WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issued the following news release on July 9, 2026: * * * 50 States Join A Home for Every Child, Creating Nationwide Momentum to Strengthen Families and Recruit Foster Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced 50 states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, joined "A Home for Every Child," an ACF initiative aimed at increasing the ratio of licen more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 8 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Files Closing Brief in Federal Lawsuit Defending Idaho's Pro-Life Law * BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador's office filed its closing briefs in Seyb v. Members of the Idaho Board of Medicine, capping a trial in which a St. Luke's physician asked a federal court to strike down Idaho's Defense of Life Act. The full closing brief is available to the press here. Four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court settled this issue  more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 9 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * BOISE, ID -Attorney General Raul Labrador and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force as more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49021) on July 6, 2026, entitled "Appropriations for Implementation of the Endangered Species Act Since FY2017." The white paper is written by natural resources policy specialists Eric P. Nardi, Anthony R. Marshak and Pervaze A. Sheikh. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; P.L. 93-205, 16 U.S.C. Sec.Sec.1531-1544) aims to conserve species listed as endangered or threatened under the act. Once a species  more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes federal government to further crackdown on illegal robocalls * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would make it harder for scammers to make robocalls from legitimate telephone numbers by cutting off scammers' access to those telephone numbers. The Anti-Robocall Multis more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: ** * Attorney General James Secures $45 Million from Block for Enabling Fraud and Misleading Cash App Users New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 45 other attorneys general today secured $45 million from Block, Inc. (Block), the company behind the popular peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, for misleading its users and failing to protect them from scams and fraud. Attorney General James and the coalition alle more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Rules to Stop Illegal Robocalls * July 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocalls alling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt new measures to combat illegal robocal more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan Coalition Pushing Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * RALEIGH-When a robocall scammer wants to call you, he doesn't need to do it from a fake number. The first thing he does is buy a long list of real phone numbers, then he cycles through them so fast that spam filters can't keep up. By the time one number gets flagged, he's moved on to the next.  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Ro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 9, 2026: * * * Crapo Announces Executive Session to Consider ITC Nominations U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced the Committee will mark up the nominations of Brett Doyle; David Foley, Jr.; Samuel Negatu; Peter-Anthony Pappas and Bartholomew Thanhauser to be members of the International Trade Commission during an executive session on Tuesday, July 14 at 11:30 AM. Title: Execut more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Hirshhorn Museum Partners with Art Bridges Foundation to Announce 51 Museums in Landmark National Loans Program "50 for 50" Will Place American Art from the Hirshhorn Collection in Every U.S. State and Puerto Rico Selected by Each Institution for Multiyear Loans - The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Art Bridges Foundation have chosen the 51 institutions that will participate in "50 for 50," a national collection-sharing i more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 9 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on July 8, 2026: * * * DEQ awards $3,920,000 to Malad City in Oneida County, Idaho The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $2,782,940 low-interest drinking water construction loan and $1,137,060 in Legislative Supplemental Funding to Malad City in Oneida County, Idaho. The funding will be used to address leaking waterlines, upgrade and repair wells, loop watermains, and purchase water rights. Th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER CELEBRATES MICRON'S FIRST CONCRETE POUR AS ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD--AHEAD OF SCHEDULE--FOR THIS HISTORIC CENTRAL NEW YORK INVESTMENT THAT WILL BE THE LARGEST CHIP MANUFACTURING SITE IN U.S.... * Micron Is Also Increasing Its U.S. Investment To $250 Billion-Up From $200 Billion-Schumer Is Pushing For That Additional $50 Billion Work To Happen In New York Schumer Worked To Convince Micron To Invest In Upsta more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 9, 2026: * * * Crapo Announces Treasury Nominations Hearing U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced the Committee will hold a nomination hearing on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 10:00 AM ET to consider Francis Brooke to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Erin Browne to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury and Sriprakash Kothari and George McMaster to be Assistant Secretaries of th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following opening remarks from a June 25, 2026, confirmation hearing for David Foley Jr., Brett Doyle, Peter-Anthony Pappas, Bart Thanhauser and Samuel Negatu to be commissioners of the International Trade Commission: * * * "Before us today are five bipartisan individuals nominated to serve as Commissioners at the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC. "They are David Foley, Jr. of Virginia, a Republican nominee; Brett Doyle of Connec more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the agency's request for information on modified organisms subject to the Plant Protection Act. Drawing on its extensive experience in developing genetically engineered crops, particularly potato and strawberry varieties, Simplot advocates for regulatory frameworks that focus on the plant pest risk posed by the organism's biology and traits rather than the breeding or genetic engineering methods used. The  more ST