Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oregon
10 State Attorneys General Urge CFPB to Maintain Strong Mortgage Disclosure Protections and Improve Reverse Mortgage Transparency
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LETITIA JAMES
ATTORNEY GENERAL
August 10, 2026
VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
Russell Vought Acting Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street N.W. Washington, DC 20552
Request for Information Regarding Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit Docket No. CFPB
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AG Campbell Sues To Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Handout To Big Banks
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 11 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Sues To Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Handout To Big Banks
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Boston -Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and a coalition of 10 attorneys general filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration's latest attempt to put big business over working families. The case challenges a rule issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the
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Attorney General Bonta Sues to Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Handout to Big Banks
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Sues to Block Trump Administration's Unlawful Handout to Big Banks
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 10 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration's latest effort to favor big business over working families. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, cha
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Attorney General Clark Sues to Block Trump Administration from Invalidating State Mortgage Laws
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 11 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release:
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Attorney General Clark Sues to Block Trump Administration from Invalidating State Mortgage Laws
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Attorney General Clark and a coalition of 10 attorneys general filed a lawsuit today to block the Trump Administration's effort to override state mortgage laws through a decision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to invalidate state laws requiring mortgage lenders
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Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Valuable Interest Payments to Homeowners
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 11 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Valuable Interest Payments to Homeowners
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August 11, 2026
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of nine other attorneys general in suing the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to defend state laws that require banks to pay interest to homeowners on funds held in escro
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Attorney General William Tong Sues to Block Trump Administration's Lawless Handout to Big Banks
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General William Tong Sues to Block Trump Administration's Lawless Handout to Big Banks
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Press Releases
Rule lets big banks keep money that should be going back into Connecticut homeowners' pockets
(Hartford, CT)- Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 10 attorneys general filed a lawsuit today opposing a new rule issued by federal regulator of national b
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Case Western Reserve University Leads NIH Academic-industrial Partnership to Develop Rapid, Chairside Oral Cancer Test
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news:
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Case Western Reserve University leads NIH academic-industrial partnership to develop rapid, chairside oral cancer test
Story by: Bill Lubinger
A Case Western Reserve University-led research team is developing a noninvasive oral cancer test to help clinicians decide--chairside and within minutes-- whether a suspicious lesion in the mouth needs a biopsy.
The project pairs a discovery made in the unive
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Children's HealthWatch Warns Medicaid Work Requirements Threaten Parental Coverage And Child Health
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
801 Albany Street
2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02119
Phone: 617.414.6366
Fax: 617.414.7915
www.childrenshealthwatch.org
July 30, 2026
Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov
The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Atte
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Free Clemson webinar series helps growers succeed with organic pulse crops
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 12 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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Free Clemson webinar series helps growers succeed with organic pulse crops
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College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
South Carolina growers interested in organic production can learn practical strategies for growing healthier, more profitable pulse crops through Clemson University's free Going Organic webinar series.
Directed by Dil Thavarajah, pulse quality and nutritional breeding professor
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Giffords Opposes ATF Proposed Rule on Biological Sex Designation Citing Risks to Firearm Background Checks and Transgender Rights
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
August 4, 2026
ATF Rulemaking Comments
Mail Stop 6N-518, Office of Regulatory Affairs
Enforcement Programs and Services
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
99 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20226
ATTN: RIN 1140-AA64; Docket No. ATF-2026-0010; ATF No. 2025R-33P
INTRODUCTION
This comment is submi
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Holtzclaw will end term as chancellor at UNM-Los Alamos in 2027
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 12 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news:
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Holtzclaw will end term as chancellor at UNM-Los Alamos in 2027
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Mike Holtzclaw, chancellor of The University of New Mexico campus in Los Alamos, will not seek reappointment, concluding service in the top leadership role on June 30, 2027.
Barbara Rodriguez, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said that Holtzclaw will work closely with University leadership to support the
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Kansas State University: Undergraduate Researcher Seybold Designs Board Game That Turns Climate Science Into an Adventure Rooted in Kansas Wildflowers
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 13 -- Kansas State University issued the following news:
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Playing for the prairie
Undergraduate researcher Lauren Seybold designs board game that turns climate science into an adventure rooted in Kansas wildflowers
By Emily Boragine, K-State News and Communication Services
"It's Oregon Trail, but for plants."
That's how Lauren Seybold explains LeafSpan, the board game she designed to help middle school students learn about climate change through the lives of na
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Littler Issues Commentary: Pennsylvania Mandates Human Trafficking Awareness Training for Certain Hospitality Workers
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 12 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on Aug. 11, 2026, by shareholder Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and associate Allison Gotthold:
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Pennsylvania Mandates Human Trafficking Awareness Training for Certain Hospitality Workers
Pennsylvania recently joined a growing number of states requiring anti-human-trafficking training by hospitality employers.
On July 20, 2026, Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 1286, expanding Pennsylvania's anti-hu
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Merkley, Matsui, Kiggans Champion Bipartisan Legislation to Keep America's Nurses and Patients Safe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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Merkley, Matsui, Kiggans Champion Bipartisan Legislation to Keep America's Nurses and Patients Safe
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Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), announced the reintroduction of their Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act.
To tackle staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to work mandatory overt
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Merkley, Oregon Lawmakers: NOAA Must Keep Its Fleet in Newport
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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Merkley, Oregon Lawmakers: NOAA Must Keep Its Fleet in Newport
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Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led Oregon Congressional Delegation members-including Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)-to urge the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and General Servi
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Over 2.5M U.S. Properties Face Wildfire Risk With $1.4TN Exposed - Cotality Report Finds
IRVINE, California, Aug. 13 (TNSrep) -- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) issued the following news release:
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Over 2.5M U.S. properties face wildfire risk with $1.4TN exposed - Cotality report finds
New data reveals how fire spreads between homes - not just wildland blazes - identifying a critical opportunity for insurers and homeowners
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More than 2.5 million properties across the 10 most exposed states in the western U.S. carry a moderate or greater risk of wildfire. These properties rep
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Sen. Wyden Issues Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.:
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August 3, 2026
The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Secretary Kennedy,
If "Making America Healthy Again" is your north star, it's time to resign from the Trump Administration. It has come t
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Stanford University School of Medicine: DNA Replication Trailblazer Teresa S.F. Wang Dies at 88
STANFORD, California, Aug. 12 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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DNA replication trailblazer Teresa S.F. Wang dies at 88
Wang, who cloned the catalytic subunit of human DNA polymerase alpha, studied DNA replication, cell cycle checkpoints and genomic instability.
By Krista Conger
Teresa Shu-Fong Wang, PhD, professor emeritus of pathology at Stanford Medicine, died June 7 at her home in Palo Alto, California. She was 88.
Wang, who joined the Stanford
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States Sue to Block Big Bank Power Grab
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Financial Services] -- Americans for Financial Reform, which describes itself as a nonpartisan and nonprofit coalition of more than 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith-based and civic and community groups, posted the following news release:
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States Sue to Block Big Bank Power Grab
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State Attorneys General say the Trump administration's banking regulators are blocking states from protecting consumers
Washington - Today, Oregon A
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UB Theatre and Dance Announces Fall 2026 Season
BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 12 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release:
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UB Theatre and Dance Announces Fall 2026 Season
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By CAS STAFF
Join the University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance for a season of dance, musicals and drama. Nationally recognized directors, choreographers and faculty work with emerging student talent to produce innovative original productions that entertain audiences and explore the human condition. The
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Unfamiliar with rattlesnakes, blackbirds still avoided striking them while defending nests
CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 11 -- Oregon State University posted the following news release:
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Unfamiliar with rattlesnakes, blackbirds still avoided striking them while defending nests
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - In a rare study of snakes as nest predators, scientists found nesting birds were loath to strike rattlesnakes even though they likely had no previous experience with vipers.
The research, published in Behavioral Ecology Link is external, examined the response of red-winged blackbirds to a
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VoteVets Action Fund Launches $225,000 Ad Campaign Holding Sen. Dan Sullivan Accountable for the Cost of the Iran War
PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 12 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2026:
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VoteVets Action Fund Launches $225,000 Ad Campaign Holding Sen. Dan Sullivan Accountable for the Cost of the Iran War
New spot tells Alaskans what Sullivan's 12 votes for the war are costing working families
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Today, VoteVets Action Fund launched a new $225,000 ad campaign holding Senator Dan Sullivan accountable for voting 12 times in support of the war in Iran: a war that has cost $37.5 billion
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W.Va. Land & Mineral Owners Association Urges USDA to Address Geospatial Mapping Burdens for Timberland Owners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
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COMMENT FROM WEST VIRGINIA LAND & MINERAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION
Docket No. USDA-2026-0001 RIN 0560-AI70
Re: Proposed Rule - Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978
Submitted via Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov
August 8, 2026
Mr. Matt Allen
Director USDA Office of Homeland Se
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