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News Tipoffs - Massachusetts Editors Newsletter for Tuesday March 18, 2025 ( 8 items )  

AG Campbell Urges Trump Administration To Oppose Changes To New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender Individuals
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges Trump Administration To Oppose Changes To New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender Individuals BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would pr  more

AGs warn against potential new passport application rules targeting trans individuals
OLYMPIA, Washington, March 17 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AGs warn against potential new passport application rules targeting trans individuals OLYMPIA -- Washington Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would prevent transgender individuals from obtaining a passport  more

Attorney General Bonta Defends Rule to Stop the Flood of Robocalls
SACRAMENTO, California, March 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Defends Rule to Stop the Flood of Robocalls Continues fight against annoying and illegal robocalls and robotexts OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Bonta today joined 28 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief in Insurance Marketing Coalition v. FCC, in support of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule which would limit unwanted roboca  more

Attorney General Bonta Opposes the U.S. Department of State's Proposal to Remove Gender Markers from Passport Applications
SACRAMENTO, California, March 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes the U.S. Department of State's Proposal to Remove Gender Markers from Passport Applications OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of State's proposal to eliminate the option of "X" as a marker for gender on U.S. passports for indivi  more

Attorney General James Leads Coalition Opposing Changes to New Federal Passport Rule Harming Transgender Individuals
ALBANY, New York, March 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Leads Coalition Opposing Changes to New Federal Passport Rule Harming Transgender Individuals March 17, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 11 other attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of State's proposed changes to passport application requirements, which would prevent transgender and non-binary indi  more

Contracts for March 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 17, 2025 NAVY Applied Technology Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2419-N0017325F2415); Cutlass Systems Engineering LLC,* Laurel, Maryland (N0017325D2420-N0017325F2416); Envisioneering Inc.,* Alexandria, Virginia (N0017325D2421-N0017325F2417); Future Technologies Inc.,* King George, Virginia (N0017325D2422-N0017325F2418); Intecon LLC,* Fredericksburg, Virginia (N0017325D2423- N00  more

Governor Healey Visits Boston Children's Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Visits Boston Children's Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid Boston -- Today, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children's Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight how the Trump Administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and Congressional Republicans' propo  more

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl Using a Rideshare
CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl Using a Rideshare CONCORD - A Lawrence, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Concord in connection to his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Hamet Badia, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fenta  more