BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Rule That Undermines Affordable Care Act Protections * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that wo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Effort to Expand Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans and Again Undermine Affordable Care Act Protections * Coalition sues over federal rule that reinstates provisions blocked by a federal court and adds new harmful changes OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 21 attor  more

ALBANY, New York, July 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Sues to Block HHS Rule That Will Strip Health Insurance from Millions of Americans * July 31, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined 21 other states in suing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., over a new rule that will make it harder and more expensive for millions of Americans to   more

DENVER, Colorado, July 31 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser sues over Trump administration's latest attempt to undermine Affordable Care Act protections * July 31, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser today joined a coalition of 22 states in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ITS EFFORT TO UNDERMINE CRITICAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROVISIONS * Federal Rule Makes Harmful Changes to Affordable Care Act Protections; Attempts to Reinstate Provisions Already Blocked by a Federal Court Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to challenge a federal ru  more

SALEM, Oregon, July 31 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Sues to Block Trump's Latest Effort to Raise Health Care Costs for Millions of People * Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 20 other attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that would make health insurance more expensive and harder to get for millions of Americans - the latest in a series of at  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Effort to Expand Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans and Again Undermine ACA Protections * Press Releases Coalition Sues Over Federal Rule That Reinstates Provisions Blocked by a Federal Court and Adds New Harmful Changes (Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the Gov  more

SALEM, Oregon, July 31 -- Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kotek Moves to Protect Homeowners During Wildfire Emergency * Today, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) to immediately prohibit insurance carriers from canceling or nonrenewing homeowners insurance policies for people affected by Oregon's growing wildfire emergency.  "Last week, I met wi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 1 -- The Harvard Graduate School of Education issued the following news: * * * A Common Language for Improvement Now in its third decade, the Data Wise Project is innovating to help schools use evidence to improve learning, address inequities, and strengthen collaboration By Megan Maffucci When Gustavo Luna, Ed.M.'22, Ed.L.D.'25, first heard about the Data Wise approach, he was intrigued, if a bit cautious. The term "data" conjured images of massive spreadshe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Portland Art Museum, Oregon, intends to repatriate two objects of cultural patrimony to the Tejon Indian Tribe under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The cultural items are two Kawaiisu baskets that the Tejon Indian Tribe requested for repatriation in a February 5, 2026, claim. Museum records show both baskets were acquired from priv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Portland Art Museum, Oregon, intends to repatriate a sacred object to the Nez Perce Tribe under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The cultural item is a Nez Perce Medicine Bundle, identified in museum records as object #87.88.99. The Nez Perce Tribe submitted a repatriation claim on April 23, 2026, identifying the bundle as a sacred o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Portland Art Museum, Oregon, intends to repatriate 14 sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to the Navajo Nation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The collection includes eight Navajo jish, two masks, ceremonial clothing and ceremonial accouterments used in healing ceremonies and practices that restore hozho, a state   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 31 -- Portland State University posted the following news release: * * * The hunt for what eats the ocean's most abundant life * In a lab on Portland State's campus, Anne Thompson keeps two microbes alive so she can watch one hunt the other. One is a predator much smaller than a speck of dust. The other, its prey, is the most abundant light-harvesting life form on Earth. What passes between them, who gets eaten and who escapes, is a question ocean science has mostly le  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 1 -- The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law posted the following news: * * * Utah Law faculty updates: July 2026 * Each month, we share notable updates-including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments-from Utah Law faculty members. Associate Professor Daniel Aaron * Media appearances * Quoted in Associated Press, "Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah's automated refill program" (July 6, 202  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 31 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington challenges Trump administration rule that will make it more difficult and expensive to obtain health insurance through the ACA * Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to challenge a federal rule that illegall  more