WASHINGTON, May 6 -- A coalition of 114 state legislators submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on employee versus independent contractor status under several federal labor laws. The letter argues that the proposed rule, which would replace the current federal test with a modified 2021 standard, threatens the fiscal integrity of state programs reliant on accurate worker classification. The legislators, representing states wi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- A group of 14 Massachusetts state senators submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development urging it to withdraw its proposed rule titled "Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits." The letter expresses concern over the potential impacts of the rule on families receiving federal rental assistance in Massachusetts, a state already experiencing a severe housing shortage and extended waitlists for  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel and Bipartisan Coalition to Secure Final Approval in $700 Million Google Settlement over App Store Monopoly * The United States District Court for the Northern District of California stated last week that it will approve a $700 million settlement in a multistate antitrust lawsuit against Google. In 2021, Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan group of 53 attorneys ge  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Daniel Buck, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished members of the committee. During my time as a teacher in Title I schools, I   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple * Across the Milky Way galaxy, a planetary odd couple is circling a star some 190 light years from Earth. A normally "lonely" hot Jupiter is sharing space with a mini-Neptune, in a rare and unlikely pairing that's had astronomers puzzled since the system's discovery in 2020. Now MIT scientists have caught a glimpse into the  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Rebukes Trump Administration for Proposal to End a Nearly Century-Old Restriction on the Shipping of Handguns Through USPS * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, today submitted a comment letter opposing an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to allow anyone to ship a handgun -without   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * BCG's Jeel Tamooh Enters 8th Year, Nurturing the Kingdom's Rising Leaders * Riyadh- Boston Consulting Group (BCG) celebrated the launch of the 8th edition of Jeel Tamooh, its flagship program designed to cultivate future leaders and equip them with the skills, mindset, and networks necessary to drive meaningful impact across Saudi Arabia  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Biologist Joey Davis explores how cells build complex structures * Ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, are made from dozens of proteins and RNA molecules. Putting all of those pieces together is a complex puzzle -one that MIT Associate Professor Joey Davis PhD '10 revels in trying to solve. Understanding how these structures form and later break down could help  more

NEW YORK, May 6 (TNSLrpt) -- Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area March 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Northeast Region - May 5, 2026 * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.8 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ending in March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that one year ago  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Wai Wah Chin, president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Kevin Kiley, Ranking Member Suzanne Bonamici, and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee:   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSLrpt) -- Electrification With Equity: Scaling Behind the Meter Solar + Storage in Massachusetts Environmental Justice Communities - A report from Clean Energy Group, Vote Solar, Union of Concerned Scientists - May 2026 (74 pages) * * * The Clean Energy Group, Union of Concerned Scientists and Vote Solar issued a report analyzing the potential for behind-the-meter solar and battery storage systems to support an equitable clean energy transition in Massachusetts environment  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Celebrates Pioneering Leadership, Honoring Former Presidents with Named Floor in Future Cancer Hospital * Yesterday, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute paid tribute to the extraordinary legacies of three former presidents : Drs. David G. Nathan, Edward J. Benz Jr., and Laurie H. Glimcher at the Past Presidents, Future Promise: An Evening of   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following statement on May 4, 2026: * * * During National Small Business Week, Ranking Member Markey Celebrates America's Main Streets, Condemns Trump's Anti-American Small Business Agenda Trump continues to turn Main Street into Pain Street with cruel cuts, terrible tariff taxes, and catastrophic cost increases * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 -- Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Protect Northeast Canyons and Seamounts * The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a biodiversity hotspot and one of the most biologically productive areas in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: NOAA Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Center for Biological Diversity, and whale-wat  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Marks National Small Business Week, Honors American Entrepreneurs * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led 88 of their colleagues in declaring this week "National Small Business Week" to recognize the innovators and job creators who power our economy. "Iowa innovators drive our nation forward, an  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Following Emergency Stay, Clark Leads 250+ Democrats in Supreme Court Fight to Protect Mifepristone Access, Women's Health Care, and FDA Authority * Yesterday, more than 250 House and Senate Democrats filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court urging them to overturn a Fifth Circuit decision that would upend the FDA approval process and restrict access to life-saving mifepristone. Yesterday  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Get to know Michael Yaffe, CWRU School of Medicine's 2026 Commencement speaker Commencement marks the moment when students become alumni--when every hour spent in classes, labs and hospital rooms pays off as graduates take the next step on the path to doctorhood. For Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD (GRS, Pharmacology '87; MED '89), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's 2026 Commencement repres  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: Biology] -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, posted the following news: * * * Global Scientists, Woods Hole Bound: 23 Named MBL Whitman Fellows * Twenty-three scientists from around the world will converge at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) as the 2026 cohort of Whitman Fellows. Selected for their outstanding work, these investigators range from early-career to veteran scientists. Each will carry o  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, May 5 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Goldwater Scholar Ashley Blake sets her sights on helping cure neurological diseases * College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences Ashley Blake of Clemson University is heading into summer break as a Goldwater Scholar, one of the nation's most competitive and prestigious honors for undergraduates pursuing careers in science and engineering. Blake, who will be a senior in the fall, is majoring  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 5 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Graduate Students Present Research at National Conference * Four graduate students in the College of Human Development, Culture and Media (CHDCM) attended the New England Psychological Association Conference in Newton, Massachusetts, in the Fall, gaining firsthand experience sharing their work with a national audience of scholars and practitioners. Participation in the conference provided students with   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Greater Boston Legal Services, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development opposing a proposed rule that would allow local housing authorities to impose work requirements and term limits on residents of federally subsidized housing. GBLS, a nonprofit legal aid organization serving thousands of low- and moderate-income families in the Greater Boston area, argues that the rule would destabilize families, deepen the ho  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Joseph J. Curran Named a Massachusetts 'Go To' Lawyer for Taxation * BOSTON - May 5, 2026 - Joseph J. Curran, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Boston office, was named a "Go To" Lawyer for Taxation by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Curran and his fellow honorees are featured in the publication's April 27 edition. Curran also re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 6 -- The Health and Fitness Association (formerly the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association) issued the following statement on May 5, 2026: * * * HFA Statement on White House Physical Fitness Proclamation and Presidential Fitness Test Restoration HFA highlights opportunity to expand access to physical activity and strengthen preventive health efforts nationwide * Today's proclamation of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and the restorati  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 6 (TNSrpt) -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release with Illinois Digital Educators Alliance: * * * In a New Report, Illinois Teachers Chart a Path for Responsible AI in Schools Teach Plus Illinois and IDEA urge ISBE to ground statewide AI guidance in classroom realities, empower teacher leaders, and keep human connection at the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Juliana Spahr wins Pulitzer for her latest poetry collection * Northeastern poet and scholar Juliana Spahr awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her 2025 collection A poet and scholar of contemporary American literature, Spahr won the prize for poetry for her recent collection "Ars Poeticas," published in 2025 by Wesleyan Poetry Series. by Tanner Stening May 5, 2026 Northeastern University English professor Ju  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Jun Yao Featured as May Spotlight Scholar * Jun Yao, associate professor in the Riccio College of Engineering, has been named a Spotlight Scholar for May 2026.Yao's research takes inspiration from biological designs to create advanced electronic devices, which ultimately can interface better with the human body. Since joining the UMass Amherst Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 5 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * Martin Egli to deliver Kairos Lecture on Thursday, May 28 * Martin Egli, the Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Professor of Innovation in Biochemistry and a professor of biochemistry at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, [will present an upcoming Kairos Lecture on Thursday, May 28, at 4:00 p.m. in 1220 Medical Research Building III. The title of his talk is "RNA Structure, Et  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Can Meet Clean Energy Goals and Advance Environmental Justice: New Analysis and Recommendations * Two new reports released today outline a path for Massachusetts to simultaneously meet its clean energy goals and advance environmental justice. The reports were prepared by the Applied Economics Clinic on behalf of Clean Energy Group (CEG),  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The report is 'An Automated Geographic Information System-Based Hydraulic Modeling Tool for Developing Preliminary Culvert Designs for Stream Crossings in Massachusetts', prepared in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and issued as USGS Fact Sheet 2026-3065 in May 2026. It says the tool is being built for the StreamStats web application to generate preliminary culvert designs that improve flood resiliency and aquatic organism   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 states and the District Columbia in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Update on MIT Sloan Management Review * We are at a pivotal moment at MIT Sloan School of Management, where what we communicate, and how we communicate, has a direct impact on our visibility, impact, and engagement with the world. Reflecting broader shifts in how audiences engage with management ideas and publications, the school has made the diffic  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Games people -- and machines -- play: Untangling strategic reasoning to advance AI * Gabriele Farina grew up in a small town in a hilly winemaking region of northern Italy. Neither of his parents had college degrees, and although both were convinced they "didn't understand math," Farina says, they bought him the technical books he wanted and didn't discourage him from attending the s  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The National Association of Government Employees, Quincy, Massachusetts, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management opposing its proposed rulemaking. NAGE urged the agency to withdraw the rule that significantly alters Reduction in Force procedures, arguing the changes undermine merit system principles and employee fairness. NAGE's letter criticized the rule's emphasis on making performance the primary factor in RIF retention standings, rep  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 (TNSrpt) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * New Report Shows Massachusetts as Global Leader in Climatetech With 16 of Top 20 Energy Companies Governor Maura Healey today highlighted Massachusetts' continued leadership in the global climatetech economy following the release of a new report identifying the top 20 global companies leading the energy transition worldwide. The report finds that 16 of those 20 companies have   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 6 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * New York Coalition Urges Regulators to Modernize Electric Rates to Unlock Clean Heat Affordability Coalition flags $170M in overpayments, says rate reform could save households ~$250-600 annually and speed heat pump adoption * Albany, NY -- A coalition of environmental groups today filed a petition calling on the New York Public Service Commission to fix electric rate designs that unfair  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Northeast Corridor Railroads Release Website Promoting Rail Travel Options Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 and Other Summer Events * The Northeast Corridor Commission has released a new website to help FIFA World Cup fans and America 250 visitors navigate the Northeast Corridor. The Northeast Corridor Commission today announced the release of a new website designed to help FIFA World Cup TM fans an  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * OFD Announces Recipients of 2026-27 Mutual Mentoring Grant Awards * The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) has announced that 15 grants have been awarded to faculty members and librarians leading mutual mentoring projects in 2026-27.OFD's Mutual Mentoring Grant Program aims to help faculty and librarians develop and deepen their mentoring networks and community and to grow as researchers, teach  more

STORRS, Connecticut, May 5 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Past and Present UConn Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships * Fifteen current and former UConn students have received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. UConn's recipients include three members of the senior class of 2026, four graduate students, and eight recent alumni. In addition to these 15 students, one participant in UConn's NSF-funded Research and Me  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Paul Rosie Joins Goodwin's Life Sciences Group in Boston * Goodwin today announced that Paul Rosie has joined the firm's Life Sciences group as a partner in the Boston office. "We're pleased to have Paul rejoin our Life Sciences team at Goodwin," said Mitch Bloom, partner and co-chair of the Life Sciences group at Goodwin. "His expertise, particularly in medtech, will cont  more

CLAREMONT, California, May 6 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Stephanie Granobles '27 Awarded Truman Scholarship Stephanie Granobles '27 has been named a 2026 Truman Scholar, one of 55 college juniors across the country selected for the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders. Awardees are chosen for their outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence. Granobles, a public p  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Science and Environmental Groups Ask EPA and HHS to Take Emergency Action as Nitrate Pollution in Water Reaches Crisis Levels * "Nitrate in drinking water is a serious public health problem linked to cancer and other health impacts, and we know agricultural practices like excessive fertilizer use and poor manure management are largely responsible," said Dr. St  more

FLORIDA, May 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on May 5, 2026, by Director of Division of Trading and Markets Jamie Selway at the Options Industry Conference: * * * Fixing Failures to Communicate Good afternoon. Steve [Luparello], thank you for that kind introduction. Given the incredible, persistent growth in the options markets over the past decade, it is only fitting to hold your annual conference in the great state of Florida, an anchor participant i  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSletter) -- Public policy letter - Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts. To: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201 and Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., Official performing the delegable duties of the CDC Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 - May 5, 2026 I write to you with serious concern regarding news  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSletter) -- Public policy letter - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and 14 co-signers. To: Andrea R. Lucas, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street, NE, Washington, DC 20507 - May 4, 2026 We write regarding a statement you issued last year indicating that you intend to modify your agency's rule that affirms the strong protections that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) grants workers undergoing fertility treatments.1 President Trump has cla  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Demands CDC Resume Testing for Dangerous Diseases Boston - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today wrote to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   more

DOVER, Delaware, May 6 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Supreme Court issues stay of restrictions on mifepristone following advocacy by AG Jennings, coalition Attorney General Kathy Jennings yesterday joined a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective ab  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 6 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Tampa Bay's Post-Disaster Roadmap: A Regional Blueprint for Resilient Recovery * VHB completed Phase Two of the Tampa Bay Region Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plan (TBRPDRP), which creates a unified regional roadmap to help communities recover and provide opportuniti  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * The Crossover Episode: How Two SBS Mutual Mentoring Junior Faculty Members Turned a TV Trope into a Teaching Innovation * In television, the crossover episode brings two audiences into one. In shows like "Abbott Elementary" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" or "Rugrats" and the "The Wild Thornberrys," characters from separate worlds come together in unexpected ways, often toward a common g  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The tech revolution that wasn't * In 1960, engineers at India's Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) built what they called an "Automatic Calculator," the country's first working computer. It had the same type of ferrite-core memory as IBM's world-leading machines, and at a glance, appeared to herald a new age of tech advances in India. Constructed with a fraction of the r  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Treasurer of Labor Union Sentenced for Embezzlement * BOSTON - A Leominster man was sentenced on May 1, 2026 in federal court in Worcester for embezzling from a labor union. Joe Scott, Jr., 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to 42 months of probation, with six months of home confinement. He was also ordered to pay restitut  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA and Environmental Leaders Team Up to Protect the Long Island Sound * Suffolk County, NY - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci hosted EPA Region 1 Administrator Mark Sanborn, EPA Region 3 Administrator Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey, and environmental leaders of the Long Island Sound Partnership in Suffolk County, New York to underscore the agency'  more

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, May 6 -- Tufts University issued the following news release: * * * Rishad Sadikot Named Chief Investment Officer Sadikot will lead Tufts' Investment Office and oversee its $3.1 billion endowment * Tufts University has appointed Rishad Sadikot as its next chief investment officer, effective May 18, 2026. Sadikot will oversee the university's endowment and all related investment activities, drawing on deep experience in institutional portfolio management and asset   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Linguistics Professor Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences * Alice C. Harris, University of Massachusetts Amherst professor emerita of linguistics, has been named a 2026 member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Harris is one of 252 leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research and science to be elected to the class.Harris' r  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 6 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan scientist Marcus Ruscetti receives 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize Award for $750,000 funds pancreatic cancer research By Jim Fessenden Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, is one of 13 investigators to receive the prestigious 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize from the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance. Given annually to leading U.S. scientists who are   more

BERKELEY, California, May 6 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Katherine Yelick named director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The University of California Board of Regents today (May 5) approved UC President James B. Milliken's recommendation of the appointment of Katherine "Kathy" Yelick as the ninth director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). An internationally recognized leader in high-performance computing and large-sca  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 6 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Toloo Taghian awarded $3.2M to develop gene therapy for a rare genetic disease National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grant supports junior faculty member By Jim Fessenden The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded Toloo Taghian, PhD, assistant professor of genetic & cellular medicine and radiology, a five-year, $3.2 million gr  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 6 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on May 5, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Joins Multistate Effort to Oppose Postal Service Rule Undermining Federal Gun Law Attorney General Jay Jones joined a multistate comment letter signed by 22 states opposing an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to allow a flood of prohibited weapons to move across state borders by mail, endangering the public and further straining sta  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Veterans Affairs Employee Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Multiple Covid-19 Benefits * A Brockton woman, who has been employed full-time as a Medical Technician with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since August 2021, has been charged in federal court in Boston with wire fraud.  Denise Baez, 51, was charged on May 1, 2026 with two counts of w  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Presses Druckenmiller to Release Kevin Warsh from Confidentiality Agreements on Undisclosed $100 Million Warren questions Druckenmiller on if he plans to buy out Warsh's stake in these funds "Mr. Warsh's undisclosed assets pose an immediate problem: one or more of his dozens of funds and entities could hold sto  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Duckworth, Schumer Lead Senators in Pressing Head of Employment Protections Commission on Attacks on Workers Undergoing IVF U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 12 senators in pressing the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the Commission's efforts to weaken a rule affirming emplo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * What's There to Hide? Attorney General Bonta Urges Transparency in Federal Spending of Taxpayer Dollars * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Office of Management and Budget challenging the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) deactivat  more