RICHMOND, Virginia, July 11 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on July 9, 2026: * * * Amidst Cost Crisis, Virginia Urges U.S. Trade Representative to Stop Hitting American Consumers and Businesses with Illegal Tariffs Attorney General Jay Jones and a coalition of 21 other states are urging the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to change course and drop its plan to continue Trump's illegal tariffs. In a comment letter, the states pushed back on the  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 11 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 10, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls Attorney General Kris Mayes and 48 other attorneys general this week called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to deceive and sca  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Balint, Welch, Sanders Lead Reintroduction of Bill to Help Protect Vermont Farmland from Flooding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT-AL), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), reintroduced the Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resil  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 10 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Bristol Resident Charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials * The Attorney General's Office announced that Shawn Rockwood, 38, of Bristol, Vermont, was arraigned today on five felony counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. The charges brought against Mr. Rockwood are the result of a criminal investigation, including the execution of a search warrant, cond  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Davenport Pushes Federal Government to Crack Down on Illegal Robocalls Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 49 attorneys general today in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can't use real numbers to de  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives, Montpelier, Vermont, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regarding proposed revisions to gas distribution pipeline safety regulations. The letter addresses safety measures outlined in PHMSA's notice of proposed rulemaking focused on updating distribution integrity management programs, emergency response plans, and operat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 9 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti Pushes Federal Government to Crack Down on Illegal Robocalls * Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt stronger safeguards that would make it harder for scammers to obtain legitimate telephone numbers and use them to targe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Training the Next Generation of Rural Health Leaders *. training The New England Public Health Training Center at BUSPH is partnering with the New England Rural Health Association to recruit a new class of healthcare providers and public health practitioners to a Rural Health Leadership Institute launching September 2026. A "grey wave" is sweeping the United States, and rural   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Kalev Freeman, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The letter expresses concerns about the agency's proposed rule that would revise the administration of federal financial assistance. The researcher criticizes provisions that would introduce political pre-issuance review, discretionary termination authority, restrictions on internati  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Sanders, Balint Lead Reintroduction of Bill to Help Protect Vermont Farmland from Flooding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, alongside the Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT-AL), reintroduced the Build  more