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

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 1 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is hosting the 2024 regional meeting of the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NEASDA) from June 2 to 5 in Freeport. DACF Commissioner and current NEASDA President Amanda Beal expressed enthusiasm about returning this influential agricultural conference to Maine, which last hosted it in 2  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

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Research and Development issued the following news: By Erica Sprey, VA Research Communications In a first-of-its-kind study, a multi-institution team of researchers led by the Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University in Rhode Island found an increased risk for respiratory and cardiovascular conditions in Veterans exposed to open burn pits. The innovative study, published in JAMA Network (https://jamanetwork  more