AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Continues Fighting for Wounded Veteran Against Military Contractor Whose Negligence Allowed a Taliban-Affiliate to Detonate Bomb on Military Base * Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition supporting former U.S. Army Specialist Winston Hencely, a decorated combat veteran who was severely injured in a terrorist bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanis  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL HELPS SECURE RELIEF FOR VETERAN DENIED FULL GI BILL BENEFITS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul is applauding a decision by a regional office of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to recognize that Lt. Col. (Ret.) Paul Yoon, a decorated Army veteran who served for nearly 24 years, is entitled to receive full education benefits under both the Montg  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Changes in the GI Bill benefits process * * Published Aug. 14, 2025 * By Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs * Air Force Reserve Command ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- On April 16, 2024 the Supreme Court of the United States came to the decision that if a military member has served at least two periods of service, one that qualifies for the Montgomery GI Bill and another that qu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * COURT WATCH: Numerous Trump Judicial Nominees Hold Ties to This Hate Group * New report is part of Accountable.US's new investigative newsletter series "Court Watch" Today, a new Accountable.US research investigation has uncovered that so far four of President Donald Trump's judicial  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: * * * David White Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits Claremore, OK - U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2026 Oklahoma state house candidate, David White (dist  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Delivers Swipe-Fee Relief for Small Business Retailers * WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 12, 2025) - NFIB commends the recent decision in the case Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. The case concerns the Federal Reserve's Regulation II, which allows ba  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 15 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Jared Schroeder and team at Missouri School of Journalism protect free speech in journalism with updated legal guide, research COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 14, 2025) -- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) has published 12 new entries in its anti-SLAPP legal guide, which informs news organizations on how to deal with frivolous, malicious lawsuits that seek to sil  more

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 15 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following statement on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * MDP Statement on Supreme Court Review of Same-Sex Marriage Rights Helena, MT- The Montana Democratic Party Interim Executive Director, Justin Ailport, released the following statement regarding the United States Supreme Court's consideration of overturning same-sex marriage. "This is not just another flagrant attack on our LGBTQ+ friends, neighbors, and members of our communities-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice Confident the First Amendment Will Prevail Against Mississippi's I.D.-For-Speech Law * Listen 00:00 0:00 1.0x 0.8x 1.0x 1.2x 1.5x 2.0x WASHINGTON--Today, the U.S. Supreme Court unfortunately denied NetChoice's emergency application to temporarily halt Mississippi's I.D.-for-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release: * * * On Its 90th Anniversary, AFL-CIO Sounds the Alarm on Threats to Social Security * On the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on the Trump administration's attacks on Social Security, including the firing of federal workers: Social Security was born out of a promise: that no one who works their entire life should have to spend t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Noem Makes History in First 200 Days in Office * From securing 16 international agreements to revolutionizing safe travel and securing the U.S. southern border to historic levels, Secretary Noem has been working around the clock to make America safe WASHINGTON - In her first 200 days on the job, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is hard at work d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Wicker Statement on Mississippi U.S. District Court Nominations * TUPELO - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued a statement on President Trump's nominations of Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. "I want to thank President Donald Trump for his nomination of two s  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Tips on Drafting Machine Learning Patents: Mojdeh Farsi, George Chen and Cory Smith Published in Law360 * Law360 recently featured BCLP Patent Agent Mojdeh Farsi and Partners George Chen and Cory Smith for authoring an article looking at the newly narrowed scope of patent-eligible machine learning applications. Stemming from the result of the declined reconsidera  more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Working in Tandem with the U.S. Legal System, Subculture Courts Serve Millions Following Their Own Religious or Societal Laws Jewish law scholar Chaim Saiman, JD, explains the necessity for these subculture court systems and their unique interaction with those of the United States. There are alternate court systems that exist among subcultures in the United States. They are complicated, somewha  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 15 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Virginia Takes Action in U.S. Federal Court to Guarantee Veteran Education Benefits RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today filed a case against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asking the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to ensure that the VA is complying with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Rudisill v McDonough, which guar  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 15 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * WildEarth Guardians Slams Water Quality Control Commission for Fast-Tracking Toxic Fracking Waste Rule Commission Ignores Public Outcry, Tribal Rights, and Science to Advance Oil & Gas Agenda * SANTA FE, N.M. -- In a move that defies public will, science, and the law, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) has voted to advance an oil and gas industry-backed rule to expand the reuse   more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 14 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Workers in Missouri and Minnesota Challenge Union Bosses' Scheme to Coerce Workers into Funding Union Political Activities * Cases against AFSCME, Guards Union, are latest to argue federal law prohibits "window periods" that trap nonmembers in full union dues payments Kansas City, MO & Bloomington, MN (August 14, 2025) - Tina Delkamp, an employee of Honeywell FM&T  more