OAKLAND, California, June 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Mathew J. Platkin, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by conservative states and groups seeking to undermine   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- Dechert, a law firm, issued the following news: A Dechert team recently secured the dismissal of all claims against Delta Dental of California (DDC), along with its directors and officers, in an important case that challenged DDC's basic business model and freedom to determine prices for its participating providers. DDC part of a prominent group of dental insurers in the United States, announced in late 2022 that it would adjust its provider fee schedules,  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Rather than rescind his support of Donald Trump after he was convicted on 34 felony counts, Rob Mercuri is instead undermining the rule of law and rallying (https://x.com/ValenteWTAE/status/1796553639445790969) to his defense. Mercuri's blind loyalty to the first former U.S. President ever convicted of a felony is wildly out of step with Pennsylvania's 17th District, and his choice to aband  more

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Grove City College issued the following news release: Service-Learning Projects are a major means by which the Center for Rural Ministry works to strengthen the bonds between college, church, and community. Designed to channel in-class learning experiences and the class assignments of Grove City College students towards making real and tangible impact in local communities, these assignments span the whole semester and encapsulate sizeable teams o  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that, together with California and Pennsylvania, they have filed the first of several amicus briefs defending Title IX, the landmark law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education, from yet another federal court challenge that threatens the rights of students in schools a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the appointment of Lee Dillon to serve as the manager for the Lackawanna State Park Complex in northeastern Pennsylvania. "Lee is a true professional with an understanding of how important public lands are to visitors, and he is a great fit for the Lackawanna complex," Dunn said. "W  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on May 30, 2024: Yesterday, Rep. Joe Hamm (R- Lycoming/Sullivan) and the House Republican Policy Committee, led by Chairman Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), convened the first in a series of hearings to discuss ways to safeguard Pennsylvania's social benefit programs from fraud, waste and abuse, and to ensure the state's resources are efficiently allocated and accessible to those who truly require  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Rep. Dave Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) issued the following statement after learning of the verdict in the trial of former President Donald J. Trump. "We are a nation in decline. We have hit a new low. Never before in American history has a president weaponized the government to attack and convict his rival for political purposes. This only happens in tyrannical dictatorshi  more

SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- Shippensburg University issued the following news: Shippensburg University President Charles E. Patterson, PhD, is listed as one of City & State's 2024 Higher Education Trailblazers. The list recognizes leaders who have responded to the changing economic, social and technological landscape with innovative programming, outreach both tangible and virtual and, in some cases, restructuring to accommodate the ambitions of a new generation. The list highlights P  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Researchers at the Price Lab for Digital Humanities are making new discoveries about the oft-dismissed literary genre. * * * A team of researchers at the Price Lab for Digital Humanities has studied thousands of avid readers and the hundreds of thousands of books in their collections and discovered that romance, often dismissed by academics, is a uniquely  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, June 1 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Western Kentucky University's School of Media & Communication continued its tradition of national success in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a sixth-place finish in the 2024 Overall Intercollegiate Competition. WKU has placed in the top eight overall for 31 straight years with four overall championships in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2018. The top 10 schools in the 2024 Overall Intercollegiate   more