UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * $6M Department of Energy grant supports workforce development in nuclear energy * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -A consortium led by Penn State has been awarded a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the revitalization of nuclear facilities and equipment, while also growing workforce opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in nuclear materials research  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- A group of 11 attorneys general, alongside the Corporation Counsel of New York City and the County Attorney of Harris County, Texas, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the agency's proposed Interstate Transport Plan Review for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The letter expresses strong opposition to the EPA's proposed rule, citing legal and environmental concerns. The group asserts  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Association of American Universities issued the following statement on March 26, 2026: * * * AAU Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Challenging Department of Education's Rushed Rollout of Significant Changes to Annual Data Collection The following is a statement from the Association of American Universities about legal actions it took yesterday in a Massachusetts federal court challenging the Department of Education's imposition of new data requirements on colleges and  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Asks Court To Enforce Order Blocking HHS From Sharing Large Swaths Of Medicaid Data With ICE * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to enforce its preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from obtaining and using the data more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Allina Health submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services addressing concerns over the copayment amounts for ground ambulance services under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The nonprofit integrated health system, which serves regions of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, highlighted the financial strain placed on MA enrollees due to higher cost-sharing requirements compared to traditional Medicare beneficiaries. According to Allina He more ST

SACRAMENTO, California, March 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Asks Court to Enforce Order Blocking HHS from Sharing Large Swaths of Medicaid Data with ICE * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a multistate coalition, asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to enforce its preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from obtaining and  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 27 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Asks Court to Enforce Order Blocking HHS from Sharing Large Swaths of Medicaid Data with ICE * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a multistate coalition asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to enforce its preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from obtaining and using the data more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ASKS COURT TO ENFORCE ORDER BLOCKING HHS FROM SHARING LARGE MEDICAID DATA SETS WITH ICE * Chicago -Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a multistate coalition, asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to enforce its preliminary injunction blocking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from obtaining and using the data o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following information collection: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), are proposing to renew an information collection without change. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and other Federal  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 28 (TNSLrpt) -- Fatal Work Injuries in Wisconsin 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - March 27, 2026 * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 109 in 2024 for Wisconsin, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Wisconsin was down 2.7 percent from 112 in 2023. (See chart 1.) The fatal work injury rate  more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 27 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 25, 2026, by economist Martha Njolomole: * * * Legislative testimony: The case for childcare licensing reform in Minnesota On Tuesday, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard SF 4324, a bill that would revise childcare licensing standards in Minnesota. I testified in favor of several more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 27 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 26, 2026, by economist John Phelan: * * * Republican bill to reverse DFL's car tab hike would have helped Minnesotans with affordability How the DFL "trifecta" made Minnesota less affordable One of the ways the DFL's "historic" trifecta of 2023 hit Minnesotans in the pocket was by hiking car tab more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers awards contract for Mississippi River navigation improvements * ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $12.8 million contract to Kramer North America, LLC, out of Plain, Wisconsin, March 25, to upgrade lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi River. The project will include updating the traveling keve more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee Reviews Regulators' Efforts to Keep Pace with Financial Innovation Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intellige more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Disability Rights Wisconsin submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy opposing proposed rule changes affecting nondiscrimination requirements in federally assisted programs, arguing that the revisions would weaken accessibility protections for people with disabilities. DRW argues that these proposed regulations would unlawfully eliminate protections that have been in place for decades. According to the organization, rescinding 10 C.F.R. Sec. 1040 more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Chairman Van Orden Leads on Affordability, Cutting Red Tape in VA Home Loan Program for Veterans and their Families Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, delivered the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Silver Cross Hospital Over Vaccine Mandate * Federal lawsuit alleges that hospital denied a religious accommodation and fired employee for asking CHICAGO - Silver Cross Hospital, based in New Lenox, Illinois, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee who requested to be exempt from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine because of her more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news on March 27, 2026: * * * 'Secularist of the Week' atheist activist demolishes Hegseth's calls for a crusade The FFRF Action Fund honors Jason Benell, Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers president, as its "Secularist of the Week" for his rec more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 28 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news on March 27, 2026: * * * 'Theocratic' Pastors for Trump founder announces bid for Congress The long-time Christian nationalist behind Pastors for Trump is FFRF Action Fund's "Theocrat of the Week" for his recently launched bid for Cong more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: * * * First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship with Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art Beneath the Surface to feature some 150 photographs by 100 artists spanning 185 years of society and industry in the United States * The National Gallery of Art presents Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the first exhibition to exclusively examine the relationshi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration addressing concerns about certain vehicle safety regulations, specifically Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 106 that pertains to brake hoses. The company argued that some of the test procedures included in the standard impose compliance burdens without delivering measurable improvements in real-world motorcycle safe more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Heritage Foundation submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's Interstate Transport Plan Review for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). In the letter, Heritage analysts addressed EPA's recent proposal to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions from eight states and its intention to revise contribution thresholds for interstate ozone pollution under the Good Neighbor Provis more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Steil: Regulators Must Evolve as Quickly as the Technologies They Oversee Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence led by Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) is holding a hearin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-541) on the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act (H.R. 7640). The report was advanced by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on March 12, 2026. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Illinois Illinois does not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. In August 2017, then-Governor Bruce Rauner signed Illinois's version of the Trust Act, which restricted cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigrat more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-543) on the Chiricahua National Park Act (H.R. 6380). The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on March 12, 2026. The House passed the bill on March 17, 2026, and it has been referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 6380, as ordered reported, is to redesignate the Chiricahua National Monume more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia, is preparing to repatriate human remains and funerary belongings linked to Native American ancestors following a completed inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The collection includes 117 funerary belongings recovered over decades from sites in Cabell County and Wayne County, West Virginia. These items range from tools and ornaments to ceremonial objects placed with the deceased a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The Illinois State Museum, Springfield, has completed an inventory of ancestral human remains and is preparing for repatriation to Native American tribes following findings under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Museum officials determined that the remains, representing at least 16 individuals, are culturally affiliated with federally recognized tribes which include Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Janette Munao, an independent Medicare and ACA insurance agent with Informed Choice Insurance Agency, Green Bay, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the 2027 Medicare proposed rule, outlining concerns about regulatory barriers affecting agents and beneficiaries. The letter emphasized concerns over the call recording requirement, describing it as a legal and pra more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- Marshall University is preparing to return the remains of 27 individuals and 26 funerary objects to affiliated tribes following a completed inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The institution identified the individuals through a review of collections tied to several locations across West Virginia, including the Clover Site in Cabell County, areas near Point Pleasant in Mason County and Sycamore Creek in Putnam County. Addit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Midwest Ozone Group has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's Proposed Rule titled "Interstate Transport Plan Review for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)." MOG expressed support for the EPA's application of a 1 part per billion (ppb) modeled contribution threshold to conclude that ozone precursor emissions from eight states - including Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mis more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Richland Hospital, Richland Center, Wisconsin, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration opposing the agency's proposal to implement a rebate model under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The hospital emphasized that the current upfront discount model has been effective for decades and warned that transitioning to a rebate mechanism would impose substantial administrative, financial, more ST

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Grothman Opens Roundtable on Examining Mental Health in the MAHA Age Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at today's roundtable on "Examining Mental Health in the MAHA Age." In his opening statement, S more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Political] -- The Ripon Society posted the following news release: * * * Tillis Delivers Straight Talk on Iran and the Government Shutdown * "If any of y'all believe that Republicans are winning the shutdown argument, lay down until the feeling goes away." WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Thom Tillis (R-NC) appeared before a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday afternoon, delivering straight talk not only about the war with Iran and America's commitment to o more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 23 -- TruStage, formerly the CUNA Mutual Group, issued the following news release: * * * TruStage(R) Retirement Solutions partners with Inspira to offer clients an emergency savings option TruStage(R), a leading insurance and financial services provider, has partnered with Inspira Financial to offer TruStage Retirement Solutions clients Emergency Savings Fund (ESF) services for their employees. "TruStage is focused on delivering retirement solutions that provide a  more PR

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * Two UW-Eau Claire students earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships * After last year's record-setting three UW-Eau Claire Goldwater recipients, this impressive pair of awardees demonstrates once again why faculty-mentored undergraduate research is a cornerstone of the Blugold education. Only five students in the Universities of Wisconsin system are among the 454 Goldwater Schol more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee campus issued the following news release: * * * Premnath wins Shaw Early Career Research Award to study a dual approach to bone cancer treatment and recovery There's no drug that reliably helps fractured or damaged bones regenerate. And, for patients recovering from bone cancer, the environment inside the body is working against healing. Priya Premnath, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received the 2026 more PR

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, March 27 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Eau Claire student succeeds in advocacy for pedestrian safety * "I live in Aspenson Mogensen Hall on Water Street," says the social work major from Altoona. "It's the most accessible option in university housing for my specific needs as a wheelchair user. It was quickly apparent to me that crossing Water Street to go to campus from my building was not easy. Car and bus traffic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Victories for Higher Education: Raising Academic Standards and Ensuring Admissions Transparency * The Trump Administration is changing the culture in higher education. Just over a year ago, we saw men claiming victories in women's athletics. Colleges and universities were focused more on diversity, equity, and inclusion than ensuring graduates were prepared for success in life after graduation more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WATCH: Western Wisconsin Mom Sees ACA Premiums More Than Double [Spectrum News] * Wisconsin mother: "We're just going to have to be making very difficult decisions as to what we can afford" Hardworking Western Wisconsin families are facing skyrocketing health care premiums thanks to Derrick Van Orden's failure to extend the ACA tax credits, in one case even seeing their premium more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Wisconsin Association of Benefit Specialists has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services opposing various proposed changes which concerns Medicare Program policy and technical updates for the 2027 contract year. WABS, a professional organization advocating for Benefit Specialists and vulnerable populations, expressed concerns about proposed alterations affecting the Medicare Advantage, Prescription Drug Benefit, and Medicare C more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy opposing proposed rules that would weaken or eliminate existing accessibility regulations for new and renovated federal buildings. According to the organization, accessibility features such as ramps, wider door frames, and elevators serve not only people with disabilities but also families with strollers, older adults, and individuals with more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * Wisconsin Governor Signs International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Bill Into Law, ADC Warns of Lasting Threats to Free Speech and Civil Liberties * Washington, DC -Today, Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin chose to sign Assembly Bill 446 into law, advancing a harmful measure that threatens dissent and protected political expression. The American-A more PR