SACRAMENTO, California, May 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Raises Concerns Over Donor-Advised Fund Restrictions Affecting Southern Poverty Law Center * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 16 attorneys general, urged several large donor-advised fund sponsors to carefully evaluate their decision to stop payments to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) following a heavily critic  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES FUNDS TO REEVALUATE DECISION TO CUT OFF DONATIONS TO SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 15 attorneys general, urged several large donor-advised charitable fund sponsors to carefully evaluate their decisions to stop payments to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) following the Department of Justice's (DOJ) h  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSLrpt) -- State Employment and Unemployment April 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - May 22, 2026 (18 pages) * * * Unemployment rates were lower in April in 3 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 45 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nineteen states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states had decreases, and 25 states and the District had little change. The n  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Rural Hospitals * Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization Act to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) for five years. The RCHD provides critical support to rural hospitals across the country by allowing them to test innovative hospita  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Garcia Secures Key Provisions in Major Housing Package * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) secured several key housing and homelessness provisions in the broader 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644), a major housing package aimed at lowering costs, expanding affordable housing, and supporting working families struggling with the nation's housing   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Forty-One Senators Push to Keep Harmful Environmental Riders Out of Appropriations Bills * Senators warn that inclusion of poison pills harming the environment would undermine Senate's ability to pass bipartisan spending bills Washington, D.C. - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of th  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 22 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Submits List of Appointments for Senate Confirmation * Salem, OR -Today, Governor Tina Kotek submitted a list of appointments for state boards and commissions to the Oregon Senate for confirmation. The Senate Committee on Rules will consider the nominations during June Legislative Days this year. The full list of nominees is available here. The Governor makes appointments to over 2  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Salinas, Pacific Northwest Democrats to Secretary Rollins: Act Quickly to Hire Agricultural Research Staff Across the Region * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06) led a group of their Pacific Northwest colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins over her commitment to promptly fil  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 21 -- Auburn University posted the following news: * * * Oliver elected Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology * Gretchen Oliver, professor in the School of Kinesiology in Auburn University's College of Education and director of the Sports Medicine and Movement Lab, has been elected as a Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology. Elected Fellows are those who have made sustained and distinguished contributions to the discipline for an extended period, usually   more

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, May 23 -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act Advances to Floor from House Energy and Commerce Committee Legislation Authorizing the FDA to Order the Destruction of Imports that Pose Significant Public Health Risks Takes Another Major Step Forward. * Roughly one week after the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce met for a markup that included the Destruction of Haza  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 22 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * State Board of Education adopts rules for performance growth targets * The Oregon State Board of Education adopted rules Thursday for the state's new "performance growth targets" while expressing skepticism about the support to help schools achieve those targets. The Oregon Department of Education's answers mostly boiled down to: We're working on it. The 2025 Education Accou  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar, Chris Pappas, Senator Shaheen Introduce Bill to Tackle Manufactured Housing Evictions * WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reintroduced the Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act, which would incentivize manufactured home park owners to sell the park to community residents or nonprofits, rather than another developer or landlo  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13232) by income security specialists Julie M. Whittaker and Katelin P. Isaacs: * * * Unemployment Compensation, Strikes and Lockouts in 2025 Introduction Eligible unemployed workers may receive weekly income support from the joint federal-state Unemployment Compensation (UC) program while they search for new work. In general, such workers must have lost their jobs through no f  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Votes 'No' on Flawed 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., voted against advancing the 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act out of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he announced today. "The bill is a dramatic retreat for congressional oversight, at precisely the moment when scrutiny of Intelligence Community activities is needed most," Wyden said  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Finance Committee Democrats Call for Bipartisan Investigation of Trump Slush Fund and Interference with Tax Audits Led by Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee called on Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today to launch a bipartisan committee investigation into the corrupt settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit aga  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Food and Nutrition Service Reorganization * Oregon senators warn that reorganizations would "further weaken the ability of the agency to administer federal nutrition assistance programs." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in raising strong concerns about the plan to reorganize the Food and Nutrit  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Food and Nutrition Service Reorganization * Oregon senators warn that reorganizations would "further weaken the ability of the agency to administer federal nutrition assistance programs." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in raising strong concerns about the plan to reorganize the Food and Nutrition  more