SACRAMENTO, California, July 28 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Supports New Federal Regulations Cracking Down on Illegal Robocalls * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined a coalition of 49 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter supporting proposed rules by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that would combat robocalls by enhancing existing "Know-Your-Customer" (KYC) obligati  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CALLS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN "KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER" RULES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS * Chicago -Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its "Know Your Customer" (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications netw  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel released the following testimony by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. David J. Smith (ret.), deputy director of the Defense Health Agency, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "The TRICARE Pharmacy Program": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Warren, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today, alongside my distinguished colleagues from the private sector. I am here t  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, July 27 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Kooima helps shape future of student leadership in pharmacy * This spring's American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in Los Angeles may have been Aubrey Kooima's last as a student pharmacist, but it was also a culminating moment for this notable leader. She was selected to attend as a member of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists National Nominating Commi  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Thune, Barrasso Legislation to Expedite Broadband Permits to Unserved Communities Heads to Full Senate * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 29 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 28, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges Federal Government to Strengthen Know Your Customer Rules to Combat Unlawful Robocalls Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a bipartisan coalition of 49 other attorneys general are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its "Know Your Customer" (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. commu  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Introduces Legislation to Bolster National Security and Innovation through Quantum Technologies * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced the National Quantum Readiness Act, legislation that directs the Department of War to support the development of quantum technologies and spur private-sector innovation. "Quantum technologies ar  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 29 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on July 28, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Urges Federal Government to Strengthen "Know Your Customer Rules" Against Illegal Robocalls South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined 49 other Attorneys General in pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its "Know Your Customer" (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Expands Rural Small Business Opportunities with New Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program for Meat Processors with Addition of Georgia * Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins and the State of Georgia have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity for participating state-inspected meat processors  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on July 27, 2026: * * * Thune on Jay Clayton's Nomination U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, this afternoon we're going to move on the nomination of Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence. "Amid a heightened threat environment, having a proven le  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 29 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news: * * * WV Secretary of State Kris Warner elected to serve as Vice President of the National Association of Secretaries of State; Reappointed as the National Co-Chair of the NASS Elections Committee Rapid City, South Dakota - The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) announced that WV Secretary of State Kris Warner has been appointed to serve as National Co-Chair of the NAS  more

NEW YORK, July 27 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health posted the following news: * * * Widespread Lithium Found in Drinking Water Across Communities in Western U.S. * Lithium in drinking water is a widespread and persistent source of human exposure across Tribal communities in the Western United States, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings document substantial regional variation in exposure and provide some of the   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Workers at South Dakota State Penitentiary Join Teamsters (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) - Maintenance workers at the South Dakota State Penitentiary have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 120. "We didn't fold when DOC administration tried to intimidate us with meetings and high-level pressure -we stood our ground," said Chris Pick, a maintenance worker at the South Da  more