WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Eighteen State Attorneys General and a county attorney submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressing strong opposition to the agency's Interim Final Rule which revises the department's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The states contend that the USDA's new rule disrupts a long-standing framework intended to protect the environment by requiring federal agencies to assess the environmental consequence  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Warren, Bipartisan Bicameral Colleagues Reintroduce College Transparency Act * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced the College Transparency Act (CTA), which ensures that students and families have better informati  more