BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Leads Multistate Opposition To Trump Administration's Attacks On Independent Professional Medical Organizations * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of attorneys general in filing amicus briefs in support of the Endocrine Society (ES) and World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which are be  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Challenges Another Attempt by Trump Administration to Undermine Guidance from Reputable Scientific Organizations * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of attorneys general in submitting amicus briefs opposing demands from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeking documentation on clinical guidance published by the Endocrine S  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 17 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Joins Coalition Challenging Trump Administration's Attack on States' Fair Housing Laws Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit (PDF) challenging unlawful actions by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including threats to withhold funding from state and local fair housing enforcemen  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Challenging Trump Administration Attack on Fair Housing Laws Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general filing a lawsuit challenging unlawful actions by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including threats to withhold funding from state and local fair housing enforcement agencies for abidin  more

NEW YORK, March 18 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Maine Third Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - March 17, 2026 * * * Employment in Maine's York County decreased 0.7 percent from September 2024 to September 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that employment in Cumberland County rose 0.1 percent over the year. (See table 1.) Between the two   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Durbin Lead Senate Democrats in Demanding DHS Reduce Delays for DACA Renewals * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led 39 of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow dem  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on March 17, 2026: * * * Maine GOP Gov Candidate Jonathan Bush Says He Wants to Kick "People with Jobs" Off of MaineCare As the race to the right ramps up in the Maine Republican gubernatorial primary, Jonathan Bush - a failed out-of-state businessman with a shady background - said on The Robinson Report that he wants to strip thousands of working Mainers of their health care: "People with jobs rolling alon  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, King Call on ITC to Initiate a Section 332 Investigation into Unfair Trade Practices by Canada Impacting U.S. Potato Producers * WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) led a bipartisan effort calling on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate unfair trade practices by Canada impacting U.S. potato producers through a Section 332 investiga  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Clarkson University will host the 2026 Hopke Distinguished Lecture featuring Dan Sandweiss, libra professor of anthropology and climate studies and interim director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, to discuss the intersection of climate change, archaeology, and human resilience. The presentation, titled El Nino: Stress and Resilience on the Coast of Peru, is scheduled for March 26 in the University Student Center. Sandweiss, an archaeologist s  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Risch Seek to Correct Veteran Burial Benefits Disparity Through Bipartisan Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) are introducing bipartisan legislation to correct a disparity in funeral and burial benefits for veterans who die from service-connected injuries when compared to non-service related cause  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 18 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Opposition to Trump Administration's Attacks on Independent Professional Medical Organizations Trump Administration's Attempt to Intimidate Medical Organizations with Baseless Investigations Undermines Public Health * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing two amicus briefs  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Pallone: Republicans Using False Pretenses to Take Health Care Away from Millions of Americans Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Protecting Patients and Safeguarding Taxpayer Dolla  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 17 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Political Science Department Hosts Inaugural New England Town Meeting Symposium * More than 150 students, academics, and state and local government practitioners recently gathered at UMass Amherst and online to discuss the past, present and future of the New England Town Meeting, a tradition dating back to the 1600s.The Department of Political Science hosted Deliberation and Division: Making   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 18 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on March 16, 2026, by Mariana Trujillo, managing director of government finance, Jordan Campbell, managing director of government finance and senior quantitative analyst, Ryan Frost, director of budget and tax policy at the Washington Policy Center, Truong Bui, director of data strategy and analytics and managing director of the Pension Integrity Project and quantitative analyst Steve Vu: * * * How every  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch, King Introduce Bill to Correct Veteran Burial Benefits * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act, a legislative fix to correct a disparity in funeral and burial benefits for veterans who die from service-connected disabilities. "Our nation's veterans answered the call to serve and made incredible sacrif  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Honored for Her Work to Support HIV/AIDS Prevention and Research * Click HERE and HERE for individual photos. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Business Action to End HIV presented U.S. Senator Susan Collins with its 2025 Champion Award. The award was conferred in recognition of her leadership and commitment to ending HIV in the U.S. and internationally, and her ongoing dedication   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Statement on DHS Negotiations U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown: "The Democrats' decision to shut down the Department of Homeland Security has caused chaos at our airports, delayed assistance to   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, colleagues introduce new bill to cut taxes for millions of working Americans Bill eliminates federal income taxes for Americans making under $46,000; is fully paid for by ensuring Americans making over a million dollars pay their fair share * U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), K  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 17 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * Trucking Industry Backs Dalilah's Law * Today, the American Trucking Associations, Truckload Carriers Association, National Tank Truck Carriers, and state trucking associations across the country issued the following joint statement in support of Dalilah's Law, which will be considered by the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee tomorrow, March 18  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, March 18 -- The University of New England issued the following news on March 17, 2026: * * * Center for Global Humanities presents "Who Gets to Be Native in America?" What happens when rules around Native identity -- many of which were created by a U.S. government intent on wiping out Native people altogether -- inhibit Native Americans from creating successful, sustainable communities? This is the topic scholar Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz will take up when she visits the Cent  more