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

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, March 2 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Building the right league and making a difference through partnership and empowerment * Last season, the Connecticut Sun sold out the nearly 20,000-seat T.D. Garden -home arena of the Boston Celtics -for the second time, an impressive achievement for both the WNBA team and a league growing by leaps and bounds. Kirsty (Beauchesne) Beauchais '17, the Sun's director of partnerships, was equally impressed b  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

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 2 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * DEM and URI to reopen and revitalize W. Alton Jones Campus * PROVIDENCE, R.I. - March 2, 2026 - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the University of Rhode Island today announced a transformative initiative to revitalize URI's W. Alton Jones (WAJ) Campus. This collaborative effort will reestablish the campus as a premier Natural Resource Center and Environmental Educatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Reed Joins Brookings for Discussion on U.S. Policy in Changing Nuclear Landscape * VIDEO: "We're in a brave new world:" Ranking Member Reed discusses U.S. nuclear policy & national security with Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon WASHINGTON, DC - As Russia and China race to simultaneously modernize and expand their nuclear arsenals and with the recent expiration of the New START tre  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSFR) -- The Antitrust Division received notifications from the Defense Industrial Based Consortium disclosing updates to its membership with the addition of numerous parties and the withdrawal of one entity. 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 Act that limit   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following written testimony by Greta Kessler, vice president of employee health and benefits at Marsh McLennan Agency, on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management, 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 the o  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

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The National Council of Nonprofits issued the following news release: * * * Court Victory Safeguards SNAP Access, Protecting Families and Nonprofit Food Providers Nationwide The National Council of Nonprofits, the largest network of nonprofits in the nation, celebrates an important legal victory as it concludes its lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's abrupt termination of existing waivers protecting part-time workers and job seekers from losing access to the   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Whitehouse Seek Tariff Refunds for RIers & Small Businesses * U.S. Senators send letter demanding U.S. Treasury give Americans their money back WASHINGTON, DC - "You need to give the people their money back." That is the simple message U.S. Senators Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, and 22 of their Democratic colleagues are sending to the Trump Administration after the U.S. Supreme   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed & Women's Fund of Rhode Island Celebrate Women's History Month at Cranston Public Library * CRANSTON, RI - To help kickoff Women's History Month and shine a spotlight on women who inspire and uplift fellow women and girls throughout their communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today teamed up with the Women's Fund of Rhode Island (WFRI) and Rhode Island women leaders to share experiences and pro  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 3 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Rhode Island Files First-in-Nation Single-Room Occupancy Model Legislation, ROOM Act, to Combat Housing Crisis Late last Friday, State Representative June Speakman filed HB 8036 to help combat the housing crisis that is being felt across the state. Informally known as the ROOM Act, which stands for "Restoring Options in Occupancy Models" it represents a first-of-its-kind type of  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 2 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI researcher investigates zinc mobilization in brain development * KINGSTON, R.I. - March 2, 2026 - Could understanding how a single metal moves inside our cells change what we know about how the brain is built? That's one of the questions driving University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology Caitlin Murdoch's research, now supported by a prestigious NIH R00 awa  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 2 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI students organize and host large-scale, multi-track hackathon * KINGSTON, R.I. - March 2, 2026 - The University of Rhode Island has competed in many hackathons, but hadn't hosted a student-run, multi-track, large-scale hackathon until this year. Held recently in the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Hack@URI attracted more than 200 students from 60 colleges and universities. "We  more