DENVER, Colorado, May 27 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following news release: * * * DHS Responds to Letter from Nine Secretaries of State, states "no reason for ICE personnel to be deployed to polling places." The Secretary of State's Office has received a letter from Todd M. Lyons, Acting ICE Director, in response to the March 9 letter from nine Secretaries of State that sought confirmation from Homeland Security Director Markwayne Mullin that immigration enforcement agents   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Jay Swanson, former manager of recipient and child care provider investigations in the Minnesota Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "Blowing the Whistle: Inside the Grift that Keeps Giving": * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Markey, and Committee members; Thank you for inviting me to be here today. From 2014-2019 I was   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice expressing concerns about the Interim Final Rule that revises regulations under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act related to web content and mobile application accessibility for state and local governments. The League, which advocates on behalf of 842 member cities in Minnesota, emphasized the challenges smaller municipalities face in meeting the p  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 29 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary by shareholder Alexander T. MacDonald and associate Rachel Ring: * * * Massachusetts Rideshare Drivers Sign Up for Unionization - And Spotlight Potential New State Law Labor Avenues At a Glance * As of May 26, Massachusetts rideshare drivers are the first in the nation to organize and secure certification of a union as their exclusive bargaining representative. * Similar legislation has been enacted i  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's proposed rule titled "Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups." The Band, a federally recognized Anishinaabe Tribe based in Minnesota, expressed serious concerns about the rule's treatment of treaty rights, environmental impacts, and Tribal sovereignty. The Band's letter emphasized that t  more