SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California is expanding access to culturally-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services. After years of working toward this milestone, today marks the first time Medi-Cal will cover traditional health care practices in use since time immemorial. These are deeply rooted in cultural practices and have been shown to improve   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 16, 2024, by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on the final trade regulation rule concerning recurring subscriptions and other negative option programs (File No. P064202): * * * As is common in rulemaking proceedings, this Final Rule that the Commission promulgates is somewhat different from what it originally proposed--clarified, narrowed, and ultimately improved by the process of grappling with the   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on Oct. 16, 2024: Continuing his commitment to the sanctity of the state's elections, Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) has introduced legislation that would require a person present proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in the Commonwealth. "Free and fair elections are the backbone of our republic, and it is paramount we do all we can to protect our elections and secure the integrity   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: PORTLAND, Oregon - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has announced Juliette Fernandez as the new chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Hawai'i, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific Islands, including America Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "The Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is home to s  more