WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY American Glaucoma Society | 5034A Thoroughbred Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027 | 501.367.8605 September 8, 2026 The Honorable Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1848-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, Mar  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois * Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 15 in solidarity with nurse colleagues within the Prime Healthcare hospital system who are on strike on the same day at Olympia Fields Hospital i  more

TOWSON, Maryland, Sept. 9 -- The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities posted the following news: * * * CUMU endorses Student-Centered Enrollment Management Principles The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities joins higher education leaders in advancing greater transparency, affordability, and trust for students and families CUMU has endorsed the Student-Centered Enrollment Management Principles, a framework helping colleges and universities make enrollment, pricing, an  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states * Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in two states -Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada; West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California -will ho  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15 * Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration's retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an af  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSCrpt) -- Back to School, and Back in Court: The Weaponization of Mahmoud v. Taylor - A report from Democracy Forward - September 2026 (22 pages) * * * Overview Inclusive education remains lawful, but it faces an organized campaign to narrow its reach. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland must reinstate a policy providing advance notice and an opportunity to opt out for parents who do not  more