OLYMPIA, Washington, March 17 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown joins coalition to protect EV infrastructure investment from federal attempt to freeze buildout * Attorney General Nick Brown joined a coalition of state attorneys general urging the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to withdraw a proposal that would effectively freeze future federal funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure by imposing an unworkable   more

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

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 18 (TNSrep) -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news on March 17, 2026: * * * AI Editing Tools Are Fueling a New Era of Insurance Fraud, According to New Research from Verisk * One in three consumers would consider digitally altering an insurance claim image or document to strengthen their case - and that number rises to 55 percent of Generation Z. * Three out of four insurers (76 percent) say manipulated media submissions   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 17 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * As Jersey Becomes Known as 'Hollywood East,' Express Newark and Partners Prepare City Residents for Film Industry Jobs By Carrie Stetler As the film industry expands in New Jersey, including a proposed Lionsgate studio in Newark slated to open next year, the metro region is building a reputation as "Hollywood East.'' But unless you've been to film school, the vast range of movie-making jobs are unheard of. A  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

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 16 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Says Proposed Federal EV Charger Manufacturing Rule Sets 'Impossible' Standard * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of state attorneys general urging the Federal Highway Administration to withdraw a proposal that would require electric vehicle chargers funded with federal dollars to be made entirely with U.S. components. Under current   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

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in New Jersey Third Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region * * * Employment rose in 7 of the 15 largest counties in New Jersey from September 2024 to September 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that Ocean County had the largest over-the-year increase in employment, with a gain of 1.5   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * CAIR, CAIR-NJ Welcome Release of Leqaa Kordia After More than a Year of ICE Detention The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its New Jersey chapter (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the release of Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman held in a Texas ICE facility for over a year for participating in protests against the Gaza Genocide at Columbia University. Leqaa Kor  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board has approved an application allowing Totowa, New Jersey-based Centrome Inc. dba Advanced Biotech, to operate as Subzone 37I in Oneonta, New York, subject to the existing activation limits of the zone. The request was submitted by the County of Orange, New York, which serves as the grantee for FTZ 37. Following standard procedures mandated by the FTZ Act and Regulations. During the review period, a staff ex  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 17 -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs posted the following news: * * * Insecurity and Business Displacement in Afghanistan * Princeton SPIA's Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life. If you'd like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here (external link) and select "research project."  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 17 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Legislators, advocates call for Family Care Act passage * H.B. 200 would create family and medical leave insurance program in PA MEDIA, March 17 - State Reps. Jennifer O'Mara, Lisa Borowski, and Napoleon Nelson were joined by child and family advocates this week at a news conference to urge the passage of bipartisan legislation to create a family and medical leave insurance progr  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

NEW YORK, March 18 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release: * * * Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Agrees to Sell Bayonne Energy Center Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), its private infrastructure investment platform, today announced it has agreed to sell its ownership stake in Thermal Bayonne Holdings, LLC (Bayonne Energy Center or B  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 18 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * Hudson County Woman Indicted for Allegedly Using Fake IDs to Obtain Debit Cards and Steal More Than $86,000 Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced the indictment of a Hudson County, New Jersey, woman for allegedly obtaining fake debit cards and using them to steal approximately $86,840. Ibelis Gonzalez, 46, of Jersey   more

UNION, New Jersey, March 17 -- Kean University issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation & Technology and Kean University Sign MOU to Expand SBIR/STTR Support for Entrepreneurs Statewide * The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) and Kean University (Kean) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand support for New Jersey-based entrepreneurs seeking federal Small Business Innovation Res  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 18 (TNSjou) -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 17, 2026: * * * NJIT Physicists Trace Sun's Magnetic Engine, 200,000 Kilometers Below Surface Written by: Jesse Jenkins Every eleven years, the Sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots -- dark, cooler regions on the Sun's surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often trigger solar eruptions --appear at mid-latitudes and migrate toward the star's equator in a butterfly-shape   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 18 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Governor Shapiro's Remarks as Prepared for Delivery for the 2026 Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation Annual Meeting Bethlehem, PA - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro delivered remarks to the 2026 Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation's Annual Meeting, highlighting the Commonwealth's major economic victories over the last three years and the Shapiro  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 Blasts Trump & Congressional Republicans for Raising Energy Prices and Undermining Grid Reliability Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Energy Subcommittee hearing on "Winter Storm Fern Lessons: Supplying Reliable Power to   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

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Penn Medicine CAREs grants boost science, literacy, service From classrooms and clinics to community centers, this quarter's 26 CAREs grant recipients are translating expertise into action to expand science education, support early literacy, and strengthen volunteer-led service efforts. * A child's interest in science is sparked, a dog nuzzles to ease the pain   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

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 17 -- Rowan University issued the following news: * * * Rowan University and Holy Name's Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing announced their dual-enrollment partnership for students pursuing nursing education. The program allows Holy Name nursing students to complete Rowan courses while enrolled in the Registered Nurse (RN) or Practical Nurse (PN) diploma programs. Upon diploma completion, RN students can seamlessly progress to Rowan's Bachelor of Science in Nurs  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * How Tutus and Boxing Gloves Are Bringing Therapy to Life Students at the Rutgers School of Health Professions bridge the exercise gap for children with disabilities by designing adaptive boxing and ballet programs By Beverly McCarron Doctoral students began with a question: Why do children and youth with disabilities engage in less physical activity than their typically developing peers? What they di  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, March 18 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Joins Lawsuit Against OneMain Financial, Inc. South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a bipartisan group of 13 Attorneys General in suing OneMain Financial, Inc. for illegally misleading its customers and trapping tens of thousands of borrowers in expensive loans with hidden costs. "This company packs its loans with o  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Senator Blunt Rochester Reintroduces Legislation to Reauthorize and Expand the Delaware River Basin Conservation Program U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, yesterday introduced theDelaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act. This legislation reauthorizes the Delaware River Basin Conservation Pr  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, March 17 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Seton Hall Launches New Partnership With Community College * The School of Diplomacy and International Relations is proud to announce a new partnership with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), which has established a streamlined transfer pathway for undergraduate students transitioning from BMCC's Liberal Arts program into Seton Hall's Diplomacy and International Relations bachelor's d  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Hosts Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon * WASHINGTON -Today in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, Speaker Johnson hosted President Donald Trump and Taoiseach of Ireland, Micheal Martin, for the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon, a St. Patrick's Day tradition which began in 1983. The event featured remarks from Speaker Johnson, President Trump, and the Taoiseach as well as a  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Hosts Annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon * WASHINGTON -Today in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, Speaker Johnson hosted President Donald Trump and Taoiseach of Ireland, Micheal Martin, for the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon, a St. Patrick's Day tradition which began in 1983. The event featured remarks from Speaker Johnson, President Trump, and the Taoise  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

WASHINGTON, March 17 [Category: BizMedia] -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, posted the following news release: * * * U.S. News & World Report Names 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health rankings and consumer advice, today named the 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). These ratings serve as a vital resource for the millions of Americans opting for same-day surgical ca  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on March 17, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Sues OneMain Financial for an Alleged Lending Scheme Involving Hidden Add-On Products 13 States Seek Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Restitution, Penalties, and Ask the Court to End the Unlawful Conduct * Attorney General Jay Jones and 12 other state Attorneys General announced a lawsuit against OneMain Financial, Inc. and related entities   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Leads 21 Senate Democrats in Demanding Strengthened Environmental Provisions, Enforcement in USMCA Joint Review * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a senior member of the Finance Committee, was joined by 20 Senate Democrats in sending a letter yesterday to United States Trade Repre  more