WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Attorneys General in 21 states submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressing concerns about the agency's Draft Guidance for Industry on flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems premarket applications. The letter highlights escalating risks posed to youth by flavored e-cigarettes and urge the FDA to reconsider its regulatory approach aimed at balancing youth protection with adult smoking cessation benefits. The letter strongly cr  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction Protecting USDA Funding * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 attorneys general secured a preliminary injunction on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing certain conditions on funding received through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements and mutual in  more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * As the Search for the Universe's Mysteries Expands, One Villanova Astronomer Turns Homeward * We live in an age where technology allows astronomers to observe objects at nearly incomprehensible distances from Earth. Distances so far, the time it takes their light to travel to our instruments is as old as the ever-expanding universe itself. Growing alongside our capabilities is the interest of a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Waves the Red Flag on Youth Exposure to Tobacco Marketing in Formula 1 * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 (F1) regarding tobacco industry and nicotine sponsorship. Despite F1's 2006 policy prohibiting cigaret  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 8 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Leads Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 To End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships * Attorney General Charity Clark today led a coalition of attorneys general from 18 other states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including n  more

ALBANY, New York, June 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Wins Case Protecting Immigrant Workers * June 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today won her lawsuit against the Trump administration for imposing an illegal $100,000 fee on all new applicants for H-1B visas, a critical program that allows highly-trained immigrants to temporarily work in the United States. H-1B recipients fill essenti  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches, and terminate all existing sponsorsh  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 8 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Delaware Fourth Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mid-Atlantic Region * * * Employment rose in the two largest counties in Delaware from December 2024 to December 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Lori Keller noted that Sussex County (+0.8 percent) had the larger over-the-year increase in employment, followed by New C  more

DOVER, Delaware, June 9 -- The Delaware Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * DOJ secures multiple convictions including Murder First in fatal Newark pedestrian collision A New Castle man has received multiple convictions following his involvement in a crash that killed one bystander and wounded others in April 2025. On June 5, Gordon Turner, 23, was convicted of Murder First Degree, Manslaughter, two counts of Assault First Degree, 6 counts of Assault  more

DOVER, Delaware, June 9 -- The Delaware Public Archives issued the following news: * * * Delaware Public Archives Kicks Off Summer Spotlighting Delaware Beach Memories in New Digital Exhibit The Delaware Public Archives is presenting a new digital exhibit exploring the history, memory, and transformation of Delaware's coastal communities. Delaware Beach: Rewind brings together historic photographs, postcards, film footage, and then-and-now comparisons to examine how the state's beach and reso  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Department of the Interior announces $461 million for parks and outdoor recreation across America Investments will leverage more than $900 million for parks, trails and outdoor recreation projects nationwide. - The Department of the Interior today announced the distribution of more than $327 million in formula grants and $134 million in competitive grants   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46799) entitled "The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act - Legal Issues:" (Continued from part 1 of 2) * * * FERPA Exceptions The statute also contains numerous exceptions that allow for disclosure of student education records in certain situations. While the carve-out for directory information allows for disclosure as a general matter (provided schools satisfy the notice requirement),  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 9 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Governor Shapiro Secures Major New Investment from Urban Outfitters, Inc., Expanding Operations in Pennsylvania and Creating at Least 1,050 New Jobs in Philadelphia and Bucks County Homegrown, Pennsylvania-based company will add at least 450 jobs at its headquarters at Philadelphia's Navy Yard and a minimum of 600 jobs at a new, state-of-the-art Nuuly facility in Buc  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 9 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS Attorney General Anne Lopez today announced Hawaii is co-leading a coalition of attorneys general from 18 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nic  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 8 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Highmark Names Keith Payet Head of Government Business Segment * Accomplished health care executive will oversee multi-market Medicaid, D-SNP, Medicare, CHIP and Affordable Care Act lines of business PITTSBURGH (June 8, 2026) - Highmark Inc., the third largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization in the country with nearly eight mill  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 9 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: * * * History Is Made: Indiana Allows Counselors to Practice Across State Lines As part of the historic interstate Counseling Compact agreement, Indiana is the latest state that can now start granting privileges to licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines. Currently, other states that can grant these privileges include Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio, Louisiana and Georgia, w  more

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- Delaware Valley University posted the following news: * * * Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board Renews DelVal Accreditation * Delaware Valley University is excited to announce that the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) has officially renewed the University's Landscape Architecture Program's accreditation. The accreditation now lasts until 2030. The LAAB evaluates and confers accreditation on programs which have demonstrated the a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 9 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Littler Lightbulb - May 2026 Employment Appellate Roundup At a Glance This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments in the federal courts of appeal in the last month. - Supreme Court Holds FAAA Does Not Preempt Negligent Hiring Claims Against Freight Brokers In Montgomery, v. Caribe Transport II LLC, 608 U. S. ___ (May 14, 2026), the Supreme Co  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 9 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 to End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general from 19 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine prod  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * AG Davenport Leads Comment Letter to EPA on Microplastics States Urge More Research, Action to Understand Health Effects - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today led a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applauding the addition of microplastics to a list of contaminants in drinking water prioritized for research, and also calling for EPA to f  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 8 -- Nemours Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Nemours Children's Health Program Taught Medical Residents to Conduct Autism Evaluations in Primary Care Setting * WILMINGTON, Delaware (May 26, 2026) - When families are concerned that their child may have autism, the wait for answers can feel endless-often 6 to 12 months to get an initial screening appointment. But an innovative Nemours Children's Health program is changing that story by teaching m  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Advises Lenders in Restructuring of Trinseo's $3 Billion of Funded Debt * Paul Hastings LLP is representing an ad hoc group of senior secured creditors -Oaktree Capital Management, TPG Angelo Gordon and Apollo Global Management -in connection with the restructuring of Trinseo, the publicly traded Irish global specialty material provider and manufacturer of pla  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Coons, Reed introduce bill to require human safeguards around use of artificial intelligence in defense U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), ranking member for Defense Appropriations, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation to establish a framework to guide the rapid adoption and use of artificial intelligence by the De  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 9 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * ULTOMIRIS(R) (ravulizumab-cwvz) demonstrated 43.4% reduction in proteinuria vs placebo in adults with immunoglobulin A nephropathy at 34 weeks in I CAN Phase III trial Rapid reduction in proteinuria observed as early as week 10 and sustained through week 34, supporting potential of ULTOMIRIS as a disease-modifying treatment Results showed treatment effect consistent across subgr  more