OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 31 -- USA Softball issued the following news: * * * 2026 JO Workshop Highlights Discussions on Youth Softball and Future of USA Softball October 30, 2026 OKLAHOMA CITY -- USA Softball hosted its 2026 Junior Olympic (JO) Workshop, bringing together local association Commissioners and Junior Olympic Commissioners from across the country for discussions focused on the continued growth and development of youth softball. The workshop provided an opportunity for leaders to share best practices, discuss upcoming init more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 30 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Defends Order Blocking Trump Administration from Interfering with California Ballots * AG Rayfield Defends Order Blocking Trump from Interfering w/CA Ballots Attorney General Dan Rayfield today again backed California in its fight to protect its elections, co-leading a filing that urges a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration's last-minute attempt to keep about 20,000 mail ballots from being counted in an e more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 30 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Leads 17-State Coalition: No One is Above Fraud Laws... Not Even Trump * Attorney General Dan Rayfield today led 17 states in defending a basic principle: fraud is against the law, no matter who commits it or how sophisticated the victim is. Oregon filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the civil fraud case New York brought against Donald Trump and his business associates for inflating the values of assets to obtain better term more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Amicus Brief Supporting State's Right to Seek Accountability for Fraud Among Private Businesses * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 17 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in People of the State of New York v. Trump, emphasizing the important role state attorneys general play in policing economic fraud even when that fraud takes place in private commercia more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 29 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Announces $4.5M Settlement With General Motors for Sharing Drivers' Private Data * Attorney General Charity Clark and a bipartisan coalition of 35 other attorneys general today announced General Motors (GM) will pay a total of $220 million to settle allegations that the company illegally sold consumers' private driver behavior data and location information to third parties. The third parties included data br more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 28 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Defending Assault Weapons Restrictions Before the U.S. Supreme Court * Attorney General Clark joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today defending the right of states to protect their citizens from the extraordinary lethality of AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles. The brief, joined by a coalition of 17 other states and the Distric more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Reaches $220 Million Settlement with General Motors Over Secret OnStar Data Sharing * Friday, October 30, 2026 RALEIGH -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of 36 states have reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors to resolve allegations that the company illegally collected and sold data its OnStar Smart Driver program collected about its drivers. "Gener more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Defending Authority to Enforce Fraud Law Against President Trump * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 17 states in urging the New York Court of Appeals to reject an argument by Donald Trump that could weaken the ability of state attorneys general to hold businesses and individuals accountable for fraud. Connecticut joined an amicus brief in the civil fra more PR

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Breaking New Ground: AFSAC's First International PAQ Intern * Breaking New Ground: AFSAC's First International PAQ Intern Published Oct. 30, 2026 By Allyson B. Crawford, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- When Caitlin Cox says the Air Force International Affairs (IA) career field is small, she means it. Unlike engineering or contracting, IA has around 400 civilians  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Charles Donahue Lecture Offers a New Way to Think About Healthcare Costs * Speaker Lindsay Jubelt, CEO of the New England market of Optum Health, discussed why the U.S. healthcare system rewards activity over outcomes and suggested what actually makes people healthier. When Lindsay Jubelt received her white coat upon entering medical school, her grandfather, also a physician, gave her a charge: "Your job of being a doctor is not more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard coordinates rescue of overdue mariner, dog 460 miles off San Diego * SAN DIEGO -- The Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of an overdue 86-year-old man and his dog Wednesday following a multi-day search approximately 460 miles off San Diego. Coast Guard Pacific Area watchstanders received a report Saturday, Oct. 24, of an overdue mariner aboard the sailing vessel Willow Wind, while en route from Astoria, Oregon, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Announcement of Determination To Approve Authorized Program Revisions This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of requests to revise/modify EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting from Arkansas Energy and Environment (E&E), Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (AZDEQ), Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * Obayashi-Jay Dee Joint Venture; Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project; Grant of Permanent Variance In this notice, OSHA grants a permanent variance to Obayashi--Jay Dee Joint Venture (OJD) related to work in compressed air environments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of thisFederal Register notice. Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at http://www.r more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * Notice of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement for Basing F-35A Lightning II Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field ANGB, Klamath Falls, Oregon On October 5, 2026, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Basing F-35A Lightning II Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, Klamath Falls, Oregon. SUPPLEMENTARY IN more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied in part and dismissed in part a protest by Coulson Aviation Inc., Portland, Oregon, challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service issuance of airtanker service task orders to four competitors for nationwide wildfire suppression operations. In a Sept. 28 decision, GAO rejected Coulson's challenges to the evaluation of its proposal, the assessment of competing companies and the agency's best-value award decisions. The task orders went to 10 Tanker Air Carrier  more ST

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Announces Four Gubernatorial Appointments * Today, Governor Mike Kehoe announced one gubernatorial appointment and filled three county vacancies. Billy Crawford, of Marshfield, was appointed as the Webster County Northern Commissioner. Mr. Crawford owns Crawford Tire and currently serves as the interim Webster County northern commissioner. In addition to his professional career, he is also an active member of Four Rive more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Spanberger Celebrates Court Ruling Protecting Healthcare Coverage for Virginians With Serious Illnesses * Judge Strikes Down Federal Rules that Would Have Made It More Difficult for Patients with Cancer, Substance Use Disorder, Disabilities & Other Chronic Illnesses to Access Care RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Abigail Spanberger today celebrated Virginia winning a federal court ruling blocking the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Med more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-819) on the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H.R. 2140). The report was advanced by Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, on Sept. 14, 2026. The House passed the bill on Sept. 15, 2026, and it has been received by the Senate, but not referred to a committee. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary The purpose of H.R. 2140 is to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program through Fiscal Year 2029 at its current authorization level o more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Protect Borrowers (formerly Student Borrower Protection Center) issued the following news release: * * * 'Weingarten v. McMahon': Major Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Education Secretary Over Student Loan Crisis Trump Administration Deliberately Mishandled Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, Leaving Over 90,000 Borrowers in the Lurch - October 30, 2026 | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A landmark class action lawsuit filed today in federal court documents how Education Secretary Linda McMahon has systematically preve more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSCrpt) -- OREGON: THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF SANCTUARY POLICIES - A report from House Judiciary Committee - October 2026 (20 pages) * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Democrats' open-borders policies at the federal level and sanctuary policies at the state and local level allow millions of illegal aliens to pour into the country and ensure that criminal aliens, after encountered by local law enforcement, are released back into American communities. For four years, the Biden-Harris Administration's open borders allowed over eig more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Brown, McClellan, and Salinas Introduce Legislation to Support New and Underserved Farmers * Washington, DC - Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) have introduced the Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Grant Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 10914), to better support new, underserved and veteran farmers with im more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. George T. Whitesides, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Whitesides, Gallagher, Salinas, Fong Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Betting on Wildfires on Prediction Markets * WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA), James Gallagher (R-CA) Andrea Salinas (D-OR), and Vince Fong (R-CA) introduced the No Bets on Wildfires Act, a bill making it illegal to place bets related to wildfires on prediction markets. Over $1 million fire-related bets were wagered on Polymarket du more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 29 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Solomon '22 Speaks on Resilience at Fall Convocation Honoring Alumni * EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Oct. 29, 2026) - Victor Solomon '22, a Top 5 finalist on "The Voice," emphasized the importance of resilience as keynote speaker at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's annual Fall Convocation on Thursday, Oct. 29, in Harrison Auditorium. Convocation is one of many events during N.C. A&T's cente more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 31 -- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown issued the following news: * * * Utah and other states reach $220 million settlement with GM over driver data SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, the Utah Department of Commerce's Division of Consumer Protection, and 35 other attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors (GM) over allegations that the automaker sold drivers' driving behavior and location data without their consent. Utah will receive $6,938,619 from the settleme more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: * * * Weingarten v. McMahon: Major Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Education Secretary Over Student Loan Crisis * WASHINGTON--A landmark class action lawsuit filed today in federal court documents how Education Secretary Linda McMahon systematically prevented tens of thousands of public service workers from securing millions in student debt relief they are owed under federal law. The nationwide suit, Weingarten v. M more PR