WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, March 23 [Category: BizConsumer Services] -- CVS Health posted the following news release: * * * Aetna collaborates with community organizations to strengthen access to quality care in central Missouri * Springfield, MO, March 23, 2026 - Aetna Better Health of Missouri, a CVS Health company (NYSE: CVS ), announced today that Aetna provided a total of $35,000 in funding to two community-based organizations in central Missouri to improve access to health care and supp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding * BOSTON -Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) progra  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration (PDF) over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on funding received through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, gr  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Federal Court Order Protecting Healthcare for Transgender Youth * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia have secured a federal court order blocking an unlawful attempt by the Trump administration to pressure healthcare providers into ending necessary healthcare for transgender youth. The Court granted the coa  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 23 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Artificial neural network reproduces gait patterns of four-legged animals * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -Imagine a horse stumbling on a rock. It regains momentum, then hits bumpier terrain and slows to a walk. Back on steady ground, the horse picks up its pace to catch up to the herd. How is the horse able to transition between these different gaits? Researchers at Brown University's Carney Ins  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Attempt to Impose Discriminatory Conditions on Billions in USDA Grant Funding * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, co-leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general, today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's attempt to impose new discriminatory conditions on U.S. Department of Ag  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 23 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Sues Trump Administration for Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding Nationwide * Unlawful Grant Terms Threaten Over $200 Million in Federal Funding for Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U  more

ALBANY, New York, March 23 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful USDA Funding Conditions * New York Attorney General Letitia James and 20 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block sweeping new funding conditions imposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that jeopardize billions of dollars in funding for critical state programs.   more

DENVER, Colorado, March 23 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser sues Agriculture Secretary Rollins for holding hostage billions in critical USDA funding * Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, grants, cooperative agreements and mutual interes  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 23 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR HOLDING HOSTAGE BILLIONS IN CRITICAL USDA FUNDING * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its unco  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 23 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding * AG Rayfield: "No family in Oregon should have to worry about whether their child will have enough to eat." Attorney General Rayfield and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general sued the Trump administration today over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 23 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Boston Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in Bank Fraud Ring * BOSTON - A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank in Massachusetts. Trinity Antonetty, 24, of Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. U.S. District Judge Julia E. Kobick scheduled sentencing for Aug. 18, 2026.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Two Separate Cases Involving the Distribution of Large Quantities of Fentanyl and Cocaine * BOSTON - A Brockton man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to two separately charged cases involving the distribution of kilograms of fentanyl and, in one case, cocaine. Elijah Melton, 28, pleaded guilty on March 20, 20  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 23 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown physicist awarded prestigious Department of Energy grant for research at Large Hadron Collider * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -Loukas Gouskos, an assistant professor of physics at Brown University, has been awarded a prestigious Early Career Award from the Department of Energy. With the $850,000 award, Gouskos and his research team will work to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence too  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 24 -- The Naval War College issued the following news on March 23, 2026: * * * College of Maritime Operational Warfare Graduates Spring Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) graduated 17 students from the Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course (ELOC) at its Newport, Rhode Island, campus on March 20, 2026. ELOC is part of a series of Professional Military Education (PME) courses for personnel in operation  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on Mach 23, 2026: * * * CAC Release: The Conservative Attack on Voting By Mail Comes to the Supreme Court Following oral argument at the Supreme Court this morning in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case in which the Court is considering whether Mississippi may count absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to 5 business days later, Constitutional Accountabili  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island posted the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to fraud offenses, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda. William Jose Alejandro Arias Amador, 45, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Providence, pleaded guilty to false representation  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 23 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Keith Stokes to deliver talk at URI Africana Studies event on March 31 * KINGSTON, R.I. - March 23, 2026 - Keith Stokes, the Rhode Island historian laureate and current director of the Rhode Island Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, will be the guest speaker during a special presentation by the University of Rhode Island Department of Africana Studies on Tuesday, March 31. The free  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses AFGE Member Megan O'Rourke in New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District Primary * AFGE endorses Democrat Megan O'Rourke ahead of June 2 primary BRIDGETON, N.J. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Democrat Megan O'Rourke ahead of the June 2 primary for New Jersey'  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 24 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Threats to Billions in Critical USDA Funding Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its attempt to impose unlawful conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements, and mu  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Sues to Protect Billions in USDA Funding Trump Administration Issues Unlawfully Vague and Coercive Conditions That Hold Over $2 Billion in Food Assistance and Other Funds Hostage * Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional and unlaw  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition sue Trump Administration for placing illegal conditions on billions in critical USDA funding Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Stands with Jewish Community After Antisemitic Graffiti Found at EG Schools * EAST GREENWICH, RI - After antisemitic graffiti was found at three local schools -Hanaford Elementary School; Cole Middle School; and East Greenwich High School - U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued a statement of support for the Jewish community: "First off, the coward or cowards responsible need to be held accountabl  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: New $15.38B U.S. Navy Contract for Electric Boat Aims to Spur Production of Next-Gen Submarines * WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the U.S. Navy awarded submarine manufacturer General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) a $15.38-billion contract modification aiming to spur the serial construction of the Columbia -class submarine program and the Virginia -class submarine program. The contract extends thr  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Sullivan-Whitehouse Bill to Combat Illegal Foreign Seafood Harvest * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) celebrated the Senate's recent unanimous passage of their Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act. The FISH Act would combat foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by blacklisting offending vess  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Trump to GOP: Do Not Pay TSA or Reform ICE Unless Dems Cave on Anti-Voter SAVE Act * WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has posted a series of social media rants urging Congressional Republicans to avoid making any deals to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless Democrats hand him unprecedented power over U.S. elections in all fifty states. The so-called SAVE America Ac  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on March 23, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration For Holding Hostage Billions in Critical USDA Funding Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional and unlawful attempt to impose conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agr  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 23 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * WA sues USDA for illegally holding hostage billions in critical funding * In a move to protect Washingtonians who depend on federal U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, Attorney General Nick Brown has joined 20 other attorneys general in suing the agency for attempting to impose unconstitutional and unlawful conditions on the agency's programs, grants, and agreeme  more