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With SNAP Benefits Under Threat, Attorney General Bonta Demands Answers from Trump Administration

With SNAP Benefits Under Threat, Attorney General Bonta Demands Answers from Trump Administration

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, expressing grave concerns about a potential lapse in issuance...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General Bird Announces $37.8 Million Opioid Settlement from Purdue Pharma

Attorney General Bird Announces $37.8 Million Opioid Settlement from Purdue Pharma

DES MOINES -- Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that Iowa has agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The settlement would resolve litigation against Purdue and the Sacklers...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General James Announces Every State Has Joined $7.4 Billion Settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family

Attorney General James Announces Every State Has Joined $7.4 Billion Settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler...

Owner:  American Government
Washington state will receive up to $105.6 million from national settlement with Purdue Pharma

Washington state will receive up to $105.6 million from national settlement with Purdue Pharma

SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. This...

Owner:  American Government
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LETTER: Potential pharmacist licensing changes, weight loss medication

LETTER: Potential pharmacist licensing changes, weight loss medication

I am writing this letter in response to a Pacific Daily News article concerning potential pharmacist licensing changes and weight loss medication compounding issues published on June 20, 2025, titled, “Pharmacists may soon skip local licenses...

Owner:  Kaleo Moylan
Senator demands payment of $8M owed to the Guam Memorial Hospital

Senator demands payment of $8M owed to the Guam Memorial Hospital

The senator says that even when tax revenues came in higher than expected, deposits into the Pharmaceutical Fund were capped at budgeted levels – shortchanging the hospital. She added, "According to the audited financials, the Department of...

Owner:  Pacific Telestations LLC
Senators override Guam Governor’s veto on 2026 budget

Senators override Guam Governor’s veto on 2026 budget

On September 4, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (D) vetoed the legislature’s proposed Bill 44-38, which set the 2026 budget. “I vetoed the Legislature’s proposed budget bill for the coming fiscal year, warning that it underfunds Guam Memorial...

Owner:  Pasquines Inc.
GMH backs bill to provide $8.1M in extra Pharmaceutical Fund revenue

GMH backs bill to provide $8.1M in extra Pharmaceutical Fund revenue

Guam Memorial Hospital leadership on Monday backed a bill to give GMH about $8.1 million it’s owed from the Department of Administration. The funding comes from revenue in the GMH Pharmaceutical Fund that was never disbursed, hospital oversight...

Owner:  Kaleo Moylan
Public Health: $3M needed to study dieldrin links to breast cancer, screen residents for exposure
Guam EPA seeks funds to investigate source of 'widespread' dieldrin in water wells

Guam EPA seeks funds to investigate source of 'widespread' dieldrin in water wells

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency is seeking funding to investigate the source of dieldrin that the Guam Waterworks Authority says is present in some form in more than two-thirds of the island’s water wells. But Guam EPA officials didn't...

Owner:  Kaleo Moylan
Todu Guam Wellness on Wheels brings mobile clinic to Talo'fo'fo

Todu Guam Wellness on Wheels brings mobile clinic to Talo'fo'fo

On Saturday, health professionals and volunteers with the Todu Guam Foundation hopped in their mobile clinic and drove down to Talo'fo'fo' to offer residents in the underserved southern community Wellness on Wheels, an outreach clinic that...

Owner:  Ho S. Eun
Oversight or Overreach? Time to End Conflicts of Interest in Corrupt Medical Industry

Oversight or Overreach? Time to End Conflicts of Interest in Corrupt Medical Industry

David Lubofsky By David Lubofsky, Ed.D. for Kandit News and Views In any healthcare system, trust is built on transparency, accountability, and independence. On Guam, that trust has been routinely tested and has failed, but here we are once again....

Owner:  Troy Torres
US Navy under secretary, Hung Cao, visits VFW and bases in Guam

US Navy under secretary, Hung Cao, visits VFW and bases in Guam

Both quality-of-life issues for the service members, and ongoing military construction projects in support of the regional buildup, were discussed with top brass and service members. An estimated 10,000 additional military and civilian are...

Owner:  Fong Family
3BLINDMICE Asylum of Madness: The Final Experiment Escape Room to be held on Guam through Nov. 2
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