BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 30 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Secures Agreement With Trump Administration Preventing Further Delays In Medical And Public Health Research * Boston Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell secured a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) providing that HHS will resume the review process for critical medical and public health research g  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Calls Out Republicans' Health Care Cost Crisis * Providence, RI - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) released the following statement as Congressional Republicans recklessly allowed the expiration of the enhanced premium Affordable Care Act tax credits as of today, January 1, which is raising the cost of health insurance premiums and forcing families into financial insecurity and a lack of essen  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Significant Victory Against Trump Administration, Ending Unlawful Delays in Review of Medical and Public Health Research Grants * California Attorney General Rob Bonta secured a multistate settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that permanently resolves claims made in a lawsuit he co-led in April challenging  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 29 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Opposes Rollback of PFAS Protections * RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson is opposing a rollback of data collection and reporting about PFAS forever chemicals. Just months away from receiving data from PFAS manufacturers about the type and amount of PFAS chemicals in their products, EPA is now trying to hide the use of PFAS from the publ  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 30 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Campus safety actions at Brown: Letter from interim public safety leader Hugh Clements * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Hugh T. Clements Jr., former chief of the Providence Police Department and Brown University's interim vice president for public safety, wrote to the campus community about steps toward creating a safe and secure campus defined by preparedness, vigilance and mutual care. "What happe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States * WASHINGTON December 29, 2025 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion initiative established under President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts legislation (Public Law 119-21)   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Announces $50 Billion in Awards to Strengthen Rural Health in All 50 States * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion initiative established under President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts legislat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- A coalition of 193 state legislators from 33 states and Puerto Rico has formally requested the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Commerce to withdraw four proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a public comment letter, the lawmakers argue that these changes would strip the ESA of crucial provisions that have historically protected the nation's wildlife and their habitats. The legislators emphasized that maintaining current ESA pr  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a multistate coalition in suing to ensure the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cannot threaten providers with a so-called declaration that baselessly and unlawfully attempts to limit access to gender-affirming   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 27 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition file lawsuit challenging federal attack on gender-affirming care Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a multistate coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in challenging a recent attempt by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to threaten health care providers and unl  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 22 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * URI researchers uncover molecular mechanisms behind speciation in corals Findings shed light on the origins of species on coral reefs driven by eye related genes * Matias Gomez-Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate from the University of Rhode Island, and his advisor, Associate Professor Carlos Prada, have published a paper in Nature Communications, revealing key mechanisms in   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Dec. 31 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington secures agreement with HHS preventing further delays in medical and public health research * Following lawsuit by coalition, the Trump administration has agreed to cease delays in reviewing NIH grant applications Attorney General Nick Brown secured a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requiring HHS to quickly resume t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse and Durbin Ask Trump's Chief of Staff How She Received Access to Epstein Files * WH COS Susie Wiles admitted in Vanity Fair interview that she has read "the Epstein file" and President Trump "is in the file"; "was on [Epstein's] plane"; and is "on the manifest" Washington, D.C. - Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse-Cornyn Bill to Equip Law Enforcement with Trauma Kits Signed into Law * Providence, RI - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statements after their Improving Police Critical Aid for Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Act, which will equip law enforcement officers with qu  more