MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 2 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Releases Top Ten Consumer Complaints of 2025 In Recognition of Consumer Protection Week * Office Helped Save and Recover More Than $1.4 Million for Consumers Last Year Attorney General Charity Clark kicked off National Consumer Protection Week by announcing the top ten consumer complaints reported in 2025 to her office's Consumer Assistance Program (CAP).   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 2 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS COALITION IN OPPOSING FEDERAL RULE THAT WOULD LIMIT STUDENT LOAN ACCESS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS * Chicago - Attorney General Raoul, as part of a coalition of states, submitted a comment letter opposing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Education that would cap federal student loans for graduate students in nursing, physician assistance and other he  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * CAP's Tom Moore Praises Georgia Bill To End Corporate Political Spending Today, Georgia became the latest front in a national fight to curb the influence of corporate money in politics. Georgia State Sen. Nabilah Parkes (D) introduced a bill that would end corporate spending in the state's politics. If passed, the legislation would undo the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following written testimony by Elyse Shaw, director of the Education, Labor and Worker Justice Team at the Center for Law and Social Policy, from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Balancing Careers and Care: Examining Innovative Approaches to Paid Leave": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Omar, and members of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee. My name is Elyse Shaw. I a  more

YONKERS, New York, March 3 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Reports applauds Virginia General Assembly for sending key location privacy bill to governor's desk Richmond, VA - The Virginia General Assembly approved SB 338, legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data. Consumer Reports recently led a coalition of privacy and consumer groups in support of the bill. The bill received unan  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division received notifications from the National Armaments Consortium disclosing updates to its membership with the addition of 58 parties and the withdrawal of 10 entities. These filings were submitted to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission in accordance with section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The purpose of these notifications is to invoke the provisions of the  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 2 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Laurent Hebert-Dufresne receives Young Scientist Award * SFI External Professor Laurent Hebert-Dufresne (University of Vermont) has been named the 2026 recipient of the Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics by the German Physical Society (DPG). The annual award celebrates "outstanding original contributions that use physical methods to develop a better understanding  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 -- The Liberty Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Justice Center Sues State of Vermont Over Law Restricting Families' Access to Independent Schools The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit challenging Vermont's recently enacted Act 73, a 2025 law that drastically restricts the state's historic town tuitioning system and unlawfully limits families' educational options, including access to religiously affiliated independent schools. For  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 3 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Leads Coalition in Opposing Federal Rule That Would Limit Student Loan Access for Healthcare Workers Attorney General Anthony G. Brown co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter opposing a proposed rule under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) by the United States Department of Educatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following written testimony by Julie Squire, vice president of policy and general counsel at the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Balancing Careers and Care: Examining Innovative Approaches to Paid Leave": * * * Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to testify  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 3 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior transportation policy analyst Marc Scribner: * * * How to improve the federal mileage-based user fee grant program Congress should build upon its past work of supporting propulsion-neutral alternatives to fuel taxes. * The continued viability of fuel taxes as a source for a large share of highway funding is threatened by improvements in fuel economy and the prospect of increased electric vehi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on March 2, 2026: * * * Sanders and Khanna Introduce Legislation to Tax Billionaire Wealth and Invest in Working Families Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Sanders and Khanna Introduce Legislation to Tax Billionaire Wealth and Invest in Working Families Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billio  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following transcript: * * * Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine Hold a Press Briefing * SECRETARY HEGSETH: Well, good morning. We just finished an update with Admiral Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander across the CENTCOM AOR; our leadership and troops, as you would expect, doing a fantastic job. Two days ago, under the direction and direct orders of President Donald J. Trump, t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, McCormick Introduce Bipartisan REWIRE Act to Modernize America's Electric Grid and Cut Red Tape * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, and U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy, introduced the Reconductoring Exist  more