RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 7 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Urges Credit Card Companies to Block Illegal Vape Sales * RALEIGH -Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general in urging nine major credit card companies and payment processors ( American Express, Capital One, Citigroup, Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe, Sezzle, and Block ) to take stronger action to stop  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Speed Up VA Construction Projects * NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Faster VA Construction Act to direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adopt commercial building codes and standards where possible, consistent with law: "The VA's   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Central Peninsula Hospital, a 63-bed acute care provider in Soldotna, Alaska, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule. In the letter, CPH expresses strong support for CMS's proposed changes to the cost-of-living adjustment methodology for hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii. CPH endorses the adoption of the Department of Defense's Overseas Cost-of-Livi  more

DOVER, Delaware, May 8 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on May 7, 2026: * * * AG Jennings leads coalition to oppose Postal Service's guns-by-mail schemme Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Monday co-led a multistate comment letter signed by 24 states opposing an unlawful proposal by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to allow a flood of prohibited weapons across state borders by mail. Since 1927, federal law--passed by a Republican Congress and signed  more

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, May 7 -- Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities issued the following Q&A involving Farm to Institution specialist Cori Fitzpatrick: * * * Cori joins the nationwide conversation about improving local food distribution AUTHOR: Jeff Smith Groundwork's Farm to Institution Specialist, Cori Fitzpatrick, was recently accepted to a nationwide partnering project called a "Procurement Community of Practice." It's focused on the crucial topic of improving how local food fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Markey, Schumer, Cantwell, Demand FCC Stop First Amendment Attacks on Disney, ABC * Senators call for FCC's order for early license renewals to Disney be rescinded Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Commerce Committ  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2026: * * * Markey, Cantwell, Schumer, Lujan Demand FCC Stop First Amendment Attacks on Disney, ABC Call for FCC's order for early license renewals to Disney be rescinded * Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, along with Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Schumer, Cantwell, Lujan Demand FCC Stop First Amendment Attacks on Disney, ABC * Call for FCC's order for early license renewals to Disney be rescinded Letter Text (PDF) Washington (May 7, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Commerce Committee Ranking Membe  more

BASEL, Switzerland, May 8 -- Novartis, a pharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on May 7, 2026: * * * Novartis breaks ground on Denton, Texas radioligand therapy site; construction now underway across all new US facilities * US Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler, Texas State Senator Brent Hagenbuch, Novartis leadership mark expansion of company's coast-to-coast RLT manufacturing network - the largest in the US * Expanded infrastructure brings highly personalized c  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on May 7, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Markey: Trump's Pump Bump is Hitting American Families and Small Businesses Hard New data shows Trump's illegal war on Iran will cost American families $1,753 more at the pump this year * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released new data emphasizing how Trump's illegal   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Judy Chu, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Chu, Tokuda, Strickland, Matsui, and Sen. Hirono Introduce AANHPI Mental Health Day Resolution * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Chair Emerita of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-07), and Senator Mazie K. Hirono (HI), introduced a resolution recognizing May 10 th as National A  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Visits Site Of Future Halau Of 'Oiwi Art On Maui * WAILUKU - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, visited the site of Halau of 'Oiwi Art in Wailuku to view the ongoing construction. The center will be dedicated to the study, practice, celebration and perpetuation of hula and associated arts and will also be used as a resilience hub for shel  more

MANOA, Hawaii, May 8 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Hawaii Housing Factbook 2026: Affordability improves modestly, but risks mount The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) has released the Hawaii Housing Factbook 2026, the fourth edition of its annual report offering detailed analysis of the state's housing market. The report finds that Hawaii's housing crisis remains severe, despite modest improvements in affordability  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Eleven Colleagues in Demanding Answers about U.S. and Israeli Military's Adherence to International Law in the Middle East * A dozen Senate Dems, led by Welch, ask U.S. Central Command whether American forces have provided support to Israel's forced displacement of 1,000,000 civilians in Lebanon WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led eleven colleagues in requesting answers  more