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News Tipoffs - Minnesota Editors Newsletter for 2026-10-11 ( 5 items )  
Coalition Seeks Court Approval for Settlement With Ascend, Citron, and Mayne Pharma Over Conspiracy to Inflate Generic Drug Prices (10)
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 8 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Coalition Seeks Court Approval for Settlement With Ascend, Citron, and Mayne Pharma Over Conspiracy to Inflate Generic Drug Prices * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 45 states and territories seeking court approval of three settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and Mayne Pharma to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturers engaged in a widespread, long-running conspiracy to artif more PR

Gender & School Sports - Federal Action & Legal Challenges to State Laws Topic of CRS Report (Part 2 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48448) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Gender and School Sports - Federal Action and Legal Challenges to State Laws:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * West Virginia v. B.P.J. In B.P.J., the Supreme Court ruled that state laws determining eligibility for girls' and women's athletics according to biological sex did not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause./123 The decision consolidated the appeal from the Fourth Circuit in B.P.J. a more PR

La. Health Dept.: CMS Approves Louisiana's 1115 Reentry Demonstration Authorizing Pre-release Services to Eligible Incarcerated Individuals (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 10 -- The Louisiana Department of Health issued the following news: * * * CMS approves Louisiana's 1115 Reentry Demonstration authorizing pre-release services to eligible incarcerated individuals Coverage removes gaps in care created by existing inmate exclusion - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oct 09, 2026 - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has formally approved Louisiana's 1115 Reentry Demonstration, authorizing the state to receive Federa more PR

Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Minnesota's Trina Swanson for Election to U.S. House (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees posted the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Minnesota's Trina Swanson for Election to U.S. House * Join the 150,000 AFGE members who have already made the switch to E-Dues. Contact: Tim Kauffman 202-374-6491 tim.kauffman@afge.org EAGAN, Minn. -- The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Trina Swanson for election to the U.S. House representing Minnesota's 8th Congr more PR

Reverse Warrants & the Fourth Amendment - Supreme Court Weighs in on Geofence Searches Topic of CRS Report (Part 1 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48852) on Sept. 15, 2026, entitled "Reverse Warrants and the Fourth Amendment: The Supreme Court Weighs in on Geofence Searches" by legislative attorney Clay Wild. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY From thermal imaging and wiretaps to Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and various forms of electronic eavesdropping, law enforcement's use of emerging technologies is sometimes in tension with constitutional privacy protections. See, e.g., more PR