SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, Aug. 28 [Category: Medical] -- The European Society of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * Aficamten trial brings positive news for patients living with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy * Key takeaways * There are currently no approved treatments for symptomatic non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). * The ACACIA-HCM trial compared the cardiac myosin inhibitor, aficamten, with placebo in patients with symptomatic non-obstructive HCM. * The trial met dual primary endpoin more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 28 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown secures court order temporarily blocking Postal Service's unlawful mail voting rule * District court judge issues temporary restraining order to block rule from taking effect A coalition of 25 states co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown has secured an order temporarily blocking a new rule by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that would have disrupted the states' vote-by-mail programs and put voters' rights at risk ah more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 28 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Court Order Temporarily Blocking Postal Service's Unlawful Mail Voting Rule * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 25 states have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocking a new rule by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that would have imposed burdensome requirement more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 27 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Challenges Title X Funding Conditions * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a multistate coalition in suing to block unlawful grant conditions that threaten to strip federal funding for family planning services from states and providers. The lawsuit (PDF), filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, challenges new conditions on Title X funds, which support reproductive healt more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * AG Rayfield Secures Court Order to Protect Oregonians' Voting Rights * A federal court today granted a temporary restraining order blocking the key provisions of the U.S. Postal Service's rule restricting delivery of mail-in ballots, siding with Oregon and a coalition of states that sued to stop it from taking effect ahead of the November election. "This is a win for every Oregon voter," said Attorney General Dan Rayfield. "Oregonians ha more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 27 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Challenges Title X Funding Conditions * Attorney General Clark today joined a coalition of 22 other states in suing to block a new federal policy that threatens to strip federal family planning funding from states and providers unless they meet a variety of unlawful conditions. The lawsuit, filed today in federal court, challenges new conditions on Title X funds, which support reproductive health care, famil more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 28 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES NEW BARRIERS TO SPONSORSHIP OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposed rule that would add unnecessary and burdensome new requirements for sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant children. Raoul and the coalition argue in their  more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Stands Up to Federal Attacks on Family Planning * Attorney General Dan Rayfield is challenging the federal government to stop a new policy that would cut off family planning funding to states and health clinics unless they agree to a list of political conditions that are illegal, unreasonable, and completely out of touch with families' needs. AG Rayfield filed the lawsuit today alongside 22 other attorneys gener more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 28 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Weiser secures court order temporarily blocking Postal Service's unlawful mail voting rule * #Federal judge blocks last-minute requirements that threaten to disrupt Colorado's mail ballot system ahead of November election Aug. 28, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of 25 states secured a temporary restraining order blocking a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would have imposed burdensome ne more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 27 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Weiser sues to protect federal funding for family planning and preventive health care * Aug. 27, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition in suing to block new unlawful conditions on Title X funding, which supports reproductive health care, family planning, cancer screenings, and other preventive care for millions of Americans. The new policy threatens access to affordable, high-quality he more PR

ORANGE, Connecticut, Aug. 28 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Avangrid, an energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, posted the following news release: * * * Avangrid Foundation Celebrates Opening of Alameda Community Schoolyard in Oregon * Photo: Students enjoying the new Alameda Community Schoolyard Ontario, OR -August 28, 2026 -The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, in partnership with Trust for Public Land, celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the Alameda Com more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * On April 7, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or Government) issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) to Thomas Earley, D.D.S., of Englewood, Ohio (Registrant). Request for Final Agency Action (RFAA), Exhibit (RFAAX) 2, at 1, 3. The OSC proposed the revocation of Registrant's Certificate of Registration No. AE2384636, alleging that Registrant is "currently without authority to prescri more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * On December 10, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or Government) issued an Order to Show Cause and Immediate Suspension of Registration (OSC/ISO) to Leila Kump, M.D., of Great Falls, Virginia (Registrant). Request for Final Agency Action (RFAA), Exhibit (RFAAX) 1, at 1, 9. The OSC/ISO informed Registrant of the immediate suspension of her DEA registration, No. FK6611013, pursuant more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Surveys Wildfires, Visits with Oregon National Guard Responders * Salem, OR - Today, Governor Tina Kotek joined Oregon National Guard Adjutant General Alan Gronewold, Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple, and Oregon State Forester KC Kacey to conduct an aerial survey of active wildfires and recent damage, as well as meet with Oregon National Guard aviation unit members deployed in Pendleton. "The scale of this year's wildfi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * Human Rights Campaign PAC Endorses Slate of Pro-Equality Candidates for Governor in Key States * As LGBTQ+ Community Faces Continued Attacks, HRC is Backing State Leaders Who Will Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality, Protect Fundamental Freedoms and Deliver for Working Families WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC announced its endorsement of more than 15 pro-equality gubernatorial candidates across key states. At  more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 27 [Category: Media] -- The Journalism Education Association issued the following news: * * * JEA names seven 2026 Medal of Merit winners * The Journalism Education Association names seven Medal of Merit winners in 2026. They will be recognized for their significant contributions to scholastic journalism during the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Orlando this November. The 2026 Medal of Merit recipients are: * Makena Busch, CJE, Mead High School, Spokane, Washington * Kaitlin Edgerton, MJE more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Judicial Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Judicial Watch Urges Supreme Court to Protect Public Access to State Voter Rolls Judicial Watch announced today it filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) supporting the Public Interest Legal Foundation's (PILF) petition for review of a Ninth Circuit decision that allows Hawaii to shield its statewide voter registration list from public disclosure. Judicial Watch is urging the Supreme C more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news: * * * Studying Nature's Microswimmers * How would you swim if the fluid around you was the consistency of molasses? That's roughly the challenge facing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a single-celled green alga that scientists have nicknamed "Chlamy"-and one that Albert Bae, assistant professor of physics, and two Lewis & Clark students are working to understand. At the microscopic scale, the physics of swimming is radically different from what humans experience. more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * MALDEF, TheDream.US, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies This afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such lawsuits filed in the past two years. The followin more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley's Response to Trump's Submission of U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress * Washington, D.C. - Following the Trump Administration's submission to Congress on a proposed U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation agreement, referred to as a "123 agreement," Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley-co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee-issued the following state more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * MGMA Urges CMS to Withdraw Proposed Modifier -25 Payment Reduction The Honorable Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1848-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850 Re: File Code CMS-1848-P; Medicare Program; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Payment Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Pa more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 29 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez Secures Court Order Temporarily Blocking Postal Service's Unlawful Mail Voting Rule District Court Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order to Block Rule from Taking Effect - Albuquerque, NM - Attorney General Raul Torrez and a coalition of 25 states have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocking  more PR

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 29 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Recycling Modernization Act Upheld as Constitutional Federal court ruling allows Oregon to continue implementation of landmark recycling law - This week the United States District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act is constitutional, allowing the state to continue implementing the landmark recycling law. In its decision this week, the court determined th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following letter with Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to Boeing CEO Robert K. Ortberg: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 27, 2026 Robert K. Ortberg President & CEO The Boeing Company 929 Long Bridge Drive Arlington, VA 22202 Dear Mr. Ortberg: We are writing regarding Boeing's sponsorship of or partnership with Freedom 250,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Schiff, Padilla Call for Official Investigation into ICE's Attempt to Enter Sacramento Immigration Law Firm Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, formally demanded an investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) recent attempt to enter an immigration law firm in Sacramento, California. "The reporting of this operation is alarming. ICE officers attempte more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such lawsuits filed in the past two years. The followi more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 29 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2026: * * * TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Washington, DC - Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such laws more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 27 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health posted the following news: * * * UNC and OHSU receive $4M to address barriers to cancer screening across NC, Oregon * By Kendall Rovinsky, UNC Health Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have received a multi-phase UG3/UH3 award from the National Cancer Institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help address the many barriers that prevent pa more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 29 -- The University of Northwestern issued the following news: * * * Northwestern Welcomes 11 New Full-Time Faculty for Fall 2026 Northwestern is pleased to announce the addition of eleven full-time faculty for the fall 2026 term. Each faculty member brings a breadth of knowledge for their area of study and a heart for the UNWavering mission to love God's Word and God's world. We are excited to welcome them into new or expanded roles at Northwestern this fall. Dr. Dalene Fisher, Provost and Vice President for Ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Klobuchar, Heinrich Demand Answers from Trump Official that Diverted Federal Firefighting Resources to Private Ranch * #Amid record wildfire season in Western U.S., top Trump official at USDA diverted scarce firefighting resources to a 7 acre fire near his private ranch in Idaho Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on  more PR