OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 24 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AGs secure agreement to restore competition between Zillow and Redfin, advancing consumer choice * Two of the country's top property listing websites will end an anticompetitive scheme harming consumers under a settlement announced today with a coalition of five attorneys general - co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown - and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement restores competition in apartment advertising bet more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSletter) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following letter with 263 co-signers to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee leadership: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 6, 2026 The Honorable John Boozman, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 25 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Stops Illegal Scheme to Eliminate Competition Between Zillow and Redfin Companies Must Continue to Compete, Giving Renters and Property Owners More Choices - Attorney General Kris Mayes and a coalition of four other attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today put an end to an illegal agreement between Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) and Redfin Corporation (Redfin) that prevented th more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 24 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stops Illegal Scheme to Eliminate Competition Between Zillow and Redfin * August 24, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James, a coalition of four other attorneys general, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today put an end to an illegal agreement between Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) and Redfin Corporation (Redfin) that prevented them from competing. Redfin and Zillow operate two of the top  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Stops Illegal Scheme to Eliminate Competition Between Zillow and Redfin * Press Releases Connecticut and Four Other States Sued After Zillow Paid Redfin $100 Million to Shut Down Its Apartment Advertising Business (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of four other attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today put an end to an illegal agreement between Zillow Gr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Financial Services] (TNSletter) -- 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 letter with 15 organizations to Commodity Futures Trading Commission: * * * July 27, 2026 Christopher J. Kirkpatrick Secretary Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Center 1155 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20581 Re: Prediction Markets, RIN 3038-AF65 Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick: We are writing in  more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Aug. 25 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * New book offers a scientific look at global human rights -- maybe the last of its kind Binghamton University and University of Rhode Island researchers collaborate on 'Science and the Study of Human Rights' By Jennifer Micale When it comes to human rights, it probably won't surprise you that Scandinavian countries perform well by statistical measures, along with Canada and Australia. But did you know that Mozambique, the Philippines, and Rwanda are also more PR

UPTON, New York, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following joint news release on Aug. 21, 2026, with the State University of New York at Stony Brook University: * * * Brookhaven and Stony Brook Researchers Demonstrate 'Wireless' Capability for Quantum Network First-of-its-kind free-space optical link begins quantum entanglement experiments Editor's note: The following press release is being jointly issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State Univer more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Can Satellites Detect When Forests Lose Resilience? * For years, scientists have been using a method called "temporal autocorrelation (TAC)" to measure forest resilience using satellite data. However, scientists have not used TAC uniformly, and its use as a resilience indicator was based largely on theories and assumptions rather than direct evidence from observations on the ground. A new paper from the Global Environmental Remote Sensing Labora more PR

ONEONTA, New York, Aug. 24 -- The State University of New York Oneonta campus posted the following news: * * * Class of 2030 Arrives, Fall Semester Begins * SUNY Oneonta is buzzing with life once again, celebrating the arrival of more than 1,000 new students and the return of nearly 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students for the Fall 2026 semester. On Wednesday and Thursday, a crew of staff and student volunteers in "Red's Squad" T-shirts welcomed members of the Class of 2030, arriving in Oneonta from communities large and small across  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Congressional Delegation, Governor Lamont and Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce $10 Million Grant Award to Strengthen Early Literacy Supports * #This Five-Year Grant Will Expand Evidence-Aligned Reading Intervention for Students in Kindergarten Through Grade 3 Hartford, CT - Today, members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation joined Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 24, 2026, by Wadhwani AI Center Director Aalok Mehta: * * * Out of Bounds: What the U.S. Government Should Do in Response to AI Agent Containment Failures On July 16, 2026, the company Hugging Face disclosed a new kind of intrusion into its platform--an attack by an unknown autonomous AI agent system--setting off a cascade of disclosures that are turning science fiction into fact and raising new questions about U.S. AI policy. Wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * FTC Secures Order Resolving Antitrust Concerns with Zillow-Redfin Agreement * The Federal Trade Commission, joined by five states, today notified the court that it will file a stipulated order that resolves its litigation against Zillow and Redfin and restores competition in the online platforms that renters use to find apartments and property managers use to list rentals. The order eliminates the key term in a 2025 agreement between Zillow and Re more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Reach $1.6 Trillion in 2026 Overview * Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Grow 92% in 2026 * Memory Revenue to Total $837 Billion in 2026 and Surpass $1 Trillion in 2027 * AI Data Center Revenue Share to Grow From 36.5% in 2026 to 53% by 2030 - Global semiconductor revenue is expected to reach $1.6 trillion in 2026, increasing 92% from 2025 reven more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Governor Lamont and Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Connecticut Receives $10 Million Grant Award To Strengthen Early Literacy Supports This Five-Year Grant Will Expand Evidence-Aligned Reading Intervention for Students in Kindergarten Through Grade 3 - Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Ed more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Himes, Gottheimer, Pappas Introduce Bill to Prevent Double Taxation of Remote Workers * Washington, D.C. -Today, Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Chris Pappas (NH-01), introduced the Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act. The bill would establish a uniform standard for taxing income based on physical presence in a state. In doing so, the bill prohibits a state from taxing a nonresident's income earned when the individu more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Attempt to Weaken Environmental Reviews Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and Harris County, Texas, in a comment letter opposing a proposal by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that would unlawfully ignore foreseeable environmental impacts from nuclear power projects and se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Public Health Organizations Urge HHS to Remove Financial Barriers in Clinical Trial Participation * Today, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), joined by 128 other patient advocacy groups, public health organizations and professional societies, submitted a letter responding to the request for information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of In more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 [Category: BizConsulting] -- RSM U.S., an independent audit, tax and consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * RSM Announces Leadership Appointments Across Assurance and Key Industries * Appointments support RSM's continued focus on industry expertise and client service CHICAGO - (August 24, 2026) - RSM US LLP ("RSM") -the leading provider of consulting, tax and assurance for the middle market - today announced leadership appointments across its assurance practice and key industry sectors. The a more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 24 -- Benesch, a consulting engineering company, issued the following news: [Category: BizConsulting] * * * Ryan Deane Named President-Elect of Connecticut ASLA * GLASTONBURY, CT-Benesch Technical Manager and Senior Landscape Architect Ryan Deane, PLA, has been named President-Elect of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CTASLA) for 2026-2027. Following his term as President-Elect, Ryan will serve a three-year term as President, helping lead the organization's efforts to advance, more PR

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Aug. 24 [Category: Financial Services] -- LIMRA posted the following news release: * * * Todd Ferguson Joins LIMRA and LOMA as Chief Information Officer (CIO) * WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 24, 2026 - LIMRA and LOMA today announced that Todd Ferguson has joined the organization as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Reporting to Chief Administrative Officer, Kaye Hacker, Ferguson will be responsible for setting and executing the industry association's enterprise technology strategy including advancing digital transformation, AI a more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Stamford Students Win Medals at FISU American Games * A pair of UConn Stamford students recently won medals in the sport of taekwondo at the FISU American Games, held in Lima, Peru in July. The games are held every other year and feature college students from across the Americas. Melvy Alvarez '28 (BUS) won a gold medal in the 58-kilogram division, while David Yehenara '27 (CLAS) was a bronze medalist in the 54-kilogram class. They qualifi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Yale Law School Welcomes New Students, Urges Them to Embrace New Ideas * New students arrived at Yale Law School ahead of the fall term last week, taking in a host of new experiences while being encouraged to keep their minds open to the unexpected. Students in the L.L.M. program -for those who have received their first professional degree in law in their home countries -were the first to arrive on Monday. The 26 incoming students in the one-year graduate p more PR