SACRAMENTO, California, June 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges Congress to Continue Funding Legal Services for Low-Income Americans and Vulnerable Communities * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside a bipartisan coalition of 40 attorneys general, urged Congressional leaders to continue funding the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 11 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Joins Coalition Supporting New York Measures Ensuring Public Safety in State Buildings * Attorney General Clark Urges Court to Uphold Dismissal of Trump Administration Lawsuit Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in defending a district court's dismissal of the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging the Protect  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 11 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING NEW YORK MEASURES ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY IN STATE BUILDINGS * Raoul Urges Court to Uphold Dismissal of Trump Administration Lawsuit Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in defending a district court's dismissal of the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging the Protect Our Courts Act  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown professors devise course to explore generative AI in computer science education * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -When Anthropic launched Claude Code last year, the AI coding tool set off an earthquake in the computer programming world. Suddenly, users could simply outline a task in plain English, and an autonomous Claude Code agent could whip up workable code in minutes, sometimes seconds. So  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 11 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant students prep hospitality industry on cultural literacy as international soccer fans arrive * Foreign travel requires adjustments to local culture: whether to bow or shake hands, what kind of clothing is appropriate to wear, even which hand you should use to eat meals. For visitors traveling to the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup(tm), a lot of the potential friction points involve money  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: * * * DARPA celebrates 20 years of Young Faculty Awards,... * For two decades, DARPA's Young Faculty Award (YFA) program has been a catalyst for scientific and technological innovation. The program has supported over 500 rising research stars from more than 60 universities, driving breakthroughs aligned with national security areas of interest. The YFA program identifies and engages early-career  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Maine recorded 2,695 people experiencing homelessness according to the latest Point-in-Time survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in January 2024. Data compiled by KFF show that while the state's homeless population declined from the previous year, thousands of residents continue to experience housing instability, with the vast majority relying on shelters, transitional housing, and emergency accommodation rather than living unsheltered.   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- New Mexico is facing a homelessness challenge according to the latest Point-in-Time survey conducted by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in January 2024. Data complied by KFF show that the state continues to struggle with both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, reflecting broader national trends but with distinctive local characteristics. According to New Mexico's 2024 count, approximately 4,649 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night.  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- North Carolina experienced a sharp rise in homelessness in 2024, with the latest Point-in-Time count showing 11,626 people experiencing homelessness on a single January night, up from 9,754 in 2023. The increase of 1,872 people represents a 19% year-over-year jump, closely matching the national increase of 18%. The KFF data, sourced from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2025 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness, indicate that homelessness in North  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. reached a record level in the latest Point-in-Time count, according to data compiled by the health policy organization KFF. The figures, collected during the last 10 days of January, provide a one-night snapshot of homelessness across all states. The table, sourced from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2025 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness, shows that an estimated 771,480 people were e  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13210) by natural resources policy analyst Anthony R. Marshak: * * * The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA): Issues for the 119th Congress The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended (MSA; 16 U.S.C. Sec.1801 et seq.), is the primary law authorizing the conservation and management of U.S. federal marine fisheries (i.e., th  more

ITHACA, New York, June 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Redesigned fire gear offers potentially more cooling, less toxicity * A Cornell researcher's bold new redesign of firefighter gear - which hasn't significantly changed in decades - is more versatile and better adapted to their actual work, only a small fraction of which involves actually fighting structure fires. Heeju Terry Park, the Vincent V.C. Woo Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design in the  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed's Law Leads to FDA Approving the First New Sunscreen Ingredient in 25 Years * WASHINGTON, DC - The future of American sunscreen products just got a little brighter - and safer and more effective too, thanks in part to the Sunscreen Innovation Act, a law authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to help companies avoid needless regulatory roadblocks. For decades, European, Asian, and Austral  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Colleagues Sound Alarm That Trump is Diverting National Park Fees from Where They are Most Needed to DC Vanity Projects * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. National Parks around the country hosted over 323 million visitors last year. While many of the sites managed by the National Park Service (NPS) are free to visit, some require visitors to purchase entrance passes, with those fees helping to pay for   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Whitehouse Join Fellow Ranking Members Urging Trump & Thune to Stop Gutting Independent Agencies, Blocking Democratic Nominees, and Handing Bipartisan Watchdog Posts to Blatant Trump Loyalists * WASHINGTON, DC - As the Democratic leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) respectively, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheld  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Americans Can't Afford Trumpflation * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after new economic data showed prices rose 4.2 percent annually in May, the third consecutive monthly increase since the start of Trump's Iran war and a three-year high, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement: "Inflation continues to accelerate as President Trump's disastrous war with Iran drags on and he fails to  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Rhode Island Department of Education Names 2026 Blue Ribbon Schools Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that three schools have been named 2026 Rhode Island Blue Ribbon Schools, one of the highest honors a school can receive in the state. The 2026 honorees are: * Classical High School  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Rhode Island Lawmakers Pass Teamsters-Supported Warehouse Worker Protection Act * Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - Teamsters are celebrating the passage of S2504A/H7364A, the Rhode Island Warehouse Worker Protection Act, out of the General Assembly. The legislation will prevent companies like Amazon f  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June 11 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: * * * U.S. Naval War College Students Develop AI Tool to Enhance Wargames, Assess Combat * Two U.S. Naval War College (NWC) students working under the Center for Naval Warfare Studies (CNWS) spent more than 300 hours to code an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to enhance wargames and aid combat assessment. U.S. Army Maj. Anna Jones and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jon Sanko of CNWS' Halsey Bravo Group Advanced Re  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 11 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI Metcalf Institute's Annual Leeson Lecture presents an exclusive screening of Rosanna Xia's 'Out of Plain Sight' * KINGSTON, R.I.-June 11, 2026-The University of Rhode Island Metcalf Institute's Annual Public Lecture Series continues Tuesday, June 23, with the annual Leeson Lecture featuring an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary "Out of Plain Sight" and a conversation with   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Reed Join Fellow Ranking Members Urging Trump & Thune to Stop Gutting Independent Agencies, Blocking Democratic Nominees, and Handing Bipartisan Watchdog Posts to Blatant Trump Loyalists * Washington, D.C. - As the Democratic leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and the Senate Armed Services Committee respectively, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whiteho  more