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H.R. 5181, SOAR Act Improvements Act of 2025
H.R. 5181 would reauthorize the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act, which authorizes funding for public and charter K-12 schools in the District of Columbia and scholarships to attend private K-12 schools for students who reside in the...
Rep. Jamie Raskin and Journalist Terry Moran Headline Barbara McDowell Social Justice Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Event Also Honors 2025 Champions of Justice and Announces New Grants Supporting Impact Litigation
Washington, District of Columbia – The Barbara McDowell Social Justice Center celebrated its 15th Anniversary with an inspiring evening at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., highlighted by a dynamic Fireside Chat between Congressman Jamie Raskin...
U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service Announce Crackdown on Non-Compliant Sex Offenders
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, in partnership with the United States Marshals Service, has launched a city-wide operation to ensure that sex offenders who live in the District remain compliant with the law,...
Attorney General Tong Announces Challenge to EPA's Attacks on Affordable Clean Energy for Low-Income Households
Press Releases 10/16/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Challenge to EPA's Attacks on Affordable Clean Energy for Low-Income Households (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong announced today Connecticut, 21 other states and the District...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: 2025 Race for Every Child
On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the Race for Every Child Run/Walk will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and a street closure motorists should take into consideration: On...
Attorney General Bird Joins Coalition Defending Act to Protect Children from Social Media Harm
DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 states and the District of Columbia in a brief supporting Tennessee’s law that protects children from social media harm. Studies continue to show that...
State Arts Agency encourages high schools to sign up for the 21st Poetry Out Loud Recitation Competition
RHODE ISLAND, October 17 - Providence, RI – Registration has opened for the Poetry Out Loud recitation competition, and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has been encouraging high schools to participate in this important national...
Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit – CNN
Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Casey Tolan, Kyung Lah, Amy O’Kruk, Byron Manley and Eleanor Stubbs | CNN October 14, 2025 “I’m not sure these companies really believe it’s in their own monetary interest,” said James Brown,...
Ferrellgas, L.P. Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
LIBERTY, Mo., Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ferrellgas, L.P. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Ferrellgas Finance Corp. (together with the Company, the “Issuers”) announced today that the Issuers priced an offering of $650.0...
Toll Brothers Announces Limited Quick Move-In Opportunities at 568 West in Atlanta, Georgia
ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced a limited number of quick move-in townhomes are now available at 568 West, the company’s boutique luxury...
State Arts Agency encourages high schools to sign up for the 21st Poetry Out Loud Recitation Competition
Providence, RI – Registration has opened for the Poetry Out Loud recitation competition, and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has been encouraging high schools to participate in this important national arts education program. In...
ATG NEWS RELEASE: HAWAIʻI JOINS COALITION OF STATES INTERVENING IN ALLEGED CORRUPT HEWLETT PACKARD/JUNIPER NETWORKS MERGER SETTLEMENT
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL KA ʻOIHANA O KA LOIO KUHINA ANNE LOPEZ ATTORNEY GENERAL LOIO KUHINA HAWAIʻI JOINS COALITION OF STATES INTERVENING IN ALLEGED CORRUPT...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: RACE THE DISTRICT
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, the Union District Market will host the “Race The District Go-Kart Competitions”. Which will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: 2025 IMF/World Bank Annual Fall Meetings
From Monday, October 13, 2025 through Saturday, October 18, 2025, the IMF/World Bank Annual Fall Meetings will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into...
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: 2025 IMF/World Bank Annual Fall Meetings
From Monday, October 13, 2025 through Saturday, October 18, 2025, the IMF/World Bank Annual Fall Meetings will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into...
MPD Makes Third Arrest in 2019 Homicide
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a third man involved in a fatal stabbing that occurred in April 2019 in Northwest. On April 27, 2019, at approximately 7:24 p.m., officers responded to a wooded area near the 5200 block of Canal...
Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect Clean Energy for Vulnerable Communities
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a coalition of plaintiffs in filing two lawsuits to protect billions of dollars in grant funding that would connect nearly one million households nationwide in low-income and vulnerable...
ATG NEWS RELEASE: HAWAIʻI JOINS COALITION OF STATES INTERVENING IN ALLEGED CORRUPT HEWLETT PACKARD/JUNIPER NETWORKS MERGER SETTLEMENT
STATE OF HAWAIʻI KA MOKU ʻĀINA O HAWAIʻI JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIAʻĀINA DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL KA ʻOIHANA O KA LOIO KUHINA ANNE LOPEZ ATTORNEY GENERAL LOIO KUHINA HAWAIʻI JOINS COALITION OF STATES INTERVENING IN ALLEGED CORRUPT...
Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Coalition in Defense of First Amendment Protections for Noncitizen Students and Faculty
Attorneys general urge the court to uphold First Amendment free speech protections in opposition to Trump Administration’s unconstitutional ideological deportation policy OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside the attorneys...
RIEMA Director Marc R. Pappas Elected Vice President of National Emergency Management Association
RHODE ISLAND, October 16 - Media Advisory Courtney Marciano For Immediate Release 401- 318- 0911 RIEMA Director Marc R. Pappas Elected Vice President of National Emergency Management Association Pappas to help lead national efforts to strengthen...