PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4 -- The Arizona Secretary of State issued the following news release on April 3, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes and Secretary of State Fontes Sue Trump Administration over Unlawful Executive Order Attempting to Exert Federal Control over Elections Arizona today joined a coalition of states suing President Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging his unlawful Executive Order that attempts to interfere with states' constitution  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- Common Cause - New York issued the following news release on April 3, 2026: * * * Good Government Groups Urge Court to Block National Voter Database In an amicus brief filed on Friday, Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center, Center for Media and Democracy, and Protect Democracy urged the US District Court for the District of Columbia to immediately stop the federal government from creating a centralized information system with Americans' personal data that could be used to d  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 4 -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release: * * * A Preview of the Role Health Care May Play in the 2026 Election KFF has long examined the role of health care in U.S. elections, tracking how the issue ranks among voters' top concerns, which political party or candidate voters' trust, and how health care issues might motivate voter turnout. This issue brief summarizes the role health care has historically  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Statement on Trump's FY 2027 Budget Proposal * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump announced his official Fiscal Year 2027 budget request: "Donald Trump has raised the cost of housing, groceries, and health care, taken our country into war, and now he's asking familie  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11406) on April 3, 2026, by legislative attorney Jay B. Sykes: Here are excerpts: * * * Prediction Markets and Insider Trading Law The past two years have witnessed the dramatic growth of prediction markets--i.e., online platforms that allow users to buy or sell contracts with payoffs tied to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of specific events, such as sporting event outc  more

LOUDONVILLE, New York, March 31 -- Siena College Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * Hochul Lead Over Still Largely Unknown Blakeman Drops 7 Points to 47-34%, from 51-31%; Her Favorability & Approval Ratings Unchanged in Last Month * Voters Strongly - In Bipartisan Fashion - Say 'No' to 4-Year Legislative Terms And 'Yes' To Making it Easier for New Yorkers to Buy Pepper Spray * Two-Thirds of Voters - Including Majority of Reps - Say President Should Get Congressional   more