BOZEMAN, Montana, July 24 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * 17 Bobcats chosen as 2026 Baucus Leaders * BOZEMAN - For Montana State University environmental science senior Gracie Caldwell, being selected as a 2026 Baucus Leader means "everything." After a "life-changing" Baucus Institute experience in China last year as the first international affairs intern with Shanghai Disney, she is now spending the summer interning in the office of U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff in Wa  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 24 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Conditions on Federal Counterterrorism Funding * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 26 states to stop the Trump administration's continued efforts to use federal funds-specifically, billions of dollars in federal counterterrorism and other funds -to coerce states into complying with the administration's po  more

ALBANY, New York, July 24 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Halts Paramount's Merger with Warner Bros. for Months * July 24, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 11 other attorneys general today secured a months-long halt to Paramount Skydance Corp.'s (Paramount) $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.). On July 13, Attorney General James and the coalit  more

DENVER, Colorado, July 24 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser: Agreement puts Paramount/Warner Bros. merger on hold until next year * July 24, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement regarding the stipulation filed today in federal court that stops Paramount and Warner Bros. from merging until the court rules on the merits of the case or until June 1, 2027, whichever comes first:   more

DENVER, Colorado, July 24 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Memorializes Verbal Disaster Declaration for Snyder, Gold Mountain, Aspen Acres, and Willow Fires, Provides Updates on Fires * DENVER \- Today, Governor Polis issued an Executive Order memorializing his verbal disaster declarations and extending the disaster declarations for 30 days for the Snyder Fire in Mesa County, the Gold Mountain Fire in Ouray County, the Willow Fire in La  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Neguse Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Local Input on Public Lands Oil and Gas Leases * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced the Local Input Act. This bicameral bill seeks to protect the right of local communities to provide input into proposed oil and gas lease sales on national public lands and would res  more

ROLLA, Missouri, July 24 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T professor receives Oak Ridge Associated Universities junior faculty award * Dr. Hunter Schroer, an assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, has been awarded a 2026 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Schroer is one of 36 faculty members selected nationwide for the h  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Fourth Firefighter Dies Following Knowles Fire Burnover in Colorado * On Friday, July 24, wildland firefighter Nathan Matthews, 43, of the Wildland Fire Service, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died from injuries sustained while responding to the Knowles Fire in western Colorado on June 27. Nate was assigned to the Rifle Helitack crew and was one of five firefighters involved in a burnover while engag  more

DENVER, Colorado, July 24 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Opening Colorado's New Medical School: Governor Polis Cuts Ribbon for New College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Northern Colorado * GREELEY \- Today, joined by University of Northern Colorado (UNC) President Andy Feinstein, the founding Dean of the new UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine Beth Longenecker, UNC leaders, and community members, Governor Polis celebrated the grand op  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: * * * On the Road in Colorado and Utah: Ambassador Greer Highlights How Tariffs are Delivering for American Ranchers, Workers, and Manufacturers Traveling across Colorado and Utah last week, Ambassador Jamieson Greer met with American ranchers, workers, and manufacturers and toured a range of facilities, from the nation's leading manufacturer of home and gun safes to a six-generation, family-  more