MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 (TNSres) -- Cargill, a provider of food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: The number cat owners continue to rise, as a staggering 59 percent of all "pet parents" now own a cat, with more than one-third owning more than one. This growth can be attributed to cats fitting seamlessly into modern pet parents' busy and urban lifestyles.1 Cats, and their devoted owners, were the focus of a rece more PR

DULUTH, Minnesota, May 7 -- The College of St. Scholastica issued the following news release: The College of St. Scholastica will celebrate the undergraduate and graduate Class of 2024 with commencement on Saturday, May 11, in the AMSOIL Arena located at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) in Duluth, MN. This in-person celebration will be a traditional, seated ceremony with unlimited guest seating. The ceremony will also be live-streamed and available on the College's YouTube (htt more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- Faegre Drinker, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Faegre Drinker announced today that Tim Katsiff has joined Faegre Drinker's business litigation practice group as a partner in the Philadelphia office. Katsiff joins from a national law firm where he led the class action litigation team. He is the fourth partner to join the firm's business litigation practice in Philadelphia since September 2023. In September 2023, the firm welcomed t more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- Faegre Drinker, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Faegre Drinker announced today that Thomas (Tom) Duncan has joined the firm as a partner in the government and regulatory practice in Philadelphia. Duncan joins from a Pennsylvania-based environment and energy boutique law firm. Duncan represents clients ranging from private individuals through major international corporations in environmental and energy transactional matters, regulat more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 6 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Kristen McMaster Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development will bestow its 2024 Distinguished Alumna Award on special education and literacy researcher Kristen L. McMaster during Commencement ceremonies on May 10. A Triple 'Dore, McMaster earned her bachelor of science in 1995, master of education in 1998, and doctorate in special education from Vanderbilt University in 2002. McMaster is the Gu more PR

DECORAH, Iowa, May 7 -- Luther College issued the following news: Five Luther College seniors attended the annual Sigma Tau Delta Convention in St. Louis from April 3-6. The students, all English majors or minors and members of the Sigma Tau Delta English honor society, presented work on topics like George Eliot's "Middlemarch" and queer identity in literature, in addition to original fiction and poetry. The five students who attended were: * Ashley Imdieke, of Northfield, Minnesota * Mia Ir more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Governor Tim Walz today signed three bills into law. Chapter 92, House File 3376 allows the use of digital images as proof of possession for certain passes and licenses. Chapter 93, House File 3868 updates Minnesota's laws on business and commerce to keep up with new technology. Chapter 95, Senate File 3204 extends the participation term for the Public Employee Insurance Program from two years to fou more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following statements: * * * Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan released the following statements today congratulating Christina Bogojevic as she was sworn in as colonel of the Minnesota State Patrol at a pinning ceremony in Saint Paul. She has been with the State Patrol for more than 20 years and has served as second in command since December 2022. "Col. Bogojevic is a passionate, dedicated leader with  more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed Senate File 5335/House File 5280, the Human Services Supplemental Budget. The bill, authored by State Representative Mohamud Noor (DFL - Minneapolis), passed on a vote of 70-59. "Our Human Services Supplemental Budget capitalizes on the work we've already done - it's a smaller budget, but it has a huge impact," s more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Senate Democrats today passed an Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Environment and Climate supplemental budget bill. While the agriculture and energy portions have bipartisan support, this legislation is packaged with partisan commerce policies that add excessive burdens and fail to protect Minnesota consumers. Senator Eric Pratt (R-Prior Lake) offered the 'A+ Energy Plan' as an amendmen more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Senate Democrats today passed an Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Environment and Climate supplemental budget bill. While the agriculture and energy portions have bipartisan support, this legislation is packaged with partisan commerce policies that add excessive burdens and fail to protect Minnesota consumers. Included in the bill is a controversial commerce section that adds excessive  more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on May 6, 2024: On Friday, the Minnesota Senate passed a $240M Legacy Omnibus Bill (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF5116&version=latest&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0) to meet the Legacy Amendment's promise to support clean water, habitat protection, and parks and trails. However, the bill fails to provide oversight for $12.2M taxpayer dollars being allocated to una more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Senate Democrats today passed an Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Environment and Climate supplemental budget. While the agriculture and energy portions of this legislation have bipartisan support, it is packaged with partisan commerce policies that add excessive burdens and fail to protect Minnesota consumers. The bill passed out of the Senate on a vote of 36-30. ENERGY SECTION The en more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) on Friday successfully added four amendments to a Senate bill proposing several changes to the state's cannabis law. The Nelson amendments are aimed at strengthening protections and adding transparency for consumers. "In their haste to legalize cannabis last year, Democrats passed a bill that created numerous challenges for Minnesotan more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following newsletter on May 6, 2024, by State Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids: * * * Friends and Neighbors, On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously supported a bill to honor Sen. Tomassoni by renaming part of Hwy 169, from Marble to Mountain Iron, the "Senator David J. Tomassoni Memorial Cross Range Expressway." Senator Tomassoni left a great legacy of camaraderie and was a fearless advocate for the Iron Range.  more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following newsletter on May 6, 2024, by State Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe: * * * Friends and neighbors, On Friday, the Senate approved a new bill that makes a number of troubling changes to Minnesota's rushed and dangerous cannabis legalization law. It is a misguided bill that fails to adequately protect our children and communities from the harmful effects of cannabis. Despite repeated calls from myself and more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following newsletter on May 6, 2024, by State Sen. Mark Koran, R-North Branch: * * * Friends and Neighbors, I'll keep this introduction short as there is A LOT to cover in this week's newsletter. From proxy voting by legislators to the alleged Equal Rights Amendment, you'll find an overview of what was covered over the last week, what is upcoming, and what I continue to work on as we push through this legislative  more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft attorneys Dave Bartoletti and Ina Avalon co-authored the article "Why RWI Insurers Should Consider Excluding PFAS," which was published by Law360 on May 2. The article examines the exclusion of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from representations and warranties insurance (RWI) as a market standard. To read the full article, click here. Bartoletti is a partner in Taft's Business, Transactional Risk, a more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft Chicago partner Marcus Harris has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of The Richard Linn American Inn of Court. The Linn Inn is one of twenty-two American Inns of Court in the United States and in Japan that concentrates on intellectual property. The Inn is a distinguished organization that focuses on building collegiality and improving the practice of intellectual property law. Harris has extensi more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 7 -- The University of Minnesota School of Public Health issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: * * * The Midwest Analytics and Disease Modeling Center (MADMC) will develop data analytic and mathematical models to help leaders make informed policy decisions during public health emergencies. * * * Today, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and the Minnesota Electronic Health Records Consortium (MNHERC) launched a new ce more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news: Dr. Obasesam Okoi, an assistant professor in the Justice and Society Studies Department at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has been selected as one of 12 American educators to participate in a fully funded Fulbright-Hays Faculty Summer Program in Tanzania. The program is facilitated by the School for International Training (SIT) and supported by a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (GPA) grant fro more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 7 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following Q&A on May 6, 2024, with Jote Taddese, chair of the Software Engineering and Data Science Department Strategic Advisory Board: * * * Jote Taddese, vice president of software engineering at Optum, has been named the chair of the University of St. Thomas School of Engineering's Software Engineering and Data Science Department's Strategic Advisory Board. The school thanks Mike Thyken, the outgoing Department of Softw more PR

NEW YORK, May 7 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: NBA on TNT will continue its 2024 NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel game coverage tonight, Monday, May 6, with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals series between the Indiana Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton and the New York Knicks and Jalen Brunson at 7:30 p.m. ET. Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards and the D more PR