WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. 1 August 18, 2026 Submitted Electronically Kyle A. Diamantas, JD Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20993 Comment of Health Law and Policy Experts in Support of the Following Citizen Petitions: FDA-2025-P-0377-0001 FDA-2025 P-0377-0250 FDA-2025-P-1576-0001 FDA-2025-P-3287-0001 FDA-2025-P-2 more ST

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Blocks Trump Administration's Unlawful Demand of CDL Drivers' Personal Information * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 attorneys general secured a temporary restraining order (PDF) 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 mil more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Alexander Dupuy's Approach to Materials Science: Processing Possibilities * Materials are everywhere. They are in the batteries powering our devices, the engines moving us from place to place, the implants used in modern medicine, and nearly every piece of technology people interact with each day. Yet Alexander Dupuy, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UConn, thinks they rarely get the attention they  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing President Trump's Second Elections-Related Executive Order to Be Implemented * OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision granting the Trump Administration's emergency request to stay an injunction that blocked key provisi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Urges Connecticut Insurance Department to Reject Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Hike Requests * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) - In a letter today to Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Josh Hershman, Attorney General William Tong urged the rejection of double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately 220,000 people more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were lower in 10 states in July 2026 In July 2026, unemployment rates were lower than a month earlier in 10 states and stable in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Twelve states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District had decreases, and 28 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 4.1 percent, changed little both over the month and o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Welch, & Schiff Demand Answers After DHS Pays $464 Million for Luxury Jets & Airplanes via a No-Bid Contract with Company Owned by Prominent Trump Supporter * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Peter Welch (D-VT), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Adam Schiff (D-CA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today dema more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * CT AHEC and Public Health Department Sanitarians Team Up With Teens for Workshop to Solve a Food Illness Outbreak * Fourteen people got sick after attending a Quinceanera, a traditional celebration of a 15-year-old Latino girl's birthday, and it looks like something on the party menu was the culprit. Was it the beef tamales? Green salad? Ceviche? Or the cake? Ten teens enrolled in the Pathways/Senderos Center summer career exploration program wer more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * From Silence to Systems Change: Connecticut Moves Menopause Equity Forward * Connecticut has taken a historic step toward recognizing menopause, perimenopause, and postmenopause as public health, workplace, and equity issues with the passage of two landmark bills: SB 353 and HB 5389. These measures are the result of a sustained partnership between State Representative Kai Belton, the UConn Health Disparities Institute's Menopause Equity Initiative more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 26 (TNSrep) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Gartner Forecasts the Market for Securing AI Will Reach $4.8 Billion in 2027 Analysts to Explore the Latest AI and Cybersecurity Trends During Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo on the Gold Coast, September 14-16 - The market for securing AI is growing rapidly, projected to reach almost $4.8 billion in 2027, a 68.7% increase over 2026, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights comp more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 26 (TNSrep) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Gartner Survey Finds AI Spending by Customer Service Leaders Has Surged by 38%, Despite Overall Service and Support Function Budgets Rising by Just 2% GenAI Chatbots, Voicebots and Agentic AI Platforms Emerge as the Technologies Expected to Deliver the Greatest Future Value - AI spending by customer service leaders has surged despite near-stagnant overall budget growth for customer service an more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * 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 (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Education more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following revenue ruling (No. 2026-14) on Aug. 24, 2026, entitled "Section 2032A.--Valuation of Certain Farm, Etc., Real Property". * * * This revenue ruling contains a list of the average annual effective interest rates on new loans under the Farm Credit System. This revenue ruling also contains a list of the states within each Farm Credit System Bank Territory. Under Sec. 2032A(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, rates on new Farm Credit System Bank loans are used in com more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2026: * * * Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Ohio Court's Unlawful Obstruction of Federal Law Enforcement Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus, Ohio, along with the Administrative and Presiding Judge and Director of Security, challenging a new rule that blocks federal officials from arresting aliens at or near the courthouse. Specifically, the complaint challenges the  more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * K&L Gates Advises Compass Group Equity Partners on Acquisition of Koma Precision Global law firm K&L Gates LLP advised Compass Group Equity Partners, LLC, a leading St. Louis-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of Koma Precision, LLC, a precision manufacturing company that provides engineered machining, manufacturing, calibration, and related services to customers. Koma Precision is headquartered in Connecticut and operates facili more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Blasts Trump Threat to Demolish the Kennedy Center * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted the Trump Administration's threat to demolish the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts if the President's cronies are not allowed to put Donald Trump's name back on the building. "No one is surprised that someone with an ego as big as Donald Trump's believes their name should be above John F. Kennedy's  more PR

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Aug. 25 [Category: Financial Services] -- LIMRA posted the following news release: * * * LIMRA Retirement Income Institute Welcomes Jeffrey R. Brown as Fellow * WINDSOR, Conn., August 25, 2026 -LIMRA today announced that Jeffrey R. Brown, Ph.D., Larry Gies Family Professor of Business and Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has joined the LIMRA Retirement Income Institute as a new fellow. He joins a distinguished group of thought leaders dedicated to advancing research and insights that more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: * * * Maine and Mississippi License State Based Systems * Maine and Mississippi are the latest states to license the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) State Based Systems (SBS), an electronic system designed to revolutionize the efficiency and effectiveness of insurance regulatory processes. With its broad array of services, SBS stands as a comprehensive solution th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * New Model Legislation Cracks Down on Big Real Estate's Private Listings * Washington, D.C. -Economic Liberties today released new model legislation that would ensure that real estate listings are openly viewable to the public for both home purchases and rentals and that homebuyers do not have to commit to a particular brokerage or agent just to view listings. "Private listings are an unfair and confusing disrupti more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Aug. 26 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Pierogi and Polish-American identity: Eastern professor emerita's book explores By Savannah Striano A new book by Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, a retired history professor from Eastern Connecticut State University, explores how pierogi, a hallmark of Polish cuisine, traveled from Poland to the United States and evolved into a symbol of Polish-American identity. "Pierogi: An American Story of Polish Food" traces the history of Polish  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Protecting Consumers: Attorney General Jones Stops Illegal Scheme to Eliminate Competition in Virginia Between Zillow and Redfin AG Jones and four other states sued after Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its apartment advertising business - Attorney General Jones, 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 more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Rahul Kumar Named Director of CT Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab * Rahul Kumar, an incoming clinical professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, will serve as the new director of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (CVMDL). The CVMDL is housed in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR). "I am thrilled that Dr. Kumar will serve in this critical role," says Kumar Venkitanaraya more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following letter with Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Georgia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, to United Steelworkers International President Roxanne Brown: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 30, 2026 Roxanne Brown International President United Steelworkers 1155 Connecticut Avenue, Suite #500 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Ms. Brown: The Committee on Education and Workf more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 26 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Bangladesh: 35% of Rohingya Refugees Face 'Crisis 'or 'Emergency' Hunger as Conditions for Children Worsen COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Conditions in the world's largest refugee settlement are worsening at an alarming rate after nine years, with 35% of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh expected to face 'crisis' or 'emergency' hunger lev more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 26 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: * * * Long Island Sound Partnership Awards Nearly $1 Million to River Restoration Network Award supports the work of eight member organizations and partners to accelerate regional stream barrier removal efforts for ecosystem health and community resilience - The Long Island Sound Partnership has awarded nearly $1 million to the Long Island Sound River Restoration Network (RRN), which includes Save the Sound and seven other environmental organizations, to  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Supporting Community Health from New Haven to Nepal * Asked about the driving force for his lab's work, associate professor Roman Shrestha says it all comes down to "really making a difference for the vulnerable populations we work with." The Shrestha Lab is a group of interdisciplinary researchers dedicated to improving health outcomes and quality of life for people across the globe, especially those who face barriers to accessing the traditiona more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Attorney Files Civil Fraud Suit Against Network Of Companies For Fraudulently Obtaining COVID Relief Money * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that the United States has filed a Complaint against MICHAEL SHABSELS, SIMAD HOLDINGS LLC, DAMIS HOLDINGS LLC, and 26 related entities (the "Shabsels Companies" and, collectively, the "Defendants"), allegin more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing President Trump's Second Elections-Related Executive Order to Be Implemented Joining a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, Attorney General Jones responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision granting the Trump Administration's emergency request to stay an injunction that blocked key provisions of President Trump's second elections- more PR