LANSING, Michigan, March 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Demands GoFundMe Prove Removal of All Deceptive Web Pages * LANSING -Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today, along with 21 attorneys general and charitable regulators, sent a letter (PDF) to GoFundMe, after reports that GoFundMe created unauthorized and deceptive donation pages without the consent of charities. In the letter, the coalition shares its grave concerns abou  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 3 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Joins Coalition in Opposing Federal Rule That Would Limit Student Loan Access for Healthcare Workers * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter (PDF) opposing a proposed rule under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) by the United States Department of Education (Department)  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Christina Hayes, executive director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Bureaucratic Delays and the Costs to Ratepayers and Electric Power Systems": * * * Chair Hageman, Ranking Member Hoyle, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak about several elements of a strong grid to support a high g  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Bipartisan Coalition in Demanding GoFundMe Prove Removal of All Plagiarized Web Pages Using Charities' Information * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, along with 21 attorneys general and charitable regulators, sent a letter to GoFundMe following reports that the platform plagiarized donation web pages for charities nationwide wi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition Opposing Trump Administration's Effort to Undermine State and Local Laws Following Declared Disasters * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a comment letter strongly objecting to the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) interim final rule that seeks to preemp  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Attack Against State Law Protecting Employees from Discrimination * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting a petition for rehearing en banc of a Ninth Circuit panel's ruling that weakens a Washingto  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration Proposal to Exclude Healthcare Professionals from Necessary Student Loans * Proposal will discourage potential healthcare workers from entering the field at a critical time when more professionals with these skills are needed OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general an  more

ALBANY, New York, March 3 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Demands Transparency from GoFundMe on Unauthorized Fundraising Campaigns * March 3, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a bipartisan coalition of 19 other attorneys general and charitable regulators in sending a letter to GoFundMe raising grave concerns about the company's creation of more than 1.4 million donation web pages f  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL DEMANDS GoFundMe PROVE REMOVAL OF ALL PLAGIARIZED CHARITIES' WEB PAGES * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, along with 21 attorneys general and charitable regulators, sent a letter to GoFundMe after reports the company plagiarized donation web pages for charities nationwide without those charities' prior knowledge or consent. In the letter, Raoul an  more

BEREA, Ohio, March 3 -- Baldwin Wallace University posted the following news: * * * BW alumni engagement builds as YJ4L increasingly show their pride * From philanthropy participation to alumni leadership roles, there is a marked increase in YJ4L engagement, bringing an exciting verve to BW initiatives and activities. Last year, YJ4L more than doubled Annual Fund contributions from the previous year. Likewise, alumni are increasingly taking on new leadership roles in volunteering their ser  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 3 -- California State University's San Diego State University posted the following news: * * * Composer's distinctive artistic voice hailed by national honor society * Texu Kim (gimtaegsu), an accomplished composer and associate professor in the San Diego State University School of Music and Dance, is being recognized with an award from a national honor society. Kim, who teaches music composition and theory, will receive a 2026 Arts and Letters Award from the A  more

FULLERTON, California, March 3 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news: * * * Five Prominent CSUF Alumni Honored With Vision & Visionaries Awards * For their contributions to Cal State Fullerton and professional achievements, five business and education leaders have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Vision & Visionaries distinguished alumni awards. The accolade is the university's highest honor bestowed upon alumni and community supporters. With more  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 4 -- The Indiana University Indianapolis campus issued the following news: * * * New IU Research Could Improve How We Predict Drought Resilience New framework proposed by IU researchers refines how scientists trace plant water use, with implications for agriculture and water management. * For decades, scientists have relied on a chemical fingerprint inside water molecules to determine where plants get their moisture. The method shaped our understanding of drough  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division received notifications from UHD Alliance Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, disclosing updates to its membership with the withdrawal of one party. 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 the recovery  more

EUGENE, Oregon, March 4 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 3, 2026: * * * Lawsuit challenges Montana's Bull Mountains Coal Mine expansion, Trump's sham energy emergency Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of a major expansion of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine in Montana. The U.S. Office of Surface Mining approved the expansion last June without releasing a draft environmental impact statement to the public,   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wicker, Kiggans, Bonamici, 150+ Lawmakers: Changes to Nursing Student Loans Threaten Profession * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Mississippi's U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, along with U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), led a bipartisan group of over 150 lawmakers in calling for the U.S. Department of Education to not make  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * North Carolina reaffirms commitment to RealPage lawsuit * North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson recently reaffirmed his commitment to the state's ongoing lawsuit against RealPage and several landlords sued by the state for utilizing RealPage software. On February 12, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson's office released a video about the state's recent   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 3 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * Oregon State University Board of Trustees to meet March 12 and 13 * CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State University Board of Trustees will meet March 12 and 13 to consider approving tuition and fee rates for the next school year and a 10-year capital forecast. Board committees will meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12 and the full board is scheduled to meet from 9:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. March 13. All   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Pacific Historical Review celebrates 30 years at PSU Thirty years ago, the Pacific Historical Review made Portland State University its home. Since then, dozens of undergraduate and graduate students have helped shape the nationally recognized journal -- gaining hands-on experience in academic publishing as they move each issue from submission to print. Founded in 1932, the Pacific Historical Revi  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by William Kirk, inspector general of the Small Business Administration, from a Feb. 25, 2026, hearing entitled "From Fraud to Recovery: Restoring Integrity in Small Business Programs": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and distinguished members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is an honor to represent the Office of Inspector Gen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Calls for Accountability for COVID Fraudsters Today, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted widespread fraud in Small Business Administration's (SBA) COVID relief programs and called on Congress to pass her SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act before the statute of limitations for  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 3 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Study finds stress-related nerves may fuel pancreatic cancer growth * Oregon Health & Science University researchers have found that certain nerves that play an integral role in the body's "fight or flight" stress response can support pancreatic tumor growth. These nerves, called sympathetic nerves, grow directly into pancreatic tumors and communicate with cancer cells and nearby support cell  more

LONDON, England, March 4 -- Unite, an industry-based union, issued the following news: * * * Unite pay win for Oregon timber workers in Selkirk Jobs, pay and conditions in Borders boosted by deal * Unite, Scotland's leading union, has secured an inflation beating pay rise for Oregon timber workers based in Selkirk. A basic pay increase of four per cent will benefit over 150 timber frame fabricators who produce kit houses for the construction industry. Significant enhancements to conditi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries released the following testimony by Mason Baker, CEO and general manager of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the American Public Power Association, from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Bureaucratic Delays and the Costs to Ratepayers and Electric Power Systems": * * * I. Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of Utah Associated   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 2 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release: * * * Video messaging effectiveness depends on quality of streaming experience, research shows * CORVALLIS, Ore. - Low-resolution online videos are less likely to influence opinion and also more likely to dissuade viewers from engaging with future content, research by Oregon State University scientists shows. The study carries major implications for the design and delivery of video content and suggests  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on March 3, 2026: * * * VoteVets Sets Red Line for Republicans and Democrats on War Powers Vote On behalf of the nearly 2 million veterans, military families, and their civilian supporters of VoteVets, the group issued this open statement to senators and members of Congress of both parties today on the upcoming votes on bipartisan war powers resolutions on the Iran War. "With casualties mounting in the Iran war, goals an  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 1 -- VoteVets issued the following news release: * * * Afghanistan Veteran and Former Congressman Max Rose on Casualties in Iran War Afghanistan Veteran and former Member of Congress Max Rose released the following statement today in light of news of the first US casualties in the Iran War. In his capacity as Senior Advisor to VoteVets, Rose said: "Our hearts are heavy with the news that US servicemembers have been killed by the Iranian response to strikes, and more a  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Iraq War General: Trump's Ground Troops Threat in Iran Signals Another Forever War for Regime Change Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, an Army commander in Operation Iraqi Freedom, released the following statement after both Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump signaled that United States ground troops may be used to invade Iran: "The notion from Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth this morning that we may e  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 28 -- VoteVets issued the following news release: * * * Iraq War General Warns Against Today's Strikes on Iran Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, an Army commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom, released the following statement on today's strikes against Iran in his capacity as Senior Advisor to VoteVets PAC: "Men who know more about war than Donald Trump ever will warned him repeatedly about the risks to American lives by starting a war with Iran. Indeed, Trump hims  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Espaillat and 70 Democrats Call for Investigation of ICE, DHS Warrantless Purchases of Americans' Location Data * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-NY., and 70 Democrats called for a new investigation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over warrantless purchases of Americans' location d  more