WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 [Category: Agriculture] -- The American Farmland Trust posted the following news release: * * * AFT Expands National Soil Health Demonstration Trial Network with nearly $5 Million from USDA * Farmer-led trials will test how biochar combined with other soil health practices can improve farm profitability, water resilience and overall soil health (Washington, DC) The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is awarding American Farmland Trust (AFT) nearly $5 million over  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Letter Opposing Trump's Attack on Private Schools' Tax-Exempt Status Over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed rule that would revoke tax-exempt status for thousands of private schools with diversity, equity, and inclus more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Fight Against Trump Administration's Threats to Accurate 2030 Census * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter strongly opposing the Trump Administration's proposed changes to the 2030 Census. A proposed rule by the U.S. Census Bureau would upend the upcoming 2030 Census by, among o more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration's Revised Attempt to Eliminate Climate Pollution Limits on Power Plants * Trump is making pollution great again (and again, and again...) OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 27 states, counties, and cities in opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) supplemental proposal to rescind its 2015 finding that greenhouse gas (G more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 2 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues to Stop Federal Rollback of Anti-Money Laundering Law * Treasury's new rule exempts more than 99% of companies from a bipartisan law that helps police follow drug money Monday, November 2, 2026 RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 20 other attorneys general filed a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Treasury Department from gutting the Corporate Transparency Act, a bipartisan law Congres more PR

LONDON, England, Nov. 3 (TNSrpt) -- City St George, University of London issued the following news: * * * The stakes of the midterms reach well beyond America's border Academics from the US Experts Group at City St George's, University of London provide insights into the upcoming US midterm elections. By Eve Lacroix (Senior Communications Officer), 2nd November 2026 The 2026 United States midterm elections take place at a moment of exceptional domestic and international significance. The midterms, which take place every two years in the m more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Nov. 3 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: * * * 11/02/2026 Dr. James P. Melcher - UMF professor, political analyst and advisor who balances supportive encouragement with intellectual challenge By April Mulherin Dr. James P. Melcher, University of Maine at Farmington Professor of Political Science and longtime adviser to students in the pre-law program came to UMF on the advice of a grad-school friend. He was looking for a quality, unspoiled college that valued teaching above all else more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Oct 30, 2026 DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: Standing Room Only, Paxton Surrenders the Alamo, Rogers' Selective Hearing, Hinson's House Party, and Beefing with Cindy TGIF. Welcome to the final edition of Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 4 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. THE NRSC GETS COOK-ED, FINAL SERVIN more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Oct 30, 2026 COOK POLITICAL REPORT: "Red States Within Reach" as Senate Dems' "Strong Recruits" Leave Them "Better Positioned to Win the Majority Than Republicans" Cook Political Report: "Democrats' strong recruits in Ohio, Alaska and Kansas put red states within reach, while Republicans fumbled with sub-par nominees in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas" With just four days until Election Day and a "dismal national political enviro more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Nov 2, 2026 ONE DAY OUT: "'A Genuine Toss-Up'" As "Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate" as GOP Braces for "Previously Unthinkable Losses" New York Times: "If the polls are accurate and these trends hold, Democrats would win control of the Senate" CNN: "Democrats have expanded the map in ways few predicted at the start of the year" POLITICO: "Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Nov 2, 2026 This Wasn't Supposed to Be Senate Democrats' Year. Here's What Changed. [Slate] Slate: "That Democrats have this good of a shot at the Senate majority isn't something they would have believed two years ago--or a year ago, or six months ago, or even three months ago" Two years ago, Senate Democrats faced a "brutal Senate map" that "made it hard to see them picking up many seats." Now, on the eve of Election Day - and in an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. October 30, 2026 Ms. Shiela Corley Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Administration United States Department of Agriculture Re: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: State of Nebraska Demonstration Project (Docket Number FNA-2026-0463) Dear Ms. Corley: On behalf of the Food Research & Action Center, please accept these comments on the United States D more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Mini Timmaraju Joins MS NOW Live from Maine to Discuss Why Susan Collins is Running Scared from Voters on Her Abortion Record * Today, Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju joined Alicia Menendez on MS NOW's On the Line to discuss how abortion rights are shaping the final stretch of Maine's Senate race. Susan Collins is facing voters for the first time since the fal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: * * * October 30, 2026 The Truth About Susan Collins WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democrats are flooding the airwaves with false attacks against Senator Collins. Visit CheckTheTruth.com to dispel the lies and get the facts about Senator Collins -- America's most independent Senator who always puts the people of Maine first. "Troy Jackson and Democrats are so desperate that they are flat-out lying about Susan Collins," said NRSC Regional Press Sec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Robert Garcia, D-California, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following letter with co-signers to George M. Cook, deputy under secretary of Commerce and director of the Census Bureau: * * * Here is the text of the letter: October 30, 2026 Mr. George M. Cook Deputy Under Secretary, Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Director U.S. Census Bureau 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 Dear Mr. Cook: We write to express our op more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * STATEMENT: Protect Our Care's Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now Bus Went Coast to Coast to Put Republicans on Blast for Their Health Care Wreckage November 2, 2026 Events Included Over 60 Elected and Appointed Officials and Dozens of Health Advocates and Storytellers - Washington, D.C. -- Over the last four weeks, Protect Our Care's "Sick of It! Fix Health Care Now" nearly 8,000-mile bus tour, Care Force One made 34 stops in 15 states, taking the fight directly to comm more PR

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 2 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: * * * Students Encouraged to Embrace Academic Challenges on Sarah and James Bowdoin Day * As students consider what classes to take next semester, they should challenge themselves by taking a difficult course in an unfamiliar field, urged Professor Alejandro Cuadrado. They should do this, he said, "not to fulfill a requirement, or because you think having the course on your transcript might impress a future employer, but for curiosity alone." The assistant professor of more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3 -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * When science meets public service November 2, 2026 As COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals and strained public resources, Pitt Public Health alumnus Igor Linkov (PhD, EOH '95) drew on his interdisciplinary expertise to help government officials navigate the crisis. His public health training helped him think ahead about how the pandemic might unfold, as well as where resources may be needed most. Linkov, now senior science an more PR

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 2 -- Washington and Lee University issued the following news: * * * W&L Presents Student Production of 'Almost, Maine' * W&L Presents Student Production of 'Almost, Maine' The play runs Nov.11-14 in the Johnson Theatre in the Lenfest Center for the Arts. The Department of Theater, Dance and Film Studies at Washington and Lee University presents "Almost, Maine," a 2004 play by actor and playwright John Cariani. Performances will take place in the Johnson Theatre in the Lenfest Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Nov.  more PR

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Nov. 2 [Category: BizTravel] -- Wyndham Hotels and Resorts posted the following news release: * * * Wyndham Expands Global Luxury Portfolio Through Strategic Partnership with HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts * With integrations already underway, more than 40 independent luxury hotels and their owners will have joined Wyndham's Registry Collection Hotels by early next year, with more to follow HIGHLIGHTS: * Wyndham is partnering with HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts--the global independent hotel platform behind Elegant Hotels of  more PR