strengthen preparedness for radiological emergencies. Publis more PR

MOUNT RAINIER, Maryland, Aug. 22 -- The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environment issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2026: * * * Statement from ANHE on Gov Shapiro PA Executive Order Data Centers (PA)- On Tuesday Aug. 18th, PA Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to implement the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) standards for proposed data centers in Pennsylvania. "Nurses understand accountability because our profession depends on it. Every order, every intervention, every outcome is tracked and d more PR