SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Joins Federal Partners in National Health Care Fraud Takedown 2026 * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the California Department of Justice's (California DOJ) participation in the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a coordinated law enforcement operation that resulted in criminal charges against 455 defendants nationwide with o  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon, Kelly Lead Bill to Award Artemis II Crew the Congressional Gold Medal * Read in USA TODAY : New effort in Congress would grant Artemis II astronauts rare honor Washington, D.C. - Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) and retired NASA astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act to honor the four crewmembers of the historic Artemis II missio  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown and Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Organic Import Verification * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) have introduced the Organic Imports Verification Act, bipartisan legislation to protect American organic farmers and consumers from fraudulent organic imports. The Organic Imports Verification Act authorizes the U.S. Depart  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants to Assess and Cleanup Communities in Nebraska * LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 24, 2026) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4.5 million in Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) grants to accelerate the cleanup of polluted sites across Nebraska. With these funds, EPA is investing directly in American communities to clean up  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer, NE Delegation Urge Disaster Declaration for Nebraska Storms * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (NE-01), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) sent a letter to President Donald Trump supporting Governor Jim Pillen's request for a major disaster designation for the severe storms and flooding from May 15-18 of 202  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 24, 2026: * * * The Department of Justice Reaches a Proposed Consent Decree with Kansas to Enjoin the State from Enforcing its Unconstitutional In-State Tuition and Scholarship Programs for Illegal Aliens Today, the United States filed a complaint against Kansas and joined with the State in filing a proposed consent decree to permanently enjoin Kansas laws that provide in-state tuition for illegal   more

GRAND LEDGE, Michigan, June 24 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following written testimony by Jed Hansen, co-chair of the National Rural Health Association Rural Veterans Health Special Interest Group, and executive director of the Nebraska Rural Health Association, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing entitled "Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Servicemembers": * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinsk  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 24 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska mothers sue to restore home-birth freedom * Lincoln, Nebraska; June 24, 2026: Three Nebraska mothers filed federal lawsuits yesterday challenging the state's ban on certified nurse midwife-assisted home births. Emily Tvrdy and Amanda Musilek allege that the law violates their rights by burdening both their religious exercise and their freedom to choose how a  more

GRAND LEDGE, Michigan, June 24 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization released the following testimony by Andrew Gradison, senior advisor to the under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, from a June 12, 2026, field hearing entitled "Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Servicemembers": * * * Chairman Barrett, Ranking Member Budzinski, and distinguished Members of the Subc  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Omaha Campus posted the following news: * * * Plotting an Attack on Infrastructure Used to Require a Team. Now it Takes a Laptop * Not long ago, a would-be terrorist would have needed weeks of surveillance, technical expertise, expensive software, and help from trained specialists to understand a critical infrastructure target's vulnerabilities. Today, that same individual could ask an AI chatbot questions, review publicly avai  more