WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issued the following news release: * * * 15 Jurisdictions Commit to ACF Effort to Close Foster Home Gap - A Home for Every Child The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that 14 states and the District of Columbia have joined A Home for Every Child, a bipartisan initiative to increase the number of licen  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Rear Adm. Lower Half Richard S. Lofgren, acting chief of the U.S. Navy Reserve, from an April 17, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chair Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the 59,000 Navy Reserve Sailors, 2,400 Strategic Sealift Officers, and 400 civilians of the Navy Reserve. I wa  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Grills OMB Director Over Cruel and Chaotic Cuts Driving Up Costs and Hurting Rhode Islanders * Washington, DC - YESTERDAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), Member of the House Budget Committee, challenged OMB Director Russell Vought over the Trump administration's deep funding cuts that he's been gleefully implementing and their real-world impact on Rhode Islanders. Director Vought has led efforts  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Amo Statement on Short Term Extension of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act * Washington, DC - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement after opposing House Republicans Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act plan: "In the dead of night, House Republicans tried to force through a five-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without the necessary safe  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Amo, Shreve Bill Restores Support for U.S. Businesses Navigating Complex Export Rules * WASHINGTON, DC - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI-01) and Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-06) introduced the Strengthening Export Controls Compliance Act to help American businesses navigate increasingly complex export control rules and stay globally competitive. Export controls have grown more complicated  more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * League of Women Voters of Michigan Files Brief to Stop Justice Department from Obtaining Private Voter Data Amicus brief argues that Justice Department's appeal to Sixth Circuit should be denied for the sake of election integrity, voters' privacy, and the Constitution * Today the League of Women Voters of Michigan -- represented by the Brennan Cen  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom exposes Trump's Sable offshore pipeline lie: one month of oil, prices have only gone up California court affirms state law while Trump and Wright continue to lie to the American people on behalf of Big Oil What you need to know: A California judge today ruled that the Trump administration's illegal order on the Sable offshore oil pipeline does not ca  more

HAMILTON, New York, April 17 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Colgate Hosts Conference on Innovative Approaches to Language Education * Colgate University is leading a conversation on how to modernize and reinvigorate language education with its recent Conference on Innovative Approaches to Language Education. The March 27-28 event, organized in partnership with regional research consortium CNY Humanities Corridor, served as a working forum for 125 educators from instit  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Court Blocks Administration's Latest Restrictions on Grants to Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault * Rhode Island Federal Judge Melissa R. DuBose has today issued an order preliminarily blocking the Trump-Vance administration's latest effort to implement unlawful restrictions on grants that support survivors of domestic violence, sexual  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * Court Blocks Administration's Latest Restrictions on Grants to Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Intervention Will Protect Violence Prevention Funding Nationwide * Providence, R.I. - A judge on the U.S. District Court for the Distric  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * FedEx to Pay $280,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit * Settles federal suit alleging worldwide provider of business services failed to accommodate dispatchers with disabilities NEW YORK - Federal Express Corporation, doing business as FedEx Express, will pay $280,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employmen  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, April 17 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Igniting the imagination: Special topics course studies the work of TV writer, producer Don Reo * For television writer and producer Don Reo, the process of creating feels like stepping out of himself. When he's working, he loses track of time, sees vivid images in his mind of what he's attempting to depict, and hears the dialogue flow as if the characters were talking to him. It's a process that has s  more

NEW YORK, April 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Judge Blocks DOJ's Attempt to Access Rhode Islanders' Data * PROVIDENCE, R.I. -In a win for data privacy, U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy today granted a motion from voting rights groups to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Judge blocks Trump Administration's attempt to access Rhode Islanders' data * In a win for data privacy, U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy today granted a motion from voting rights groups to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit to obtain Rhode Islanders' sensitive voter data. ACLU and ACLU of RI filed the motion on behalf of Commo  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * League of Women Voters of Michigan Files Brief to Stop Justice Department from Obtaining Private Voter Data Amicus brief argues that Justice Department's appeal to Sixth Circuit should be denied for the sake of election integrity, voters' privacy, and the Constitution * GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Today the League of Women Voters of Michigan -- represented by the Brenn  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 18 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on April 17, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha concludes investigation into Smithfield Public Schools for 2025 hazing incident Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced an agreement with Smithfield Public Schools (the District) which responds to a civil rights complaint concerning the school district's failure to respond appropriately to an incident involving the b  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 18 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on April 17, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha successfully defends State in baseless Department of Justice complaint Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today released the following statement after Judge Mary S. McElroy granted the State's motion to dismiss the civil complaint brought by the Department of Justice in United States vs. Amore. "Historically, the Department of Ju  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hageman Introduces Bill To Shield American Energy Producers From Leftist Climate Litigation * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026 to protect American energy from leftist legal crusades punishing lawful activity. The shale revolution unlocked the United States as the world's leading producer of crude oil and natur  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Urges Acting AG Blanche to Scrutinize Increasingly Dangerous Threat Environment for Federal Judges * No evidence that DOJ under former AG Bondi investigated orchestration of threats or coordinated MAGA campaign to intimidate federal judges Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter this  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Reed, Magaziner, & Amo Announce $18 Million for RI Medical Research * WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to boost public health and further medical research, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced $18,078,715 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help Rhode Island-based researchers, includ  more