LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 27 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * 12 UK students named Gaines Fellows amid record number of applicants * Twelve University of Kentucky students have been selected as the newest Gaines Fellows, representing nine colleges across campus and marking a record number of applications for the highly competitive program. The Gaines Fellowship in the Humanities is a distinctive, two-year program designed to enrich undergraduate education thr 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

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

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 (TNSLrpt) -- Fatal Work Injuries in Kentucky 2024 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - March 27, 2026 * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 70 in 2024 for Kentucky, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Kentucky was down 23.1 percent from 91 in 2023. (See chart 1.) The fatal work injury rate was 3.7 fatalities per 100,0 more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman McGarvey Condemns "Miscarriage of Justice" in Letter to AG Pam Bondi, Citing Continued Federal Interference by Trump's DOJ to Undermine Justice for Breonna Taylor * "Breonna Taylor is dead, and your department's decision to walk away from this case means there will be no accountability for how the fatal raid began or for the officers involved." WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 27, 2026) -  more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, March 27 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * Dr. Leigh Anne Roden awarded honor by the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association * The Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KSHA) awarded Dr. Leigh Anne Roden the Johanna B. Hancock Award, the highest honor bestowed by KSHA. Dr. Roden is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the WKU College of Health and Human Services. The  more PR

RICHMOND, Kentucky, March 28 -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * EKU Becomes Kentucky's Third-Largest Public University Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) is now the third-largest public university in Kentucky for student enrollment, according to the latest data from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). EKU reported total enrollment of 15,969 students for Fall 2025. With steady enrollment growth over the past few years, EKU became Kentucky's larges more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- Politico issued the following news release: * * * Full Transcript: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) on The Conversation with Dasha Burns This is a full unedited transcript of POLITICO's interview with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) on "The Conversation with Dasha Burns" Andy Beshear: Don't just talk about the what. Don't just talk about your policy points. Talk about your why. People want to know you. They want to know what drives you. They want to know more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, issued the following opening statement on March 25, 2026, at a hearing on the oversight of the National Weather Service: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to welcome our witness, Assistant Secretary Taylor Jordan, for his first appearance before this subcommittee. We all recognize the vital work performed by NOAA and the Nati more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Maryland Small Business Will Appeal After District Court Affirms Department of Labor Courts That Hand Down Ruinous Fines Decision runs counter to last year's 3rd Circuit decision in Sun Valley. * WASHINGTON--The Institute for Justice (IJ) will appeal on behalf of C.S. Lawn & Landscaping, a Maryland small business owned by Chuck Saine, after a federal district court upheld the Department of La more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 27 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU Debate coach wins National Coach of the Year Award * LAWRENCE -Brett Bricker, head debate coach at the University of Kansas, was awarded the Ross K. Smith Debate Coach of the Year award at the 2026 National Debate Tournament in recognition of his career achievements in coaching. Bricker is the third KU coach to win the prestigious award, joining Donn Pason (1980) and Scott Harris (2006). The award  more PR

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky posted the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Local Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled by Joint Federal and State Investigation Paducah, KY - On February 11, 2026, a federal Grand Jury in Paducah returned an Indictment charging four people with conspiring to distribute controlled substances in McCracken County. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Ke more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft environmental impact statement regarding a license application from Global Laser Enrichment LLC, Wilmington, North Carolina, to construct and operate the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility on a 322-acre site in McCracken County, Kentucky. If authorized, the license would allow the company to construct and operate a facility using laser-based isotope separation technology for up to 40 years. The operation is desi more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- American Electric Power Corp. posted the following news release: * * * Public Service Company of Oklahoma Seeks Bids for Natural Gas Facilities and Firm Transportation Capacity * COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, 2026 - American Electric Power, on behalf of its subsidiary Public Service Company of Oklahoma ("PSO"), is seeking proposals from bidders to construct, operate and maintain a natural gas pipeline lateral and associated natural gas facilities more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 27 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Tick talk: UK researcher targets Lyme disease with 2 grants * There's a virus within a bacterium within a parasite, and University of Kentucky researchers are figuring out how to make them kill each other. Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Medicine's Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment's more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, March 27 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * University Distinguished Professors and University Faculty Award Winners * Colleagues, Each year, the Office of the Provost and the Division of Academic Affairs invite nominations to honor faculty members who have served the University with distinction and demonstrated exceptional achievement in teaching, research, and service. Please join me in congratulating our newest University Distinguish more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 28 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Zoe Brooks turns coal country roots into research and preservation By Chase Parker In the mountains of Southwest Virginia, coal is more than history. It's culture. And Zoe Brooks was built by it. Growing up in Wise County, Virginia, Brooks didn't have to search for history. It surrounded her. Her paternal grandfather spent years of his life mining in Appalachia, while her maternal grandfather helped deliver ho more PR