SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Federal Efforts Obstructing Wind and Solar Energy Development * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge brought by clean energy trade associations against six federal agencies: the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Managem  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes U.S. DOJ's Continued Misuse of Power in Attempts to Subpoena Gender-Affirming Care Records * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday joined 20 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in United States v. QueerDoc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The brief opposes the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)'  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Demands More Action from xAI to Stop Grok Chatbot from Producing Inappropriate Images to Protect Children and Adult Users * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general demanded that xAI take additional steps to protect users from inappropriate images and content created by its AI chatbot Grok and s  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Demands Action from xAI over Grok's Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general have sent a letter (PDF) demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take additional action to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from gen  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Sunday Co-Leads Letter to xAI Demanding Change to Grok's Unchecked Creation of Nonconsensual Sexual Content * HARRISBURG -Attorney General Dave Sunday is co-leading a bipartisan group of 35 attorneys general demanding that xAI -the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok -take additional action to prevent Grok from generating   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 27 -- The Maine Attorney General Office issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General's Office Establishes Dedicated Email Address to Report Federal Government Action in Maine Citizens urged to report intimidating and excessive federal enforcement behavior to CitizenReporting.OAG@maine.gov * Across our nation, we are seeing numerous reports of apparent civil rights violations and improper use of force by federal agents who have been sent into areas targeted fo  more

YONKERS, New York, Jan. 27 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Consumer Reports applauds reintroduction of Virginia location privacy legislation Richmond, VA - Consumer Reports today announced support for the reintroduction of SB 338, legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data. Consumer Reports supported a version of this legislation last year that unanimously passed the Senate  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 27 -- Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2026: * * * Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issues statement on US Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement making release of the voter file a condition of pulling ICE out of Minnesota Secretary of State Shenna Bellows today issued a statement on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement making release of the voter file a condition of pulling ICE out of Minnesota: "Attorney G  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, Jan. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, posted the following news release: * * * Moms Tell Congress: No More Money for ICE and the Department of Homeland Security * Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the killings and other horror  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Acting AG Davenport Demands Immediate Action from xAI to Stop Production of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material Bipartisan Multistate Coalition Tells Grok It Must Stop Abusive and Illegal AI Images * Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced today that she is partnering with a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 27 -- The National Partnership for New Americans issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * "A Deadly, Runaway Secret Police:" Advocates Demand Accountability, Immediate Withdrawal of ICE & CBP from Minnesota after Alex Pretti Murder The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless and tragic murder of Alex Jeffery Pretti at the hands of federal immigration agents, just weeks after the murder of Renee Nicole Good and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Naval Research Lab Space Station Study Reveals Key Challenges and Opportunities for Microbial Biomanufacturing in Space * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally alters microbial metabolism, limiting the efficiency of biological ma  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: * * * NFIB Comment on Governor Mills' Final State of the State Address AUGUSTA, ME (Jan. 26, 2025) - The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business advocacy association, released the following statement by NFIB State Director David Clough ahead of the annual State of the State Address to be delivered by Gov. Janet Mills on  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 27 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Drummond demands xAI take action to protect children, prevent abuse of AI technology Attorney General Gentner Drummond today is demanding that xAI, the company that owns both the X social media platform and the AI chatbot Grok, take action to prevent the chatbot from generating nonconsensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material. Drummond and a co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Sanders Statement: "ICE is Out of Control" BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 26 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: ICE is out of control, ignoring the law and our Constitution. Congress must vote NO on any additional funding for DHS. Further, here is SOME of what else we must do: 1. Get ICE, CBP and the rest of Trump's domestic army out of Minnesota and M  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Context matters: Looking at role in fishery sustainability could serve as a foundation to improve fisheries worldwide Mateja Nenadovic in URI Marine Affairs looks at governance models for small-scale fisheries, which provide 90% of total fisheries employment world-wide * Governance arrangements that fit social-ecological context help support fishery sustainability. University of Rhod  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * YALSA announces 2026 Alex Awards * CHICAGO -The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected 10 adult books with special appeal to teen readers to receive the 2026 Alex Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust, were announced today during the ALA's Youth Media Awards Announce  more