Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont
After AG-Led Action, Shopify Bans E-Cigarette Sales
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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After AG-Led Action, Shopify Bans E-Cigarette Sales
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Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today welcomed a decision by the e-commerce platform Shopify to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its platform.
The decision is a direct response to a letter sent by AG Campbell and a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys
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AG Brown blocks Trump administration's election power grab
OLYMPIA, Washington, June 25 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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AG Brown blocks Trump administration's election power grab
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A U.S. District Court judge today blocked President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that tried to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by 23 attorneys general and one governor and co-led by Attorney General Nick Brown that challenged the adminis
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AG Campbell Secures Victory In Blocking Trump Administration's Unlawful Attempt To Restrict Voting Access
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Secures Victory In Blocking Trump Administration's Unlawful Attempt To Restrict Voting Access
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced a major court victory for a coalition of 19 attorneys general in challenging the Trump Administration's unconstitutional and antidemocratic attempt to disenfranchise voters by imposing sweeping e
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AG Nessel Secures Two Major Victories as Courts Affirm Dismissal of DOJ Lawsuit Targeting Sensitive Voter Information, Strike Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order
LANSING, Michigan, June 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release:
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AG Nessel Secures Two Major Victories as Courts Affirm Dismissal of DOJ Lawsuit Targeting Sensitive Voter Information, Strike Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured two victories defending state elections and protecting the privacy of Michigan voters from the Trump administration. Today, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals af
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Ariz. A.G. Mayes Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 26 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
Attorney General Kris Mayes today secured a victory blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections.
The final ruling follows a multistate lawsuit joined by Mayes and a coalition of 2
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Back-to-Back Victories for Democracy, Court Blocks President Trump's Second Elections Executive Order
SACRAMENTO, California, June 25 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Back-to-Back Victories for Democracy, Court Blocks President Trump's Second Elections Executive Order
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OAKLAND -Co-leading a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the coalit
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Attorney General James Leads Coalition Demanding Reversal of Dangerous New ICE Policy
ALBANY, New York, June 25 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Leads Coalition Demanding Reversal of Dangerous New ICE Policy
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New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reverse a dangerous new policy ending investigations and public reporting of deaths that occur
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Attorney General Rayfield Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
SALEM, Oregon, June 25 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Rayfield Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
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Attorney General Dan Rayfield today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling follows a mul
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Attorney General Tong Secures Major Victory, Court Strikes Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Secures Major Victory, Court Strikes Down Trump's March 2025 Elections Executive Order
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As part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted the coalition's motion for a permanent injunction and blocked key provisions of Executi
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Attorney General's Office Announces Criminal Prosecution and Case Updates
MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 25 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release:
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Attorney General's Office Announces Criminal Prosecution and Case Updates
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The Attorney General's Office today announced the outcome of two sentencing hearings and one criminal arraignment that occurred this week.
Today, June 24, 2026, Stephen Fisk, 74, of Braintree, Vermont, was sentenced in Vermont Superior Court, Orange Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to two felony c
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Baldwin, Colleagues Demand USPS Abandon Effort to Carry Out Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release:
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Baldwin, Colleagues Demand USPS Abandon Effort to Carry Out Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues are demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS) abandon its proposed rule to implement President Trump's unconstitutional executive order to restrict voting by mail. The President's executive order and the USPS's propos
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James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
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The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states.
Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are involved in
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King, Colleagues Denounce White House Attempt to Restrict Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release:
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King, Colleagues Denounce White House Attempt to Restrict Vote by Mail
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining dozens of his Senate colleagues in raising concerns over an unconstitutional executive order that would restrict mail-in voting. In a letter to the Postmaster General and Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service (USPS), the Senators demand that USPS follow existing federal
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Maine A.G. Frey Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
AUGUSTA, Maine, June 26 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control over Elections
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control over Elections
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Attorney General Aaron M. Frey secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order t
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Md. A.G. Brown Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The
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Murphy Introduces Landmark Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to 25 Dollars Nationwide
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Murphy Introduces Landmark Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to 25 Dollars Nationwide
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday announced he will introduce the Living Wage For All Act, bicameral legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to 25 dollars an hour. Under a two-track phase-in, large corporate employers would be required to implement a $25 wage floor by 2032,
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Reed, Whitehouse Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
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Reed, Whitehouse Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
As President Donald Trump continues to increase costs on working Americans and grows increasingly unpopular, he wants to put new, unprecedented restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming mid-term elections. Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to severely r
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Sanders Releases Internal HHS Emails Demonstrating Secretary Kennedy's Politicization of CDC, Interference With Vaccines
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on June 25, 2026:
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Sanders Releases Internal HHS Emails Demonstrating Secretary Kennedy's Politicization of CDC, Interference with Vaccines
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released internal emails from the Centers for Disease Contro
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Sanders Releases Internal HHS Emails Demonstrating Secretary Kennedy's Politicization of CDC, Interference With Vaccines
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Sanders Releases Internal HHS Emails Demonstrating Secretary Kennedy's Politicization of CDC, Interference with Vaccines
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released internal emails from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) showin
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Senators Blunt Rochester, Lujan Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Senators Blunt Rochester, Lujan Introduce Bill to Restore USDA Food Security Supplemental Survey
U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports.
In 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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SHOPIFY BANS ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
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SHOPIFY BANS ALL E-CIGARETTE SALES, FOLLOWING CALL FOR ACTION FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL
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Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the city of New York, welcomed Shopify's decision to ban the sale of all vaping products, including e-cigarettes, through its e-commerce platform. The decision i
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University of California Davis School of Law: Sen. Sanders Introduces Bill Based on Professor Polcz's Research
DAVIS, California, June 26 -- The University of California Davis School of Law issued the following news:
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Sen. Sanders Introduces Bill Based on Professor Polcz's Research
On June 18, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill based on Professor Sarah Polcz's research.
The American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would give the public 50% ownership in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the United States. The bill is based on Polcz's Columbia Journal of Tax Law article
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VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release:
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VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal year 2025 as part of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act.
President Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018 after it passed Congress with widespread bipartisan suppo
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Va. A.G. Jones Blocks Trump Administration From Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 26 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Attorney General Jones Blocks Trump Administration from Exerting Federal Control Over Elections
Attorney General Jay Jones today secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking President Trump's unlawful Executive Order that attempted to interfere with states' constitutional authority to administer elections. The final ruling
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Welch Joins Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Demanding USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Carry Out President Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
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Welch Joins Entire Senate Democratic Caucus in Demanding USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Carry Out President Trump's Illegal Executive Order Restricting Vote by Mail
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U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, this week joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Gary Peter
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Whitehouse, Reed Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
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Whitehouse, Reed Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
Democrats declare Trump's Postmaster General mail ballots threat to be blatantly illegal
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As President Donald Trump continues to increase costs on working Americans and grows increasingly unpopular, he wants to put new, unprecedented restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the upcomin
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