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

PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb. 20 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Senator Werner Champions Legislation to Restore Accountability in American Indian Health Program Senator Carine Werner is continuing her efforts to bring meaningful legislative reforms to Arizona's administration of the American Indian Health Plan. SB 1611 was developed after extensive stakeholder meetings and AHCCCS oversight hearings led by the Senate Health and   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Army Medicine posted the following news: * * * Army's newest obstetrics and gynecology nurses answer the call to provide comprehensive women's health services * Ten Army nurses earned their Area of Concentration designator in obstetrics and gynecology after completing the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center's Nursing Specialty Course, during a graduation ceremony Feb. 9. The nurses were honored during the ceremony where they received their diplomas f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces April 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in the Dakotas * BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 28, 2026, to offer 23 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,993 acres in North Dakota and South Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in November 2025 and held a public comment period  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 19 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: About one in four students is chronically absent School districts may need to implement new policies to encourage students to attend school more regularly. By Jude Schwalbach When public schools remained closed for months during the COVID-19 pandemic, they sent students and families a harmful message: missing a lot of school is ok. Before the pandemic, only 15% of stud  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Department of Education Reverse Decision to End Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions * U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined HELP Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and 23 of their Senate colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Education  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: An 'Energy Dominance' outlook for 2026 * After the 2024 election, the Trump administration wasted no time advancing a dangerous fossil fuel agenda that prioritized oil and gas profits over the health and wellbeing of communities and public lands. By declaring a national energy emergency and directing agencies to " unleash " fossil fuel production, the administration opened m  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

COMMERCE, Texas, Feb. 20 -- East Texas A&M University (formerly the Texas A&M University Commerce campus) issued the following news release: * * * The Sports Facilities Companies Expands Partnership with East Texas A&M to Manage New Agricultural Center Alongside Event Center Seasoned Industry Leader Jeff Bemis Named General Manager for Both Venues * (CLEARWATER, Fla.) Feb. 19, 2026- The Sports Facilities Companies (SFC), the nation's leading provider of management and development services f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Touts "Alaska Comeback," Historic Opportunities, in Annual Address to Legislature * JUNEAU, ALASKA -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in his annual address today to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, laid out a vision for the "Alaska Comeback," highlighting the state's resilience and its historic opportunities to grow after several years of federal policies that targete  more