OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 28 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown secures court order temporarily blocking Postal Service's unlawful mail voting rule * District court judge issues temporary restraining order to block rule from taking effect A coalition of 25 states co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown has secured an order temporarily blocking a new rule by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that would have disrupted the states' vote-by-mail programs and put voters' rights at risk ah more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Court Order Temporarily Blocking Postal Service's Unlawful Mail Voting Rule * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 25 states have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocking a new rule by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that would have imposed burdensome requirement more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Challenges Title X Funding Conditions * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a multistate coalition in suing to block unlawful grant conditions that threaten to strip federal funding for family planning services from states and providers. The lawsuit (PDF), filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenges new conditions on Title X funds, which support reproductive healt more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 27 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Challenges Title X Funding Conditions * Attorney General Clark today joined a coalition of 22 other states in suing to block a new federal policy that threatens to strip federal family planning funding from states and providers unless they meet a variety of unlawful conditions. The lawsuit, filed today in federal court, challenges new conditions on Title X funds, which support reproductive health care, famil more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Stands Up to Federal Attacks on Family Planning * Attorney General Dan Rayfield is challenging the federal government to stop a new policy that would cut off family planning funding to states and health clinics unless they agree to a list of political conditions that are illegal, unreasonable, and completely out of touch with families' needs. AG Rayfield filed the lawsuit today alongside 22 other attorneys gener more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 28 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Weiser secures court order temporarily blocking Postal Service's unlawful mail voting rule * #Federal judge blocks last-minute requirements that threaten to disrupt Colorado's mail ballot system ahead of November election Aug. 28, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of 25 states secured a temporary restraining order blocking a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would have imposed burdensome ne more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 27 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Weiser sues to protect federal funding for family planning and preventive health care * Aug. 27, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition in suing to block new unlawful conditions on Title X funding, which supports reproductive health care, family planning, cancer screenings, and other preventive care for millions of Americans. The new policy threatens access to affordable, high-quality he more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Discusses Tariffs, ICE and Social Media on MSNOW's Morning Joe * Earlier today, Governor Hochul was a Guest on MSNOW's "Morning Joe." AUDIO: The Governor's remarks are available in audio form here. A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below: Willie Geist, MSNOW: Governor Hochul, great to see you this morning. Let's start right there with the decision, the settlement from Meta up more PR

ORANGE, Connecticut, Aug. 28 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Avangrid, an energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, posted the following news release: * * * Avangrid Foundation Celebrates Opening of Alameda Community Schoolyard in Oregon * Photo: Students enjoying the new Alameda Community Schoolyard Ontario, OR -August 28, 2026 -The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, in partnership with Trust for Public Land, celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the Alameda Com more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, Aug. 27 -- Central Connecticut State University posted the following news: * * * Chen Gallery presents 'Perspectivas: In Honor of Gilberto Cardenas' * The Chen Art Gallery will present "Perspectivas: In Honor of Gilberto Cardenas," an exhibition of Latino art curated by Central students. The student curators, Alyssia Rolfe, Katherine Plotkin, and Pricila Cabezas, worked with art collections at Central, the University of Saint Joseph, and private collectors in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and renowned Latino St more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of an application filed by NextEra Energy, Inc., Dominion Energy, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO), Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut (DENC), and Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. (DESC) on July 15, 2026. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of the facility operating licenses, materials licenses, and general licenses for Surry Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2; North Anna Power Station, Uni more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont and Connecticut Officials Bring Attention to Addiction and Recovery Resources in Advance of International Overdose Awareness Day * International Overdose Awareness Day Is Commemorated Annually on August 31 (HARTFORD, CT) - In advance of International Overdose Awareness Day, which is commemorated annually on August 31, Governor Ned Lamont, members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation, the state's constitutional of more PR

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- Central Connecticut State University posted the following news: * * * Grant award to foster job-readiness on a new SCALE * Central was awarded a Connecticut Tech Talent Accelerator Innovation Grant for $75,000 earlier this month that will address a growing workforce gap: Employees who not only know how to find information, but also how to determine what information can be trusted and how to explain that to people who might not be experts in a given field. The grant, awarded by the Business-Higher Educat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-759) on the No Antisemitism in Education Act (H.R. 8476). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on Aug. 20, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE H.R. 8476 requires each local educational agency and institution of higher education that receives federal financial assistance to treat discrimination motivated by antisemitism as vigorously as such agency or institution treats other forms of discrimination prohibited by Title VI of  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-780) on the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act (H.R. 4795). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on Aug. 27, 2026. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose H.R. 4795, Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026, amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from receiving federal student aid under Title IV of the HEA. The bill also more ST

PUTNEY, Vermont, Aug. 28 -- Landmark College issued the following news: * * * Landmark College Expands Footprint with Land Purchase Landmark College, the world's foremost institution of higher education for neurodivergent learners, announced today that it has completed the purchase of two land parcels totaling 264 acres from the Nathaniel Hendricks Revocable Trust. The parcels adjoin the east end of campus and stretch southward across River Road all the way down to the Connecticut River. The purchase includes a house and barn that was once more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * MGMA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Modifier -25 Payment Reduction The Honorable Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1848-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850 Re: File Code CMS-1848-P; Medicare Program; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Payment Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Pa more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez Secures Court Order Temporarily Blocking Postal Service's Unlawful Mail Voting Rule District Court Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order to Block Rule from Taking Effect - Albuquerque, NM - Attorney General Raul Torrez and a coalition of 25 states have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocking  more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 29 -- 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: * * * NEPAL FLOODS: Schoolchildren Reunited with Families After Being Stranded--Save the Children KATHMANDU - Nine school children have been reunited with their families after being stranded at school for two days by the devastating flash floods in Northern Nepal, as rescue efforts continue to reach other students, Save the Children said more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 27 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor Asli U. Bali '99 Joins Schell Center as Faculty Co-Director * Back to News Professor Asli U. Bali is the Schell Center's new faculty co-director. Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law Asli U. Bali4 '99 has joined the Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights5 as faculty co-director. She will lead Yale Law School's hub for the study of human rights alongside Clinical Professor of Law Claudia M. Flores6, who has served as faculty c more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor Paul Gewirtz Reflects on the Past and Future of Paul Tsai China Center He Founded * Back to News Professor Paul Gewirtz After 50 years on the Yale Law School faculty, Professor Paul Gewirtz4 retired on July 1, becoming the Potter Stewart Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law. An esteemed scholar and much-admired teacher, he has written and taught in multiple legal and policy fields, including constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, federal more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 29 -- 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: * * * NEPAL FLASH FLOODS: Rescuers race to find survivors with areas still cut off KATHMANDU - Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the flash flood-devastated areas of Northern Nepal, as Save the Children delivers emergency aid to families, with many places still only accessible by helicopter. The disaster in the Rasuwa region stru more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following statement by Andrew C. Agwunobi, UConn Health CEO and executive vice president for health affairs: * * * CEO Update - Aug 28, 2026 * Dear Colleagues, I'd like to start by announcing the launch next week of our Capacity Management Center, which is designed to streamline and optimize patient transfers between UConn Health and community partner hospitals. We'll do this by replacing the manual, paper-based process with real-time data entry into Epic (our electro more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 27 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn School of Social Work Welcomes Nationally Recognized Gerontologist * This month, Chanee Fabius, a nationally recognized gerontologist and health services researcher, joined the UConn School of Social Work (opens in new tab) as the Judith M. Zachs Family Professor in Aging and associate professor. Additionally, she is affiliated with the UConn Center on Aging (opens in new tab) which supports a robust, nationally recognized research program f more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 29 -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: * * * Yale researchers to help lead NSF Center studying how robots and people learn to live and work together As part of a $30 million National Science Foundation grant led by the University of Texas at Austin, Yale researchers will help build a new science of "human-robot co-adaptation" - studying not only how people change as they live alongside assistive robots, but how those robots themselves must change and adapt as they spen more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Daut named the Tripp Professor of Black Studies and of French Marlene L. Daut, a literary and intellectual historian of the Caribbean, has been named the Chester D. Tripp Professor of Black Studies and of French, effective July 1. She joined Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2022. Her most recent book, "The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe" (Knopf, 2025), won the 2026 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Biography, the more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Leah Boustan appointed the Brachman Professor of Economics Leah Boustan, a scholar of economic history and labor economics who joined Yale's faculty in 2025, is also the director of Yale's Program in Economic History. - Leah Boustan, a renowned scholar whose research lies at the intersection of economic history and labor economics, has been named the Malcolm K. Brachman Professor of Economics, effective July 1. Boustan, who joined Yale's Faculty of Arts a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Navin Kartik named Melamed Professor of Economics Navin Kartik, who joined the Yale faculty in 2025, is an eminent microeconomic theorist and a leading scholar of game theory and information economics. - Navin Kartik, a renowned microeconomic theorist and political economist, has been appointed the A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2026. Kartik joined Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in 2025 after spending 17 years at  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Study reveals nuanced relationship between people and flooding in Congo Basin A first-of-its-kind ethnographic project in Africa's Congo Basin shows the seasonal variability of flooding and other weather patterns across time and space -- as well as people's experiences and adaptations to it. By Kevin Dennehy In the Lac Tele Community Reserve, a vast tropical peatland in Africa's Congo Basin that is home to about 20,000 people, the forces of climat more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Turning Up Protein Production: A New Genetic Approach to Polycystic Kidney Disease By Jordan Shaked Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure. Despite decades of research, treatment options for the disease remain limited, and many patients ultimately require dialysis or kidney transplantation. Now, researchers at Yale have identified a potential new strategy for treating the disease.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 28 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Vincent Brown named the David Brion Davis Professor of History Vincent Brown, an expert on the political dimensions of cultural practice in the African Diaspora, joined the Yale faculty on July 1. - Vincent Brown, a world-renowned expert on the political dimensions of cultural practice in the African Diaspora, has been named the David Brion Davis Professor of History, effective July 1. Brown joined Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) this summer aft more PR