SACRAMENTO, California, May 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Another Baseless Attempt by Trump Administration to Access Medical Records on Gender-Affirming Care * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief supporting a motion to quash the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)'s subpoena against Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) se  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- BASF Corp., a global chemical producer with extensive U.S. operations, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's proposed rulemaking on standards for air curtain incinerators that burn wood wastes, yard wastes, and clean lumber. The letter focuses on Section VI of the proposal, which requests comment on revising the definition of "municipal waste combustion unit" under the Other Solid Waste Incineration New Source P  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 12 -- Bristol Myers Squibb, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Bristol Myers Squibb and Hengrui Pharma Announce Strategic Agreements to Advance Innovative Medicines Across Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology Landmark collaboration leverages complementary capabilities to drive speed in early innovation and help advance medicines for patients worldwide Agreements include 13 programs with the potential to address significant unmet p  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 11 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * College of Education's medallion ceremony welcomes Rhode Island Teacher of the Year * Rhode Island Teacher of the Year Sarah Dully teaches English, not automotive, but her keynote address at the University of Rhode Island's third annual Medallion Induction Ceremony had a distinctively motor-minded spin to it. Dully made her trusty 20-year-old car a theme for the night in her remarks to URI's new  more

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, May 11 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Conduent, a business process services and solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Conduent Reports Significantly Improved First Quarter 2026 Financial Results * Key Q1 2026 Highlights * Revenue: $723M, down 3.7%. Growth in Government and Transportation segments * Pre-tax Income (Loss): $(27)M, improved by $29M year-over-year * Adj. EBITDA (1) : $49M, improved by $12M year-over-year * Adj. E  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Van Drew Introduces Bill to Suspend Federal Gas Tax * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew announced he is introducing legislation to suspend the federal gas tax for 18 months to lower costs for American families. The bill would eliminate the current federal fuel taxes, including 18.3 cents per gallon on gasoline, 24.3 cents per gallon on diesel fuel and kerosene, and 19.  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 11 -- Rowan University posted the following news: * * * Could growing crystals in space lead to better drugs? * Astronauts may struggle to function without the pull of Earth's gravity, but weightlessness isn't always a drag. Research has shown that crystals - like those used in many pharmaceuticals - benefit from growing in space. On Tuesday, May 12, Gerard Capellades, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineer  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, May 12 -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news: * * * Digital-First Insurer Zen Insurance Launches in the UK via New Applied Systems, One Call and Verisk Collaboration A joint effort from Applied, One Call, and Verisk brings a digitally enabled insurance product to market through simplified connectivity for insureds * LONDON -- As UK insurers, brokers, and distributors face increasing pressure to control operating costs, improv  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Gallagher and Hinchey Lead New York Lawmakers and Advocates in Push for the Corporate Catastrophe Act * ALBANY, NY - Assembly Member Emily Gallagher and Senator Michelle Hinchey today gathered state lawmakers, frontline community leaders, and environmental advocates at the State Capitol to call for passage of the New York Corporate Catastrophe Act ( A10210/S9159 ) this session. The bill would   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * IYCMI: "Today is LaMonica, Tomorrow It's Me" Marie Claire Reveals How Pelosi, Crockett, Ocasio-Cortez, and More are Banding Together After the Trump Administration Came for One of Their Own: LaMonica McIver * In case you missed it, yesterday Marie Claire released a major feature documenting the fight to protect Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) from politically motivated charges brought by   more

RARITAN, New Jersey, May 12 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Johnson & Johnson reinforces its leadership in advancing neuropsychiatry with new portfolio and pipeline data at APA and ASCP Oral presentations feature CAPLYTA(R) long-term data assessing relapse risk reduction in schizophrenia and new seltorexant analyses in major depressive disorder (MDD) with insomnia symptoms 18 abstracts highlight J&J's leadership and deep por  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 11 [Category: BizHealth & Beauty] -- Johnson and Johnson posted the following news release: * * * Johnson & Johnson to Participate in the Goldman Sachs 47th Annual Global Healthcare Conference * New Brunswick, N.J., May 11 th, 2026 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will participate in the Goldman Sachs 47 th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 9 th, 2026. Management will participate in a Fireside Chat at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. This live audio  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Kean Announces Winners of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition * (May 11, 2026) LEBANON BOROUGH, NJ - Today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced the winners of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District. This year's competition theme was "Celebrating America's 250 Years." First place has been awarded to Kaylie Gao of Warren, New Jersey for  more

UNION, New Jersey, May 11 -- Kean University issued the following news release: * * * Kean University ROTC Students Prepare for Service * Three Kean University seniors arrived at Kean through different paths of military service, but each found a strong sense of community through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. Marie Pierre, Dylan Christine and Mark Daniel Carnay are now preparing for military leadership roles after graduation. Pierre, an accounting major, joined ROTC  more

NEW YORK, May 9 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary by legal policy fellow Jarrett Dieterle to Reason: * * * New Jersey's Iconic Diners Are Dying. This Is the Wrong Way To Save Them. Democratic state lawmakers want to give tax carveouts to certain restaurants. The real problem is New Jersey's tax code itself. * It's hard not to love a diner. Spacious red booths, coffee served in white ceramic mugs, and breakfast available at any hour have made these inst  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * "A Market Built on Victims: Stopping Illegal Organ Trafficking in China and Beyond" On Thursday, May 14th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), will chair a congressional hearing on the systematic, widespread, and nonconsensual removal of human organs for transplantation--often described as forced organ harvesting or illegal org  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Menendez, Crockett, and Ramirez Call for Investigation, Demand FAA Stop Helping ICE Hide Secret "Ghost Flights" * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Congressmembers Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), and Delia Ramirez (IL-03) are leading a group of 32 colleagues in demanding that the Federal Aviation Administration (" FAA ") work with Congress to stop allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 12 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport, Office of Alternative and Community Responses Launch Gun-Safety Public Awareness Campaign Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Alternative and Community Responses today announced the launch of a multi-year public awareness campaign to raise awareness about the life-saving potential of New Jersey's Extreme Risk Prote  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 12 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Governor Sherrill Announces Nomination of Paul Thomas Urbish to Lead the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today announced the Governor's nomination of Paul Thomas Urbish, a director at the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC), to lead the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 11 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Penn fourth-year named 2026-27 Schwarzman Scholar * University of Pennsylvania fourth-year Rachel Ou has received a Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master's degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is part of the 11th class of Schwarzman Scholars and will enroll at Tsinghua in August. Her selection brings the number of Penn students and alumni who have  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Poor Hantavirus Response Underscores Administration is Ill-Prepared for Public Health Emergency * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed criticized the Trump Administration's cuts to key federal public health programs, noting that a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an international cruise ship that infected Americans who are now repatriated highlights the risks of slashing funding f  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives McIver, Menendez, Watson Coleman Mark One Year Since ICE Chaos at Delaney Hall Today, Representatives LaMonica McIver (NJ-10), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) released a video marking one year since they toured the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. As they conducted oversight to hold the Trump administration accountable for human rights   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Pettersen, Gottheimer Introduce "Feed Our Kids Act" to Fight Farm Bill Cuts to School Meals for Hungry Children * WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Darren Soto (FL-09) introduced the Feed Our Kids Act, which would provide free breakfast, lunch, and afterschool snacks to every student in K-12 public schools in Colorado and across th  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 11 -- Rowan University posted the following news: * * * Rowan biophysics senior heads to competitive medical physics Ph.D. program * After Commencement Week at Rowan University, biophysics senior Makaylab Grandal will head to one of the nation's most competitive medical physics Ph.D. programs -joining The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It's the result of several years devoted to work in a res  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, May 11 -- Rowan University posted the following news: * * * Rowan University names Rally House, eCampus as official bookstore operators * Rowan University has announced new partnerships with Rally House, a leading retailer of officially licensed collegiate and professional apparel and team merchandise, to serve as Rowan's retail merchandise operator, and eCampus.com, to manage course material operations starting in July. Rally House will offer an expanded selection o  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 12 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Graduate School of Education Professor Is Named Co-Editor of Premier Journal Marybeth Gasman will colead "Educational Researcher," bringing national distinction to Rutgers and amplifying its impact on equity-centered education scholarship * Marybeth Gasman, associate dean for research at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, has been appointed co-editor of Educational Researcher, the premier journal  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 12 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Research Teams Receive Funding for Projects Using Biomedical Informatics and AI The grants will support Rutgers-wide collaborations involving research on drug management, cancer and stroke rehabilitation By Nicole Swenarton The Rutgers Center for Biomedical Informatics and Health Artificial Intelligence selected three interdisciplinary research teams as recipients of its annual Pilot Grant Awards. Thr  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 11 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * School of Diplomacy Dean Steps Up as ACUNS President * In April, the Dean of the School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Courtney Smith, Ph.D., was appointed president of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), the leading global association of scholars and practitioners dedicated to studying the United Nations system. Established in 1987, initially by a group of scholars   more

NEW YORK, May 12 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news: * * * Soccer Streets: Mayor Mamdani Transforms 50 School Blocks Across New York City Into World Cup Field Days for Students * Mayor Mamdani's 'Soccer Streets' series will travel to 50 schools across the five boroughs, turning car-free blocks into day-long soccer pitches, block parties and community celebrations leading up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup * Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani today launched "Soccer Streets,"   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 12 -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Stevens Undergraduate Emily Lossman Awarded the Distinguished Goldwater Scholarship Naval engineering student recognized for pioneering marine energy research and leadership * Emily Lossman '28 comes from a long line of ship captains and engineers, and she grew up watching boats along the Hudson River. She had never considered naval engineering as a career, though, until she saw it as an option w  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 12 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Student speakers for UMass Chan's 2026 Commencement announced William Mar, Humberto Ochoa and Suhas Suddala to represent their peers By Hallie Leo Nursing PhD student William "Bill" Mar, RN, MSN; PhD candidate Humberto Ochoa; and MD/MBA student Suhas Suddala will represent their respective peers in the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, Morningside Graduate School o  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * The Big Long List of U.S. AI Laws * Did you ever think that AI, as a new technology, is barely regulated in the U.S.? Think again! Below, we catalog certain state laws regulating the development and use of AI systems and technologies, passed between 2019-2026. This list focuses on legislative initiatives that are currently in effect, or are expected to take effect soon, that impact  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The White House sent to the Senate on May 11, 2026, the nominations of 13 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Cameron Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. Brendan Hanrahan, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs). Karen Je  more