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State mental health rankings released: New York and Hawaii rank highest, Nevada and Arizona rank lowest
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York, Hawaii, and New Jersey ranked best in the nation across common measures of mental health in 2022 and 2023, according to the latest State of Mental Health in America report from Mental...
Cal-Maine Foods Reports Strongest First Quarter in Company History
RIDGELAND, Miss., Oct. 01, 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 food industry, today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal...
Attorneys general issue joint statement affirming the safety of and access to medical abortion drug
Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement addressing concerns over a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of mifepristone. “For more than 25 years, mifepristone has been...
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Maine DOE Job Opportunity: Grant Program Administrator for the Later Secondary School Start Time Fund
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is seeking a Grant Program Administrator to oversee implementation of the new Later Secondary School Start Time Fund, established by the Maine Legislature in 2025. This role will be responsible for...
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Attorney General James Takes Action to Protect Health Education Programs
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general in suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for illegally requiring states to change sexual education programs to erase...
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Oregon co-leads multi-state lawsuit 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, Oregon, alongside 15...
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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...
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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...
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Governing Magazine Names Attorney General Tong Among 2025 Public Officials of the Year
Press Releases 10/01/2025 Governing Magazine Names Attorney General Tong Among 2025 Public Officials of the Year (Hartford, CT) – Governing Magazine has named Attorney General William Tong among its 2025 Public Officials of the Year. In its latest...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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
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September 24, 2025
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”...
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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...
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Maine DOE Update – September 19, 2025
From the Maine Department of Education Data Reporting Upcoming Data Reports Due in October The following data reports are due to the Maine Department of Education (DOE) in the month of October: Dropout Report, October Enrollment, and Staff...
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Maine, Northeastern States Formally Announce Northeast Public Health Collaborative
Regional partnership of public health agencies and leaders will share expertise, improve coordination, and promote and protect evidence-based public health Several Northeastern states -- including Maine -- and America's largest city have been...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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