DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 15 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * AG Remarks: Antitrust Enforcement in the Era of Checks and Balances Federalism (Sept. 15, 2026) * Georgetown Antitrust Symposium Keynote (September 15, 2026) In the antitrust world, federalism is having an important moment. This moment is 50 years in the making, as the Hart Scott Rodino ("HSR") Act, passed in 1976, envisions that states will act as partners in antitrust enforcement.   more

CLINTON, Mississippi, Sept. 16 -- Mississippi Christian University posted the following news: * * * BSU's Summer Missions Program helps MC students spread the Gospel throughout the world * A record 30 Mississippi Christian University students visited five continents this summer to share the message of Christ through the Baptist Student Union's Summer Missions Program. Student missionaries served with the North American Mission Board, the International Mission Board and the Mississippi Bapti  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 16 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Colorado to receive $2 million from nationwide Abbott settlement related to contaminated infant formula allegations * Sept. 16, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today that Colorado will receive approximately $2 million from a nationwide settlement agreement with Abbott Laboratories to settle allegations that the company filed false claims with federal and state p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Court Rules Habitat Must Be Protected After FWS Attempts to Waive Protections for Less Than 40 Sierra Nevada Red Fox * Defenders of Wildlife earned a significant victory for the Endangered Species Act today when a federal district court found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to not designate critical habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada red fox was a violat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Curtis, Merkley Wildfire Emissions Prevention Bill Unanimously Passes Committee * WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) today applauded the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee's unanimous passage of the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA), bipartisan legislation to streamline states' use of prescribed fires to prevent wildfire emissions, protect eco  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Recovers Over $97,000 in Two Pregnancy Discrimination Charges * Pair of West Coast employers resolve federal complaints over firing of pregnant women and refusal to accommodate their pregnancies SAN FRANCISCO -The San Francisco District of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) successfully conciliated two discrimination charges on behalf of pregnant women, the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace Areas; Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport, Redmond, OR This action proposes to modify the Class D and Class E airspace area designated as a surface area, modify the Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, and modify the Class E airspace ar  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 17 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * September 16, 2026 Carr: Decatur Woman Sentenced for Involvement in $158k Business Email Compromise Scam GWINNETT COUNTY, GA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Ogechi Urenna Udunka, 44, of Decatur, has pleaded to two counts each of Theft by Taking and Money Laundering for her involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam that defrauded an agricultural com  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Liberty Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Justice Center Urges Supreme Court to Protect Parents' Right to Challenge Washington's Runaway-Child Laws * WASHINGTON | Sept. 16, 2026-The Liberty Justice Center's PARENTS Initiative, together with the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies, filed an amicus brief in International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson on September 15, 2026 urging the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Booker, Grassley, Hinson, and Adams Lead Bipartisan Push for Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) partnered with U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) to introduce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19, 2026, as National Stillbi  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Tonkon Torp, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Mick Harris Serving as Executive Director of Oregon Facilities Authority * PORTLAND, Ore. - Tonkon Torp business attorney Mick Harris has been engaged to serve as Executive Director for the Oregon Facilities Authority (OFA), the state agency that helps nonprofit organizations access low-cost financing for capital projects through the issuance of tax-exempt conduit revenue bonds.   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 17 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * Abbott Laboratories Agrees to Pay Over $384 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Infant Formula and Nutritional Therapy Products September 16, 2026 TRENTON -- Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced today that New Jersey has joined 39 other states and the federal government to reach an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to settle allegations that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine * The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to successfully challenge corporate takeovers. WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Andrea Salinas' Statement Following the War Powers Vote * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) issued the following statement following her vote in favor of the bipartisan war powers resolution. "We are more than six months into Trump's war of choice with Iran, and over that time, Oregonians have been shouldering the economic hardship. The cost of this war drov  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * September 16th, 2026 Sheehy's Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act Advances through Senate Commerce Committee U.S. SENATE - Senator Tim Sheehy's Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act today advanced out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bill, co-led by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), provides air traffic controllers more tools and training to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley, Ocasio-Cortez, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine * The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to successfully challenge corporate takeovers. Text of Bill (PDF) | One-Pager   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley, Ocasio-Cortez, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine * #The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to successfully challenge corporate takeovers. Text of Bill (PDF)|One-Pager (PDF) Washingt  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Sept. 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Greens Protest Plan to Expand Grazing in Owyhee Canyonlands September 16, 2026 VALE, Ore.--On Monday, Western Watersheds Project delivered a formal protest of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed decision to authorize livestock grazing and build new pipelines and watering troughs that would facilitate hundreds of square miles of new intensive grazing use in the Louse Canyon General Ma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle, Salinas Announce $9.1 Million for Affordable Housing and Water Infrastructure Upgrades * #Projects in Curry, Yamhill and Union counties to benefit. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle and Andrea Salinas, today announced $9.1 million in federal awards and loans for water infrastructure and affordable housing pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Hoyle, Salinas Announce $9.1 Million for Affordable Housing and Water Infrastructure Upgrades * #Projects in Curry, Yamhill and Union counties to benefit. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle and Andrea Salinas, today announced $9.1 million in federal awards and loans for water infrastructure and affordable housing proje  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 16, 2026 Wyden, Merkley, Warren, Hoyle, Ocasio-Cortez, Subramanyam Introduce Bill to Ban the Corporate Practice of Medicine The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would ban corporations and private equity from owning physicians. The bill is modeled on the landmark Oregon law that physicians have already used to successfully challenge cor  more