JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Air University aligns education with operational demands to strengthen warfighting advantage * MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama - Air University 's Air Force Global College is reshaping how the Air Force develops leaders by delivering on-demand professional military education aligned with operational requirements and focused on strengthening Joint Force effe more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 8 -- The Alabama Department of Workforce issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Alabama's Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 2.7% Wages and Number of People Employed at New Record High * Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today that Alabama's preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January held steady at 2.7%. This is below January 2025's rate of 3.1%. The rate represents 64,061 unemployed people, compared more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11 more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 8 -- Bradley, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Bradley Represents Molpus Woodlands Group in Transaction Creating Large Global Timberland Investment Manager Bradley served as legal counsel to Mississippi-based Molpus Woodlands Group LLC (Molpus), a leading timberland investment management organization, in connection with its agreement to sell a majority interest to London-based Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset managem more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following news on April 7, 2026: * * * CRC News: Following the money Recent media accounts have quoted CRC and InfluenceWatch research and researchers on issues as diverse as biased Census counts, nonprofit transparency and the staffing of Virginia state government. * Fox News-- China's American Mao: Inside Singham's blueprint to 'wage war' for a 'new world order': At a Shanghai conference blessed by the Communist Party of China, more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Scientists commission crucial subsystem in pioneering particle physics experiment Cosmic Ray Veto detector screens out background noise, facilitating groundbreaking discoveries * Argonne researchers commissioned a device that filters out background signals in the Mu2e experiment at Fermilab, which seeks to observe a rare particle physics process.  more PR

TROY, Alabama, April 7 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * From Prague to Troy: Fulbright Scholar engages students through math and cultural exchange * Over his last seven months as a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Jiri Minarcik has traveled across the United States speaking to students eager to learn and fellow math-minded researchers. During his week in Troy, Alabama, he gave lectures and met University officials, but also tried banana pudding and fried okra for the first time. A more PR

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, April 7 -- Furman University posted the following news: * * * Furman Engaged lets students showcase their work telling Furman's history * When Jeff McLane '26 started his research into the history of Furman Soccer, he had no idea he would make a discovery that shifted our understanding of the sport's earliest days. McLane and Grace Le '27 will both be presenting their work on a Furman Men's Soccer documentary at this year's Furman Engaged, a campus-wide celebrat more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Yellowhammer News: Trump used Tuberville's Student-Athlete Act as blueprint for college sports executive order: 'It's simple' * AUBURN - In case you missed it, Yellowhammer News published a story detailing how President Trump's recent NIL Executive Order mirrors the Student-Athlete Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) last month. Read the Yellowhammer News more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Failure to Protect Rare Alabama Fish * BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to finalize protection of the coal darter under the Endangered Species Act. The many threats to the rare freshwater fish, who live in Alabama's Mobile River basin, include dams, water more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 7 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * Mississippi State awarded $100,000 Regions Foundation grant fueling high-impact entrepreneurship programs * Contact: Emily Daniels STARKVILLE, Miss.-Mississippi State University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach is expanding support for aspiring entrepreneurs thanks to a grant from the Regions Foundation. The award will support two accelerator initiatives led by the MSU Center for E more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 7 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU among SEC schools to offer fall honors course examining college athletics * Contact: Harriet Laird STARKVILLE, Miss.-Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College students at Mississippi State University now can register for a new and innovative fall course, The Future of College Athletics. A Southeastern Conference-powered collaboration among 10 universities, the hybrid format course will off more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, April 7 -- Niagara University posted the following news: * * * Niagara University Nursing's Dr. Christine Verni Appointed Secretary of the AACN Board of Directors * Dr. Christine Verni, dean of Niagara University's College of Nursing, has been appointed to serve as secretary of the board of directors for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). This prestigious appointment was announced by the AACN on March 31 following the association's Spring Members more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, posted the following news release: * * * Scripps Sports, Nashville Predators partner on multi-year agreement to air National Hockey League team's games * NASHVILLE and CINCINNATI - The Nashville Predators and Scripps Sports have created a landmark multi-year media rights agreement that brings free, over-the-air access to the Predators' National Hockey League games to fans across Middle Tennessee and b more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 7 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Poverty Law Center posted the following news: * * * SPLC and Al Otro Lado File Motion to Prevent ICE From Forcing Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office to Provide Access to Clients and Records * NEW ORLEANS -On Friday, April 3, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Al Otro Lado (AOL) filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit between the United States and the sheriff of Orleans Parish to prevent the sheriff from being forced to  more PR

TROY, Alabama, April 6 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * Troy University selects 2026 Mellon Fellows for Alabama culture research * Troy University has selected its 2026 Mellon Fellows, a significant milestone in the University's Mellon-funded initiative, "(Re)reading Alabama's Cultural Archives: Connecting Place to Its Multitudes," that will digitize and expand access to cultural productions related to social justice through a publicly accessible digital archive hosted by  more PR

ATHENS, Georgia, April 8 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * Two UGA undergraduates named 2026 Goldwater Scholars Since 1995, 72 UGA students have earned this prestigious scholarship By Stephanie Schupska From simulating the development of habitable exoplanets to harvesting the potential of miniscule vibrations, two University of Georgia undergraduates have been honored for furthering research in their fields of study. Juniors Vaughn Frost and Annie Mehta are amon more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- VIVA HEALTH, an Alabama-based non-profit health plan serving over 50,000 Medicare members, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The letter addresses the advance notice of methodological changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) capitation rates and payment policies for calendar year 2027. VIVA HEALTH emphasized concerns regarding the agency's proposed growth percentage estimates for m more ST

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 8 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * West Virginia urging the DOJ to protect federal attorneys from political groups who are weaponizing bar complaints West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General in fighting back against organized, politically motivated campaigns designed to intimidate Department of Justice attorneys and cripp more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The White House issued the following news on April 7, 2026: * * * President Trump is Saving College Sports Amid growing legal chaos and financial pressures threatening athletic programs, the future of college sports is under serious threat. That is why, in response to calls from athletes, universities, and fans across the country, President Trump took decisive action by signing an urgent Executive Order to protect college sports, an essential American institution that s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * Why Harmeet Dhillon Should Not Be Elevated * A PDF of this document can be found here INTRODUCTION Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights on April 3, 2025, by a vote of 52 to 45, over the strong objections of civil rights organizations who warned that she had spent the bulk of her career actively working against th more PR