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WA leads states suing over illegal conditions to programs that support comprehensive sexual health education
The Trump administration is threatening to pull funding for longstanding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs from states unless they remove language affirming young people’s gender identity. In response, Washington Attorney...

Connecticut Sues to Block Illegal Conditions on Programs that Support Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Press Releases 09/26/2025 Connecticut Sues to Block Illegal Conditions on Programs that Support Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 16 states and the District Columbia today sued...

District court denies preliminary injunctions by drug companies in challenges to Maine’s 340B contract pharmacy law
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine today issued an order denying preliminary injunctions requested by AbbVie and Novartis in legal challenges against the state’s law protecting 340B pricing for contract pharmacy arrangements. In...

Governor Mills Announces Creation of the Maine Life Sciences Center
Governor also announces $2.7 million in awards by Maine Technology Institute to build a state-of-the-art life science laboratory facility in Maine Governor Janet Mills today announced the creation of the Maine Life Sciences Center, a new...

Governor Mills Cuts Ribbon at Maine's First Amazon Delivery Station
Governor also visits several communities in the Saint John Valley and Twin Rivers Paper Company to mark its 100th year of papermaking in Madawaska Caribou, MAINE-- Governor Janet Mills today cut the ribbon on a new Amazon delivery warehouse in...

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Coalition in Filing Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Block Trump Administration from Defunding Planned Parenthood and Other Health Centers
OAKLAND — Co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration from enforcing the “Defund Provision”...

Governor Mills, MaineHousing Announce $2.3 Million in Grants to Support Winter Warming Centers Across Maine
Twelve centers in seven counties will create 338 overnight beds to keep Maine people and families warm this winter Governor Janet Mills and MaineHousing today announced $2.3 million in state grants to support the operation of 12 overnight...

Washington joins state and local governments opposing EPA’s unsupported attempt to deny that greenhouse gases endanger public health
Washington, along with a coalition of other states and local governments, is opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to undo its landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare by...

Western United Fish Company Recalls Kirkland Signature Brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary Company Announcement Date: September 20, 2025 FDA Publish Date: September 20, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product has the potential to be contaminated with...

Western United Fish Company Recalls Kirkland Signature Brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary Company Announcement Date: September 20, 2025 FDA Publish Date: September 20, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product has the potential to be contaminated with...

Western United Fish Company Recalls Kirkland Signature Brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary Company Announcement Date: September 20, 2025 FDA Publish Date: September 20, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product has the potential to be contaminated with...

Western United Fish Company Recalls Kirkland Signature Brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary Company Announcement Date: September 20, 2025 FDA Publish Date: September 20, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Foodborne Illness Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product has the potential to be contaminated with...

NASDA Members Elect Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal as 2025-2026 President
MAINE, September 18 - Back to current news. NASDA Members Elect Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal as 2025-2026 President September 17, 2025 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry During the 2025 National Association of State...

NASDA Members Elect Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal as 2025-2026 President
MAINE, September 18 - Back to current news. NASDA Members Elect Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal as 2025-2026 President September 17, 2025 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry During the 2025 National Association of State...

Several Northeastern States and America's Largest City Announce the Northeast Public Health Collaborative
RHODE ISLAND, September 18 - Several Northeastern states and America's largest city have been collaborating since early 2025 and today formally announced the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a voluntary regional coalition of public health...

Several Northeastern States and America's Largest City Announce the Northeast Public Health Collaborative
Several Northeastern states and America's largest city have been collaborating since early 2025 and today formally announced the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a voluntary regional coalition of public health agencies and leaders, brought...

Several Northeastern States and America's Largest City Announce the Northeast Public Health Collaborative
Several Northeastern states and America's largest city have been collaborating since early 2025 and today formally announced the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a voluntary regional coalition of public health agencies and leaders, brought...
Cal-Maine Foods Debuts Quarterly Earnings Call and Webcast Marking Expanded Investor Communications as Company Grows and Diversifies
RIDGELAND, Miss., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM), the largest egg company in the United States and a leading player in the egg-based prepared food industry, today announced it will host its first-ever...

US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran with Just Diagnosed Lung Cancer to Call About Compensation if Before 1983 They Worked at a Shipyard in Washington, California, Maine, Virginia or Connecticut
WASHINGTON , DC, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are passionate advocates for navy veterans who were exposed to asbestos in the navy before 1983 and who now have...

Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency on Pine Mountain Trail
CONTACT: Lieutenant Mark Ober 603-788-4850 603-271-3361 September 15, 2025 Gorham, NH – On Saturday morning, September 13, at approximately 9:15 a.m., NH Fish and Game was notified of a hiker who had suffered an unknown medical emergency and...