SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 28 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * 86-Year-Old Veteran Files Federal Charges Against UFCW Union for Causing his Illegal Firing from Part-Time Grocery Job * Charge: UFCW bosses ignored Village Market employee for four years, then suddenly had him fired claiming he owed over $3,500 in back dues and fees Oakland, CA (September 28, 2026) - With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation, an 86-year-old veteran who worked part-time at Vi more PR

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 28 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Defends Employees' Religious Freedom in Supreme Court Brief * BOISE, ID -Attorney General Raul Labrador led a coalition of 18 states, Puerto Rico, and the Arizona Legislature in filing an amicus brief on September 16 urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center and reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that lets courts decide which sincerely held beliefs count as religious. During the COVID-19 pan more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Executive Authority to Limit Asylum Claims and Defend the Southern Border * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Mullin v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Illegal Education and Legal Services (RAICES), a case concerning President Trump's authority to restrict more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following brief on September 22, 2026, entitled "Too Little, Too Late: Why the ABA Should (Still) Lose its Accreditation Monopoly": Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction On September 23-24, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) will convene to consider continued federal recognition of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 28 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Helps Secure Supreme Court Victory Protecting Texas's Access to Citizenship Information for Voter Roll Verification * Attorney General Ken Paxton assisted in securing a major victory at the Supreme Court of the United States, which allows the federal government to continue providing Texas and other states access to expanded federal citizenship information. This information is used to verify voter eligibility and  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 28 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LAUNCHES ELECTION MONITORING, ENCOURAGES ILLINOIS VOTERS TO MAKE A VOTING PLAN TODAY * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from his office will begin election monitoring today as early voting has begun in many areas of the state. It has been the longstanding practice of the Attorney General's office to monitor elections in Illinois more PR

ATCHISON, Kansas, Sept. 29 -- Benedictine College issued the following news: * * * College Dedicates Independence Hall Library With Justice Barrett September 28, 2026 Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, dedicated its new Independence Hall library on Sept. 26. Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke as part of the program that also included the college's president, Stephen D. Minnis; Michael Kuckelman, chairman of the board of directors; Provost and Dean of the College Dr. Kimberly Shankman; and recent alums Jeffery Schremmer, who spoke at the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Prohibit Firearms at Polling Places Nationwide, Protecting Voters & Election Workers * 09.28.26 # #In early 2026, 32% percent of local election workers experienced threats or harassment; 52% concerned for staff safety WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined her colleagues in introducing bicameral legislation to protect voters and election workers from intimidation and  more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 29 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * How Fred D. Gray's time at Case Western Reserve helped shape a civil rights legend September 27, 2026 | Story by: Alan Ashby "My objective in coming here was to finish law school in three years, return to Alabama, become a lawyer and destroy everything segregated I could find." If you think this sounds like the opening line in the next novel by Percival Everett or Colson Whitehead, it would be a good guess, but incorrect nonetheless. Turns out, it more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued the following news release: * * * CHC Chair Espaillat Slams SCOTUS Decision on SAVE Program: 'Trump and His Supreme Court Cronies Will Fail' September 28, 2026 Washington, D.C. -- Statement from Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat on the Supreme Court's decision on Friday to allow the Department of Homeland Security to use its discredited Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE program, a violation of privacy and an attempt to disenfranchise A more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Children in Anguish as Immigration Arrests Surge * Teresa M., a 30-year-old Guatemalan woman, had just left home for her job manufacturing cabinets when she was stopped by Alabama police in June and asked about her immigration status. A colleague was driving, and Teresa, who had been in the United States for seven years at the time, said she doesn't know why they were pulled over. Teresa, who has a 12-year-old daughter, and two sons, ages 6  more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Sept. 29 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following commentary by Henrick Karoliszyn, investigative reporter for The Defender: * * * Five Years After Reddit's Crackdown on COVID 'Misinformation,' Questions Remain: Who Decides What Health Speech Is Allowed Online? In August 2021, moderators of popular subreddits released a statement demanding that the company remove what they called da more PR

ATCHISON, Kansas, Sept. 28 -- Benedictine College issued the following news: * * * College Dedicates Independence Hall Library With Justice Barrett * Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, dedicated its new Independence Hall library on Sept. 26. Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke as part of the program that also included the college's president, Stephen D. Minnis; Michael Kuckelman, chairman of the board of directors; Provost and Dean of the College Dr. Kimberly Shankman; and recent alums Jeffery Schremmer, who spoke at the library's ground more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Whitehouse Introduce Congressional Check on Rogue Supreme Court Decisions * Legislation to allow Congress to respond quickly to Court decisions comes as Americans' approval of the Supreme Court is nearing a historic low Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced legislation to bolster Congress's ability to check Supreme Court decisions that erroneously interpr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council for Responsible Nutrition posted the following news release: * * * CRN Cautions California Consumers: New Unfounded Age Restrictions on Array of Dietary Supplements Will Limit Access and Restrict Free Speech * Following tireless advocacy against AB 2030, association pledges continued defense of consumer access and science-based policy in face of unsupported restrictions on weight management and sports nutrition dietary supplements WASHINGTON -The Council for Responsible Nutritio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Defenders Expands Legal Challenge to Trump Administration's Assault on Endangered Species Act * Defenders of Wildlife today filed an amended complaint challenging the Trump administration's escalating effort to dismantle longstanding protections for threatened and endangered wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. The amended complaint builds on Defenders' July complaint challenging the administration's rescission of the lo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.25.2026 Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Allowing Trump Administration To Proceed With Flawed Voter Screening Database Ahead Of Midterms NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump Administration can move forward with an expansive and flaw more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * September 28, 2026 Fetterman Joins Senate Colleagues in Letter to DHS on Election Interference WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, joined his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin urging the Department to halt its efforts in asserting federal control over and undermining publ more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 28 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Hosts 'When AI Gets Physical: Navigating the Real-World Risks and Rewards' Panel During Boston AI Week * BOSTON - Sept. 28, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Innovation & Artificial Intelligence and Venture Capital & Emerging Technology groups will host a panel discussion and networking session Sept. 28 for attendees of Boston AI Week. Led by Intellectual Property & Technology Practice more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Sept. 28, 2026, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Elections Take Place Without Real Opposition Richard Arnold Executive Summary: * Russia's September 18-20 Duma elections delivered United Russia its largest State Duma faction in history, while 49 war veterans won seats, advancing Russian President Vladimir Putin's effort to build a "new elite" tied to the war against Ukraine. * The Kremlin further narrowed the space for electoral opp more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 28 [Category: Consumer Services] -- Consumer Watchdog posted the following news release: * * * Justice Alito Recuses From Landmark Climate Case * This month Consumer Watchdog revealed companies Alito invests in warned shareholders climate lawsuits pose financial risks -at least one company is a defendant in every case identified as stayed pending Suncor Washington, D.C. -Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from Suncor v. Boulder, the landmark climate deception case that will open the Suprem more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Colleagues Demand DHS Halt Efforts to Undermine 2026 Midterm Elections * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined 33 of his Senate colleagues in a letter demanding that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin halt the Department's efforts to extend federal control over and undermine public trust in the 2026 midterm elections. The senators wrote to request information substantiating Mullin's public claim more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON SQUAWK BOX: "PEOPLE ARE DROWNING IN THIS FAILED REPUBLICAN ECONOMY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box, where he made clear that unlike Donald Trump and Republicans, House Democrats are committed to fiscally responsible behavior in the fight for an affordable America. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: Welcome back to Squawk Box. We are just five weeks away now from th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES ON SQUAWK BOX: "PEOPLE ARE DROWNING IN THIS FAILED REPUBLICAN ECONOMY" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box, where he made clear that unlike Donald Trump and Republicans, House Democrats are committed to fiscally responsible behavior in the fight for an affordable America. ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: Welcome back to Squawk Box. We are just five weeks away now from the midterm elections. Joinin more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 28 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * National Right to Work Foundation Asks NLRB to Halt SEIU Scheme to Impose Union on 190,000 New York In-Home Medicaid Caregivers * Motion: Briefing needed as SEIU and PPL work together to impose unionization; PPL facing DOJ fraud lawsuit and isn't actually caregivers' 'employer' Washington, DC (September 28, 2026) - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a motion at the National Labor Relati more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 28 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska all wrong on South Platte River Compact breach claims, AG Weiser says * Sept. 28, 2026 (DENVER) - Colorado today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss Nebraska's baseless claims that Colorado has breached any provision of the South Platte River Compact and interfered with their efforts to build the controversial Perkins County Canal. In briefs filed with the Supreme Court, Colorado explains it is not liable to Nebraska fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * New Jersey Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Threatening Red Mass Attendees at St. Matthew's Cathedral * WASHINGTON - Louis Geri, 42, of Vineland, New Jersey, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison in connection with threatening to detonate more than 100 homemade explosive devices on the steps of St. Matthew's Cathedral during the annual Red Mass attended by U.S. Supreme Court Justices and othe more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Sept. 29 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School issued the following news: * * * Notre Dame Law Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court to Address Religious Exclusions in Higher Education Funding September 28, 2026 Author: Arienne Calingo Notre Dame Law School faculty and programs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Hall v. Fleming and Johnson v. Fleming in support of petitioners Bethany Hall and Cameron Johnson, urging the Court to hear challenges to Virginia higher-education funding restrictions and rec more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news: * * * Pitt's $3 billion campaign is the most ambitious in its 239-year history September 28, 2026 From the moment the University of Pittsburgh was founded in a log cabin in 1787, we've done more than imagine what's possible -- we've made it into reality. From first-generation-student success stories to lifesaving discoveries to hands-on research that shapes industries and communities, at the University of Pittsburgh, we don't leave possible to ch more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- WilmerHale, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Seth Waxman Delivers Keynote at ABA Death Penalty Representation Project's 40th Anniversary Event * Partner Seth Waxman delivered the keynote speech at the American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project's 2026 Volunteer Recognition & Awards Event, held September 17th in Washington, DC. The program marked the project's 40th anniversary. Waxman, a founder of the project, spoke about its history and its work to improve the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Visa Restrictions for Foreign Nationals Undermining Democratically-Elected Governments in Western Hemisphere Countries Press Statement Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Spokesman Office of the Spokesman September 28, 2026 Under the Trump Administration, corrupt foreign officials can no longer freely enter the United States. Today the Department of State is taking actions to fulfill the commitments to defend democratic governance across our hemisphere against more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 28 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Urges SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to Maine's Firearm Waiting Period * Columbus, OH - On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed its amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Beckwith v. Frey, a challenge to Maine's unconstitutional law that imposes a 72-hour waiting period on firearm sales,  more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 29 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Spring Honors Forums Explore AI on the Grid and America's Political Divide Sep. 28, 2026 Artificial intelligence is moving off the screen and into the physical systems that power modern life. At the same time, deepening political divisions are reshaping how Americans understand their institutions, their news and one another. This spring, two Honors College Forums will put students in the middle of both conversations. In Edge AI for the Moder more PR