BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * 21 Attorneys General, 60 Members of Congress File Amicus Briefs Supporting Louisiana's Lawsuit to Protect Women and Children from Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is thanking her fellow Republican attorneys general and 60 U.S. lawmakers for filing amicus briefs in support of her lawsuit against the FDA to vacate a Biden-era rule that removed a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 19 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2026: * * * Judge Orders Bond Hearing for Detained Dreamer A federal judge has ordered that a Nebraska Dreamer being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must be provided with a bond hearing or released. Today, Judge Susan Bazis issued an order requiring immigration officials to arrange a bond hearing for Joel Angel-Becerril within seven days or to rele  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Statement on Live Nation Lawsuit * New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Live Nation's attempt to have all claims dismissed in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Attorney General James, a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Curtis Statement on New USPTO Community Engagement Office in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY, UT- U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) issued the following statement on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s announcement that a new community engagement office will be opened at the University of Utah: "Today's announcement is an investment in American ingenuity and reinforces Utah's leadership in research, te  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Applauds Funding for Long-Overdue Peru Levee Repairs * Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that $43.7 million will be allocated to repair the Peru levee along the Missouri River following the historic flooding in 2019: "After years of work, I'm extremely p  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Feb. 19 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU's Unified flag football records best club finish at nationals * Contact: Brock Turnipseed STARKVILLE, Miss.- Mississippi State's Special Olympics Club Unified flag football team is beginning 2026 with a second-place finish at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, or NIRSA, tournament. It's the group's best performance in history. "Our Unified team continues to make sig  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 19 -- The Nebraska Department of Economic Development issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * City of Norfolk Generates Millions in Economic Investment, Garners Recognition for Workforce Development and Placemaking City earns Economic Development Certified Community status through support for industrial, community, and housing development--including investments from the state's Rural Workforce Housing Fund. * The Nebraska Department of Economic Development   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Drummond demands answers from YouTube over alleged censorship of conservative voices Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants answers from YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., regarding concerns that politically conservative voices may have been unfairly suppressed on the platform. Drummond and 15 state attorneys general sent a letter to Alphabet r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Praises Appointment of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as Acting Director of CDC * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement praising the Trump administration's decision to appoint Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as acting director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. "When I was Governor, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya consulted while we developed Nebraska  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Secures 31 Agreements with Colleges and Universities to End Partnerships with The Ph.D. Project * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has secured thirty-one resolution agreements (RAs) with institutions of higher education to cease their partnerships with The Ph.D. Project, an organization  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * U to expand innovation support across West in partnership with USPTO Federal patent officials to celebrate new community engagement office's opening Friday in Research Park * The University of Utah has entered into a new agreement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to host a community engagement office on the U campus, strengthening access to intellectual property (IP) education,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release: * * * Utah selected for new USPTO community engagement office location * Grand opening of new community engagement office to serve as innovation center for local/regional innovators ALEXANDRIA, VA-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the selection and grand opening of a new community engagement office location in Utah to serve innovators in part of t  more