BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news release: * * * ACLU of Massachusetts Celebrates Somerville's Commitment to Protect Civil Liberties for All Residents Updates to the city's Welcoming Community Ordinance further restrict local collaboration with ICE and reinforce strong protections for First Amendment activity - The Somerville City Council on Thursday updated its Welcoming Community Ordinance with important new prov  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by American Jewish Medical Association CEO Eveline Shekhman from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and members of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, thank you for inviting me here today to  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch and Rachel Loren: * * * List of Entities Providing Contributions to Trump Accounts for Kids Americans for Tax Reform's tracker of Trump Accounts announcements has reached 60. As documented below at least 60 companies, foundations, individuals and states have announced contributions to the accounts. Trump Accounts for kids were enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Wor  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 1 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Joins Coalition Opposing Plan to Weaken Federal Protections for Retirement Investments * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 24 states in opposing a proposal from the Trump administration that would put the retirement savings of millions of Americans at risk. In their comment letter submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor (PDF  more

NEW YORK, June 1 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Cancer Vaccine Sustains 49 Percent Melanoma Reduction After 5 Years * The combination of a vaccine and a drug, which both harness the immune system to attack cancer cells, has proven successful in cutting the risk of skin cancer recurrence by 49 percent, a new study shows. This reduction, which was calculated five years after  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 [Category: Sociological] -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release: * * * Community Catalyst Announces New Leadership Hires * Community Catalyst, the national health justice organization, today announced several key leadership hirings as the organization expands its policy and advocacy footprint heading into a vital period for health care access, affordability and accountability. Shaina Goodman has joined the organization as its new Vice Presiden  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Community leaders tackle soaring energy prices with new solar PV systems * Nadi, Fiji - 350.org Pacific and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) joined community leaders from Fiji, Vanuatu and Tuvalu in a Solar Scholars capacity-building workshop to hone their skills in sol  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 1 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Computer Science Laboratories Receives Platinum LEED Certification * The new Computer Science Laboratories (CSL) building has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, the first building on campus to achieve that distinction. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the 94,000-square-foot addition to the existing Computer Science Building houses teaching and resea  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, June 1 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * ETSU professor presents research at top global institutions * Dr. Brian Maxson wore his East Tennessee State University lapel pin to Boston College earlier this year. He wore it again to the University of Massachusetts. He'll wear it to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in June. And he'll showcase it at the University of Oxford this fall. Everywhere he goes, ETSU goes with him. The professor   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * From Classroom to Crisis Solution: Uplift Microhome Wins 2026 MIT $100K Competition * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1, 2026 - The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition hosted its 2026 Launch finale this month where innovative student founders from MIT and the Greater Boston area competed for $160,000 in prize funding. The MIT $100K is a student-run start  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Global Fintech Revenues Surpass Half a Trillion Dollars, Growing Four Times Faster Than Traditional Banks * * Boston Consulting Group and FT Partners' Global Fintech Report 2026 Finds Sector in Full Resurgence, with $504 Billion in Revenues and 22% Growth * 74% of Largest Public Fintechs Now Profitable; EBITDA Margins Up 400 Basis P  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 1 -- Harvard University posted the following news: * * * Harvard Global Health Institute welcomes 2025-2026 Visiting Research Scholar * The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) has named Bartholomew Ondigo its 2025-2026 Visiting Research Scholar. Ondigo is a senior lecturer and principal investigator in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Egerton University in Kenya. The Visiting Research Scholars Program provides Harvard faculty with an opp  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * In Response to Warren, King, and Wyden Request, Government Watchdog Launches Probe Into Ineffective "Free File" Tax Program * Text of GAO Response (PDF) Washington, DC \- In response to a recent request from U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Angus King (I-Maine), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, the G  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 1 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Jonathan Hulting-Cohen's Saxophone Sextet Wins Gold Prize at Japanese Music Fest * The Moanin' Frogs, a saxophone sextet that includes Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, associate professor of saxophone, recently won the Menuhin Gold Prize at the 12 th Osaka International Chamber Music Festa in Japan. Held every three years, the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa features competitive  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Katherine Baudistel Named Among Los Angeles Business Journal's 2026 Leaders of Influence in M&A * The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Katherine Baudistel to its 2026 list of Leaders of Influence: M&A. This list recognizes Los Angeles-based professionals for their exceptional leadership, knowledge, skill, and achievements across the full spectrum of M&A. Based in th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 31 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Kirkland & Ellis to Launch Tokyo Office * Kirkland & Ellis, the world's largest international law firm by revenue and a top advisor to global alternative asset, private equity and corporate clients, announced today it will launch an office in Tokyo to support the growth of the Firm's long-standing transactional practice in Asia. In connection with the new Tokyo offic  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 2 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * MBTA Six Bridge Rail Replacement Wins CMAA Project Achievement Award * The New England Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) recently honored the MBTA Six Bridge Rail Replacement Project with a Project Achievement Award, which recogn  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Meet The Great Marsh Shellfish Company, Oyster Growers in Massachusetts NOAA's Tide to Table series profiles members of the aquaculture community who provide valuable jobs and access to fresh, sustainably sourced American seafood. - When you farm shellfish on Massachusetts' beautiful coastal marshes, the world is your oy-stah! At least according to Brenden D  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on June 1, 2026: * * * OCC Announces Senior Deputy Comptroller for Regional and Midsize Financial Institutions The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced Benjamin Eddy will serve as the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Regional and Midsize Financial Institutions, effective June 1. In this role, Mr. Eddy oversees the supervision of nationa  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Neal Statement on Court Halting Trump's $1.8 Billion Slush Fund for Criminals SPRINGFIELD, MA-- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement following reports that a federal judge in Virginia blocked the Trump Administration from any further action on their $1.8 billion slush fund as lawsuits  more

RESTON, Virginia, May 31 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Sara L. Johnson, EdD, Named President-Elect of the SNMMI Technologist Section * LOS ANGELES - Sara L. Johnson, EdD, MAEd, BS, CNMT, NMTCB(RS), RT(N)(CT)(ARRT), FSNMMI-TS, has been named president-elect of the SNMMI Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS). Johnson is a PET/CT technologist at Florida Cancer Specialists in Brandon, Florida, and a didactic instru  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Senator Warren Statement on GAO Report Finding that Trump Administration Undermined Law to Combat Criminal Abuse of Shell Companies United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on today's GAO report on Treasu  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, ranking member of the Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, issued the following statement on June 1, 2026: * * * Warren and Kim Statement on Trump Administration Failure to Close AI Chip Loophole U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Af  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Starstruck Makes Its World Premiere in Washington, D.C., Launching an Immersive Journey to the Cosmos Built from real astronomical data, the fully immersive experience brings stars, galaxies and black holes within reach. - The Smithsonian launches a gateway to the cosmos with the world premiere of Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience, opening at  more

DEDHAM, Massachusetts, May 27 (TNSrep) [Category: BizConsulting] -- The Arc Advisory Group issued the following news release: * * * Supply Chain Decision Intelligence MarketMap Research Initiated Independent evaluation of emerging platforms supporting data driven, cross functional supply chain decisions. - ARC Advisory Group has initiated research for a new MarketMap focused on Supply Chain Decision Intelligence. This MarketMap will provide a structured evaluation of technology suppliers de  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 1 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Textile Wastewater Treatment Generates Alarmingly High Levels of Toxic Compounds * Textile wastewater treatment practices inadvertently produce toxic byproducts-including chloroform and bromoform-at alarming levels that pose a clear occupational health hazard and lead to unknown environmental effects downstream. University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have found. "As we did our resear  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan: Congress Must Act Now on AI * This weekend, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee penned an op-ed in CommonWealth Beacon making the case that Congress cannot afford to wait for a crisis before establishing guardrails on the most powerful AI systems, drawing a direct line from the manufacturing jobs that vanished from the Merrimack Valley s  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits Massachusetts on Returning Education to the States Tour * Boston, MA - Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Massachusetts on her Returning Education to the States Tour. She began the day at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, where she toured a 4th grade history class and three reading comprehension classes with grad  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan Class of 2026 graduates encouraged to pursue 'inspired altruism' in careers By Pat Sargent On Sunday, May 31, in front of a capacity crowd on the campus green of UMass Chan Medical School, 270 degrees were conferred to graduates of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. C  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * 'We are the embodiment of hope': students reflect at 2026 Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration By Hallie Leo MD/PhD students Abiola Ogunsola and Bethany Berry placed Kente and multicultural stoles on the shoulders of graduating UMass Chan Medical School students at the Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration on Friday, May 29. Kente fabric comes   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Chancellor Collins presides over his final Commencement, leaving a legacy 'to be proud of' By Bryan Goodchild, Sarah Willey and Colleen Locke UMass Chan Medical School's 53rd Commencement marked the beginning of new journeys for more than 300 UMass Chan students who earned their degrees on May 31. It also marked the end of a remarkable era for the institution as Chancellor  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 1 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI's Abby Benson honored as Providence Business News' 'Woman to Watch' * KINGSTON, R.I. - June 1, 2026 - Abby Benson, the University of Rhode Island's vice president of administration and finance, was recently honored as a "Woman to Watch" within education by the Providence Business News. Benson was formally recognized by PBN during its Business Women Awards ceremony held in late May at the M  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 2 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 1, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES JOINS COALITION OPPOSING PLAN TO WEAKEN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS Proposal Would Open the Door to Risky 401(k) Investments, Endangering Virginians' Futures - Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 24 states in opposing a proposal from the Trump administration that would put the retirement savings of millions of  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Video profiles: Get to know UMass Chan's 2026 Commencement honorees By Bryan Goodchild, Sarah Willey and Colleen Locke Gerald Chan, Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, and Robert A. Harrington, MD, received honorary degrees at UMass Chan Medical School's 53rd Commencement, held on Sunday, May 31. * Gerald Chan Gerald Chan, co-founder of the investment firm Morningside, is respons  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren and Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Defense Contractor Transparency U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill to improve transp  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Probes NVIDIA's Compliance With Export Control Laws and Regulations Senator questions accuracy of NVIDIA's recent public statements about diversion of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China "Recent criminal cases involving chip smuggling allege troubling facts that raise serious questions about N  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Warren Statement on the Trump Administration's Latest Move to Leave Investors in the Dark U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement following the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed rescission of clim  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The White House sent to the Senate on June 1, 2026, the nominations of 40 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador. Alexander Alden, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Christopher Anderson, of   more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 1 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following policy brief on May 26, 2026 entitled "Crucial industries could be uncompetitive without renewable power": Here is the background: * * * Solar energy and battery storage costs have decreased dramatically as prices remain stagnant for natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Over the past decade, solar prices have decreased by 14% per year and battery prices have d  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * WOW.DHS.GOV: DHS Adds Another 5,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens to "Worst of the Worst" Website * Nothing will slow ICE down from arresting the worst of the worst across the country and removing them from our communities WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the "Worst of the Worst" (WOW) website, WOW.DHS.gov, has been updated with yet another 5,  more