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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2026-09-27 ( 6 items )  
Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Continuing to Block Trump Administration's Plan to Terminate School Mental Health Funding (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Continuing to Block Trump Administration's Plan to Terminate School Mental Health Funding * OAKLAND -As part of a coalition of 15 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week secured a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington that continues blocking the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) effort  more PR

Can Reliable Access to Nutritious Food Improve Health? (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Can Reliable Access to Nutritious Food Improve Health? * health policy In a new collaboration, Jacey Greece and Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz will partner with a local food insecurity nonprofit and a Swedish grocery store chain to evaluate whether reliable access to nutritious food from week to week can influence individuals' and families' health outcomes. September 25, 2026 * Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Each day, nearly 50 mil more PR

France was on fire this summer. Today, it took to the streets (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 [Category: Energy] -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * France was on fire this summer. Today, it took to the streets * 120,000 people took to the streets today in 260 cities and villages across France, calling for urgent action on climate, biodiversity, peace and social justice. After a summer of deadly heatwaves, devastating wildfires that forced 250,000 people from their homes, and severe d more PR

Kidney Disease in Nicaragua Linked to Adolescents and Young Women, and Those Without Occupational Heat Exposure (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Kidney Disease in Nicaragua Linked to Adolescents and Young Women, and Those Without Occupational Heat Exposure *. Global Health In a Nicaraguan region marked by a high burden of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) among young males working in heat-intensive labor, a new study not only shows evidence of CKDu among males, but also metabolic-associated kidney disease among young girls and women and those with and with more PR

Senators Markey and Merkley Lead Colleagues to Demand Trump Administration Abandon Reckless Saudi Nuclear Deal (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey and Merkley Lead Colleagues to Demand Trump Administration Abandon Reckless Saudi Nuclear Deal * Trump deal caves to Saudi demands, fails "Gold Standard" test Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 25, 2026) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding that the T more PR

Sens. Markey, Merkley and Reps. Jayapal, Tlaib, Pressley Reintroduce Legislation to Halt Government Use of Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technology (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Markey, Merkley and Reps. Jayapal, Tlaib, Pressley Reintroduce Legislation to Halt Government Use of Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technology * Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 25, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), anno more PR