The State Board has tapped Monty Sullivan, a Louisiana higher-education veteran, as acting head of North Carolina's 58-college system while the legislature weighs confirmation.

The DOJ sued Colorado on July 23, 2026, asking a Denver court to block the ASSET Act and related rules that let some undocumented residents pay in‑state tuition and receive state aid.

At the July 20 meeting commissioners pledged roughly $4.5M toward a remote ‘digital’ tower at Johnston Regional, advanced a new DSS design and set public hearings. The board also approved budget moves and honored a WWII veteran.

The Pritzker administration will shrink operations at Choate in Anna, phasing down beds and prompting union warnings of roughly 250 layoffs and disruption to local care.

An appeals court affirmed most of a roughly $300,000 fee award after a successful challenge to Cincinnati's safe‑storage gun ordinance, but ordered invoices rechecked for block‑billing.

Stafford-based Matrix Metals agreed to pay $1.18M to settle allegations it improperly obtained a Second Draw PPP loan. The deal follows a qui tam complaint and an SDTX investigation with the SBA.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled 6–0 that Royal Oak didn’t violate the Open Meetings Act when ranking marijuana‑license applicants, leaving the city’s awards intact.

Zelenskyy met a Raytheon delegation in Kyiv and said the company is ready to co‑produce Patriot interceptors with Ukraine. Analysts warn building production capacity will take years.

The Education Department removed the disparate-impact standard from Title VI, narrowing federal civil-rights enforcement and prompting sharp pushback from advocates.

A Senate committee has opened a probe into Amazon after staff said they found evidence suggesting Chinese actors influenced parts of the marketplace, highlighting seller fraud risks and internal access gaps.

Nearly 10,000 University of California attending physicians launched a union drive at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, saying they will press for better staffing, training and patient‑safety protections.

A federal judge dismissed the DOJ’s bid to seize Kentucky’s full voter file, blocking access to dates of birth, driver’s-license numbers and Social Security data for millions. The ruling bolsters privacy protections and complicates DOJ’s nationwide push.

Sacramento County says cigarette filters are plastic pollution and sued major tobacco makers to recover cleanup and restoration costs. The filing reframes butts as toxic waste, not a smoking case.