CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 (TNSrep) -- The American Bar Association issued the following news: * * * ABA book provides a transformative call to reshape family law as a force for healing and justice The American Bar Association Family Law Section has released a new book, "Family Lawyer as Peacemaker," a pioneering work by Forrest S. Mosten and Lara Traum that redefines the role of the family lawyer as a healer, guide and changemaker. The authors draw on decades of hands-on experience, deep re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Defends Access To Birth Control And Other Contraceptive Care * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging the first Trump Administration's 2017 and 2018 regulations undermining the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) guarantee of no-cost contraception coverage by em  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Record-Low Snowpack, Wyden Presses Trump Administration Over Wildfire Preparedness Ahead of Fire Season * Wyden warns Trump's Forest Service layoffs, budget cuts, low hazardous fuels treatment could create catastrophic fire conditions for Oregon and the West Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the Trump administration to provide a detailed plan for how it plans to h  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 4 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Continues to Defend Contraceptive Access from Trump Administration Attacks * Multistate coalition pushes back on federal rules that allow employers to restrict access to birth control OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL DEFENDS ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL AND OTHER CONTRACEPTIVE CARE * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief challenging the first Trump administration's 2017 and 2018 regulations undermining the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) guarantee of no-cost contraception coverage by employer health care pl  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION URGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RESPECT STATE AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNING AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of attorneys general in urging the Trump administration to halt its plan to propose regulations for the highly automated transportation of hazardous  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum, Bonamici, Lee Introduce Legislation to Reopen Office for Students and Young Consumers * Representatives Janelle Bynum (OR-05), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Summer Lee (PA-12) introduced legislation to reestablish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Office for Students and Young Consumers. The Trump administration abruptly shuttered the Office for Students and Young Consumers   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Doernbecher specialists expand cardiac care, education for youth in American Samoa * It all began with a phone call. Pediatricians in American Samoa were faced with a severely sick child and unsure how to treat them. They reached out to several West Coast hospitals to ask for help. The child had rheumatic heart disease, or RHD, a condition where the heart valves have been permanently damage  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Escalating Middle East Crisis: Up to 1 Million at Risk of Displacement in Lebanon as Violence Intensifies * Beirut - Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes as violence surges across the country, with many families abandoning everything for the second time in under two years. New Mercy Corps analysis this week warns that between 300,000 and 1 million people co  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 4 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Briefs February 2026 * Florida State University's distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Goldman Introduces Bill to Prevent Snap Benefit Theft * In First Six Months Of 2025 Alone, New Yorkers Had $14 Million (link is external) \+ In SNAP Benefits Stolen Bipartisan Bill Would Enhance Cybersecurity For SNAPcards To Protect Critical Food Assistance For Millions Of Families Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) stood with local leaders at the Chinese-Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Votes No on Pearce, Commits to Holding BLM Nominee Accountable to Pledges on National Monument and Public Lands * WASHINGTON - During a business meeting on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider pending nominations and legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Committee, voted no on advancing former Congressman Steve Pearce's  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 4 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * How news audiences really perceive bias * Nick Mathews finds that bridging the gap between news media and the public is not as simple as tiptoeing around political flashpoints By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 3, 2026) -It's an inescapable fact: public trust in news media remains at a historic low point, driven in large part by perceptions that news organization  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Sanders: Immediate Relief Needed for Student Loan Borrowers * Letter follows federal judge dismissing an ongoing legal challenge to borrowers under SAVE Plan repayment program Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Vermont's U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led their Senate colleague  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 5 -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on March 4, 2026: * * * Agencies Responding to Asbestos Exposure at Trader Joe's in Southeast Portland PORTLAND, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and other agencies are responding to an asbestos exposure issue at the Trader Joe's store at 4715 SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. in Portland. At DEQ's request, Trader Joe's closed the store to employees and customers, which was   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 4 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Private equity targets Americans with intellectual disabilities for profit, threatening care * Private equity interest in providers of services for the nearly 10 million people in the United States with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) poses a significant shift in the operation of critical support for this population at varying levels of healthcare. This  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Delivers Opening Remarks During Farm Bill Markup * Click here (link is external) to watch Rep. Salinas' full remarks. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) delivered opening remarks during the House Agriculture Committee's markup of the 2026 Farm Bill. In her remarks, Rep. Salinas raised concerns about the partisan drafting process of the bill. She also calle  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Oregon Chapter Statement on Senate Committee Vote to Advance Nomination of Steve Pearce as BLM Director * PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced Donald Trump's nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management. By a party-line vote of 11-9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved Pearce's nominati  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Statement by Regional Directors of 14 International NGOs in the Middle East * We, the Regional Directors of 14 international NGOs, are deeply alarmed by the rapidly escalating military violence across the Middle East and its devastating consequences for ordinary people. The fighting must stop. The continued use of explosive weapons in populated areas, and the exchange of strikes a  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, March 4 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * WFU Senior Eli Leadham named Schwarzman Scholar * Wake Forest senior Eli Leadham has been named to the 2026-27 class of Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world's most prestigious graduate fellowships. Leadham is one of 150 scholars, representing 40 countries and 83 universities worldwide, who will begin a fully funded, one-year master's degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsi  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 4 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * William & Mary students study feline feces in South Africa * Taking a blood sample from a wild lion is no easy task -it's stressful for humans and big cats, requires extensive planning and perfect timing. Heather Broughton, a veterinarian and wildlife scientist at William & Mary's Institute for Integrative Conservation (IIC), is working to reduce the need for this invasive procedure. With a group of William  more