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

ITHACA, New York, May 22 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * CTI Graduate Teaching Fellows program marks its fifteenth year * The professors of the future are in graduate school now, and the Center for Teaching Innovation's Graduate Teaching Fellows program is marking fifteen years of supporting future faculty. Each year, the program hosts a cohort of graduate teaching fellows as they deepen their teaching practice and support their graduate teaching colleagues across th  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Provides $944,000 to Mid-Atlantic States to Monitor Water Quality at Beaches and Protect Swimmers * PHILADELPHIA - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $944,000 in grant funding that Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia will use to monitor water quality at beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of bacteria make swimming unsafe. "Across the  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 22 -- The Maryland Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. To Keynote Maryland Democratic Party's 2026 Fight Back & Win Gala * HANOVER, MD - The Maryland Democratic Party is proud to announce that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 Fight Back & Win Gala on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Maryland Live! in Hanover, Maryland.  "I'm looking forward to joining the Maryland Democratic Party at  more