PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 20 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments January * Eriko Onishi named AAHPM Leadership Scholar Eriko Onishi, M.D. (OHSU) Eriko Onishi, M.D., has been named a 2025 Leadership Scholar by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, or AAHPM, one of just five recipients selected nationwide for this prestigious honor. The AAHPM Leadership Scholars program recognizes individuals   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 20 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Leads Effort To Uphold Court Order Blocking Trump Administration From Unlawfully Banning International Students From Attending Harvard * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief urging the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to affirm the prelim  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration's Efforts to Unlawfully Bar International Students from Attending Harvard University * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University's lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's unjustified an  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Further Attempts by U.S. DOJ to Subpoena Hospital Records on Gender-Affirming Care * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday joined 17 other attorneys general and one governor in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The brief opposes the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)'s s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Credit unions stand united against credit card mandate bill * The credit union movement stands united in opposition to the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), and America's Credit Unions, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues (AACUL), and all state leagues wrote to House and Senate members Friday. The CCCA- reintroduced last week in both chambers -would bring harmful new   more

DOVER, Delaware, Jan. 21 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jennings sues HHS for discriminating against transgender Delawareans Attorney General Kathy Jennings last week joined 11 other attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for unlawfully conditioning hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding on states' agreement to discriminate against transgender people. Under a new HHS p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Delivers 500 Environmental Wins During President Trump's First Year Back in the White House * WASHINGTON - Today, marking exactly one year since President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 500 top environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved to fulfill the agency ' s statutory obligations and core m  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following news release: * * * FAIR Sues D.C. for Failing to Disclose Safeguards Against Illegal Alien Voting Advances Election Integrity Investigation with Legal Action * The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia to compel the release of public records showing whether, and to what extent, it is guarding against voting by illegal aliens. The suit,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 20 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: How states fund K-12 open enrollment programs * States are increasingly allowing public school students to find the right school for them. Since 2020, eight states have adopted strong K-12 cross-district open-enrollment laws, allowing students to transfer to public schools other than their assigned schools when open seats are available. Twenty-three states now have robust  more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Convenes Statewide Data Center Advisory Committee * Today, Governor Tina Kotek announced the convening of a statewide Data Center Advisory Committee, tasked with developing a set of policy recommendations and actions to address issues of statewide significance associated with the growing expansion of new data centers across Oregon. The Committee's report will be due to the Governor no  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lujan, Wyden, Markey Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale * Washington, D.C. - In Case You Missed It : In response to X Corp's Grok AI tool being used to generate nonconsensual sexualized images of women and children at scale in recent days, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Edward J  more

CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 21 -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Indiana fends off Miami in College Football National Championship: Three NFL draft takeaways By Eric Edholm, Lead Draft Writer The Indiana Hoosiers held off a tough Miami team to capture the school's first-ever national championship, beating the Hurricanes, 27-21, on Monday night. With Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and the passing game held relatively in check, the Hoosiers leaned on a good run g  more

WACO, Texas, Jan. 20 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Indiana Wins First National Title * Indiana had to fight tooth and nail for the win, but when Jamari Sharpe intercepted a Carson Beck pass with 44 seconds left to go in the game, the Hoosiers finally captured their first national championship in college football, beating Miami (Fla.), 27-21. Indiana becomes the first major college football team to go 16-0 since Yale did it in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Introduces His ACLU-Endorsed No Private Bounty Hunters for Immigration Enforcement Act to Shut Down ICE's For-Profit Tracking Program * WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today introduced the No Private Bounty Hunters for Immigration Enforcement Act, legislation to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from outsourcing civil immigration enforcement  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 21 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Leads Effort to Uphold Court Order Blocking Trump Administration from Unlawfully Banning International Students from Attending Harvard Coalition Argues the Trump Administration's Attacks on International Students and Universities Threatens States' Economic Prosperity and Global Competitiveness * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * Merkley Leads Budget Democrats in Demanding OMB Director Vought Provide Answers on Use of His $100 Million Slush Fund Vought Secured a Massive Windfall for his Agency in the Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Law * Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Seante Budget Committee, led Budget Committee Democrats in callin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Underwood Honor 130th Anniversary of the American Nurses Association * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) introduced a bicameral resolution recognizing 2026 as ''The Year of The Power of Nurses'' in celebration of the 130 th anniversary of the American Nurses Association. (ANA). "Our nurses make the world better,   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State physics professor Yves Idzerda to give Feb. 17 provost's lecture on second quantum revolution By Diana Setterberg As a new graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in engineering and physics, Yves Idzerda considered himself an electrical engineer first. While interviewing for his first post-baccalaureate engineering job, however, he met the author of a classic book about an  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Jan. 21 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * New Records Reveal History of Failed Inspections at Grand Barr Dairy Boise, Idaho - PETA has just obtained records (https://tracking.us.nylas.com/l/b76b24af3dfe4e66b3fb8a659802b143/0/0f86e9fa8ba9c95f52369cbfb2a1eb449a6ef416c43ca869ca4d0d8fbe6bad7a?cache_buster=1768934472) from the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) which reveal that Grand Barr Dairy--where two recent PETA inv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's June 2025 report (PNNL-37841), authored by Malcolm P. Moncheur de Rieudotte and Jessica R. Kerby for DOE, details energy storage solutions addressing rural public power utilities' challenges: vast service territories inflating transmission/distribution costs, aging infrastructure vulnerability to severe weather (e.g., wildfires, storms), and limited upgrade funds--positioning batteries for bulk/ancillary services, renewable  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5084, titled 'Groundwater Tracing Used to Delineate Recharge Areas and Map Karst Groundwater Pathways for Subterranean Streams at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve,' by Benjamin V. Miller, documenting dye-tracing efforts to map flow paths and recharge zones for major cave systems in southwestern Oregon. Released in 2026 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's science agency in   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 21 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * VoteVets Endorses Bale Dalton for Congress in FL-07 Today, VoteVets PAC is announcing that it is endorsing Bale Dalton in Florida's 7th Congressional District. Dalton is a Navy Captain, combat veteran, and former NASA Chief of Staff. He has spent his life in public service and is running to unseat Congressman Cory Mills, who is currently being investigated by the House Ethics Committee. VoteVets S  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Applauds Health Priorities in Government Funding Legislation House Appropriations Text Includes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms, Steps on Ghost Networks, and More * Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement after the House of Representatives released legislative text for a government funding bill that included a   more