WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE CHAIR THOMPSON, JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER RASKIN AND REP. MCBATH LEAD 174 MEMBERS CALLING ON DOJ TO ENFORCE YOUTH HANDGUN LAW * Washington - Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, and Rep. Lucy McBath lead a bipartisan letter with 174 members calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enforce the 1968 law which prohibits licensed gun  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Regulations Division Office of General Counsel U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20410 RE: HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUD's Title VI Regulations (Docket No. FR-6540-P-02) To the Office of General Counsel: Housing Forward submits these formal comments in strong more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Comment Opposing Proposed Rule Weakening Head Start Performance Standards 1 | P a g e October 6, 2026 Lizbeth Casco White, Director Office of Head Start, Administration for Children & Families Department of Health and Human Services 330 C. Street, S.W., Mailstop 4301 Washington, DC 20201 CC: Adam N. Jones, Deputy Chief of Staff, Immediate Office of the Assistant more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. October 9, 2026 Regulations Division Office of General Counsel U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 RE: HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUD's Title VI Regulations (Docket No. FR-6540-P-02) Dear Secretary Turner: National Action Network  more ST

DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- The University of Michigan Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * Preserving 60-plus years of history October 5, 2026 The new UM-Dearborn Student Publication Database is online. The digitized collection, which includes 1,335 issues of The Michigan Journal, spans from 1962 to 2024. - Stacks of yellowed newsprint on a table in the Mardigian Library archive show what made front-page news at UM-Dearborn in 1972. There's a 156-pint Red Cross blood drive, record enrollment of 4,300 students and the triump more PR