SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 2 [Category: BizMedia] -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: * * * "Honda Safety Driven" Education Initiative Reaches One Million Students as Part of Effort to Reduce Traffic Fatalities Among Young Drivers * * Honda seeks to increase safety awareness to positively influence young driver behavior * Honda Safety Driven aims to address the nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. inv more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Leads Bipartisan Coalition Defending Use of Geofence Warrants by Law Enforcement * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined the State of Iowa in leading a bipartisan multistate coalition of 32 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief (PDF) with the U.S. Supreme Court in Chatrie v. United States. The coalition is urging the Court to uphold the constitutionali more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 2 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects taxpayers from funding inmate sex-change surgeries * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 23 other states in a friend-of-the-court brief that supports a state's right to regulate medicine for the protection of public health and safety, particularly in correctional institutions. A prisoner in Alaska is demanding to receive  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 2 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHALLENGES UNLAWFUL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MOVE TO FORCE INDIANA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS TO CONTINUE OPERATING BEYOND RETIREMENT DATES * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison today challenged unlawful "emergency" orders the Trump administration issued as part of its ongoing efforts to dismantle environmental protection more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Kaine, Gallego, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Decision to Ease Sanctions on Russia and Iran * Denver -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and 22 of their Senate colleagues in a letter pressing President Trump on his decision to ease sanctions on Russian more PR

EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois, April 2 -- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus posted the following news: * * * Bily Earns OVC Golfer of the Week Honors * SIUE junior golfer Preston Bily (Indianola, Iowa) has been named the co-Golfer of the Week in the Ohio Valley Conference after helping to lead SIUE golf to a runner-up finish at the Butler Spring Invitational. Bily posted the best finish and the lowest 54-hole total of his career, finishing in third place with a 204 (69-67-68). It a more PR

PLANO, Texas, April 2 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Breaking: Ohio Court Ends City's Years-Long Effort to Shut Down Church's 24/7 Ministry * Bryan, OH -Today, Judge James D. Bates of the Court of Common Pleas of Williams County issued a final order dismissing with prejudice a lawsuit brought by city officials in Bryan, Ohio, seeking to shut dow more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * The bug stops here: how a CWRU alum left Google to build an AI startup Story by: Karin Ong Every time a software team releases an update, there's a new risk of something else breaking. CWRU alum and entrepreneur Michael Rosenfield (CWR '17), saw the problem firsthand at Google--and watched engineering teams manually check that nothing had gone wrong after every change. His San Francisco-based startu more PR

BEREA, Ohio, April 2 -- Baldwin Wallace University posted the following news: * * * BW students design prototype tunnel system for NASA challenge * Six BW students are ready for a NASA launch seven months in the making. And while they won't need a rocket ship to achieve their goal, they'll be at the forefront of lunar and Martian exploration. In June 2025, BW was one of ten schools nationwide accepted into the National Space Grant Foundation's Moon to Mars eXploration Systems and Habitatio more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Dentist-scientist Gian Pietro Schincaglia investigates dental treatments that may improve outcomes for patients with diabetes Story by: Jasmine Vo As a practicing dentist and researcher, Gian Pietro Schincaglia, DMD, PhD, has seen first-hand the relationship between periodontal disease and diabetes. "Individuals who have uncontrolled diabetes usually have a higher chance of having severe periodontit more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Law school launches inaugural Academic Exchange Experience 2L Aabid Shivji spearheads a new way to share scholarly projects * Law students learn very early in their educational journeys that research and writing is essential for a successful legal career. First-year students will spend anywhere from 10 to 40 hours on a single memo, with several hours dedicated to perfecting a paragraph. So whether more PR

KENT, Ohio, April 3 -- Kent State University issued the following news: * * * City of Cleveland and Kent State Launch Initiative to Strengthen Police-Community Trust The initiative is led by Leigh Anderson, Ph.D., and Elias Nader, Ph.D., as co-principal investigators in a transformative partnership between academia and practice * The City of Cleveland is partnering with Kent State University on a new research and training initiative designed to strengthen trust, collaboration and accountabi more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Proposes New Transparency Measures to Strengthen Oversight of Hospice Providers * As part of its continuing efforts to combat fraud and strengthen program integrity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is looking to shine a light on potentially concerning hospice billing and beneficiary care delivery. In the F more PR

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * DAF updates SkillBridge policy balancing operational readiness, transition assistance * The Department of the Air Force updated its Air Force and Space Force SkillBridge programs to balance operational readiness and transition assistance to Airmen and Guardians. This update adjusts the length of program participation into rank-specific categories and clarifies specific comm more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene: "Trump's tariffs are raising prices and American families are suffering" * On the anniversary of Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene published an op-ed in Fox News hammering Republicans for the disastrous impact of tariffs on American families, and arguing that tariffs will cost Republicans the House majority. Read Chair DelBene's  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10519) on April 1, 2026, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Defense Primer: Strategic Nuclear Forces The Department of Defense (DOD) - which is "using a secondary Department of War designation" under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025 - is in the process of modernizing U.S. strategic nuclear forces. This modernization effort includes nu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Trinity Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.7M to Resolve Alleged Stark Law Violations Trinity Hospital Holding Company (Trinity) has agreed to pay the United States $1.7 million to resolve allegations relating to improper financial relationships between Trinity and two referring physicians. Trinity operates a hospital located in Steubenville, Ohio. Trinity disclosed the arrangements at issue to the governmen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Disability Rights Ohio (DRO), the state's protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) addressing proposed changes to regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The letter, sent to the DOE Office of Civil Rights and EEO and the Office of Minority Economic Impact, expresses strong opposition to the proposed rescission of key rules that mandate accessibility more ST

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Eglin AFB hosts annual Warrior Day ruck march * Previous Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 1 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 2 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 3 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 4 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 5 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 6 of 12 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 7 of 12 Photo Det more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Names Ohio as the Hazardous Waste Permitting Authority for the State * The announcement advances cooperative federalism in the Midwest On Thursday, April 2, U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Anne Vogel joined Ohio EPA Director John Logue and U.S. Representative Troy Balderson in Zanesville, Ohio, to announce that the state is now the primary permitting authority for all aspects of hazardou more PR

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, April 1 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * ETSU's Dr. Katelyn Alexander earns national honor * Dr. Katelyn Alexander, director of Experiential Education at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, has been named a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), one of the profession's highest honors recognizing exemplary achievements in pharmacy practice and outstanding service to the profession. The A more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 2 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following commentary on April 1, 2026, by associate Lillian Hall and partner Frank F. Martinez: * * * Predictive Scheduling Laws Are a Growing Challenge for Retailers: Answers to Your Top 5 Questions Adaptability and flexibility are critical to success in the retail industry. But for retailers and other business owners operating in multiple locations, that flexibility is increasingly affected by the growing number of predict more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * Forensic anthropology program explodes at Ohio State * Since it launched in 2023, the forensic anthropology major at The Ohio State University has skyrocketed. "We had five students in the major the first year," said W. Scott McGraw, chair of the anthropology department. "Now we're up to 100." To keep up with the growing interest, the department opened a state-of-the-art forensic anthropology lab on campus  more PR

KENT, Ohio, April 2 -- Wright State University posted the following news: * * * From dance to data, Wright State students showcase research at annual celebration * Research from students in six colleges and dozens of disciplines took center stage at Wright State's Celebration of Undergraduate and Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities on April 1. (Photos by Erin Pence) Student research projects on wildfire detection, focus and productivity, Civil War veterans and dance were more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 2 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions * LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the following boards and commissions: Electrical Administrative Board; Michigan Board of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery; Michigan Board of Marriage and Family Therapy; Board of Interpreters for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; Michigan State more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, April 2 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Graduate Designs Award-Winning Electric Mower * by Charis Marshal, Student Public Relations Writer Artists create beauty. Engineers create functionality. Industrial designer Tim Brewster does both, and his Ryobi electric mower design just won a 2025 GOOD DESIGN Award. Cedarville industrial and innovative design alum, leads award-winning mower project Brewster, a 2021 graduate of Cedarville University 's more PR

NEW YORK, April 1 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * HGTV Hits 'My Lottery Dream Home' and 'Zillow Gone Wild' Spotlight More Fantasy-Filled Real Estate Beginning Friday, May 1, at 9 and 9:30 PM ET/PT * HGTV will take viewers inside more luxurious and whimsical real estate listings when its hit series My Lottery Dream Home and Zillow Gone Wild return with new back-to-back episodes premiering Friday, May 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at strengthening the American-made supply chain for personal protective equipment and essential medicines. Hikma, one of the largest manufacturers of generic pharmaceuticals in the United States, emphasized the need for policies that promote and sustain domestic pharmaceutical production to  more ST

KENT, Ohio, April 3 -- Kent State University issued the following news: * * * Historian Who Recorded Guardsmen's Voices to Speak at Kent State's 2026 Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series In the 56 years since that fateful day on the campus of Kent State University, there have been many firsthand accounts of the events of May 4, 1970. However, there are noticeably fewer voices from one segment of those involved. In 13 seconds, a hail of 67 rounds of bullets fired by members of the Ohio National more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * New Report Reveals the Extent of the Brazilian Censorship Regime's Threat to American Free Speech Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad: The Case of Brazil Part III." The report details new evidence discovered by the Committee proving that Brazil's censorship regime more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Husted joins bill to help small businesses utilize AI Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash.) AI for Mainstreet Act. This bill would provide training, guidance and support to American small businesses looking to implement artificial intelligence (AI) into their businesses. "In order for America to achieve national security and economic dom more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * ICYMI: 'Take one less trip to Starbucks': GOP Senate candidates keep dismissing affordability concerns [MS NOW] In case you missed it, new reporting from MS NOW is highlighting the deeply "out-of-touch" comments Republican Senate candidates continue to make, "downplaying rising costs" and "defending the president's economic policies" that have made everything cost more more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 2 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * Kara Glenn Appointed to National Leadership Role with American Advertising Federation * Kara Glenn, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Western Kentucky University and Co-Director of Imagewest, has been appointed as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) District 5 representative to the National Education Executive Committee (NEEC). NEEC plays a critical role in shaping the future of ad more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3 -- The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland issued the following news: * * * 2026 Summer Associates Announced The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland recruited top candidates for its 2026 Summer Associate Program. Six full-time Summer Associates will work on-site at Legal Aid offices beginning in late May and will be mentored by Legal Aid attorneys on issues of poverty law. The structured program includes trainings on substantive law, public interest work, and basics of legal p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Lifeline of Ohio, the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) serving 38 Ohio counties and 2 West Virginia counties, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding proposed revisions to the Organ Procurement Organization Conditions for Coverage. The organization offered recommendations focused on clarifying definitions, improving feasibility, and enhancing consistency in implementation of new rules.  more ST

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3 -- McDonald Hopkins, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * The next water war: AI data centers and Michigan's most precious resource Somewhere in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, a technology company is quietly planning a facility that will consume more water each day than a small city. It will not be a steel mill, a paper plant, or a municipal water authority. It will be a data center -- a climate-controlled cathedral of servers built to power artificial intel more PR

OXFORD, Ohio, April 2 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * Miami ranked in top 25 for Game Design by Princeton Review * Video games represent a uniquely 21st century art form -combining technology, storytelling, music, experience design, and more. Miami University is at the forefront of what makes the medium so compelling. Miami is No. 24 on the Princeton Review's recently released Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Game Design for 2026. This continues the long-running reco more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3 (TNSjou) -- Nationwide Children's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Household Cleaning Products Remain a Leading Source of Child Injury Researchers call for comprehensive prevention strategies including safer packaging, public education and environmental modifications to reduce children's access. * Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital have found more than an estimated 240,800 visits t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: Over 350,000 Ohioans Could Lose Health Care Coverage Thanks to Mike Carey's Medicaid Cuts * After Mike Carey cast the deciding vote for the largest cut to Medicaid in history, new reporting shows that over 350,000 hardworking Ohioans are at risk of losing their health care coverage. To add to the pain, this comes in addition to 113,000 Ohioans who have already lost coverage  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN), representing 76 local domestic violence programs across Ohio, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) regarding proposed revisions to the System for Award Management registration requirements for financial assistance recipients. ODVN expressed strong opposition to the changes, citing concerns about their impact on nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve. The ODVN outlined more ST

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * Auditor Faber Announces Auditor of State Award Recipients Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received Auditor of State Awards in February for their clean audit reports: * Apollo Career Center (Allen County) * Buckeye Local School District (Ashtabula County) * Middletown Port Authority (Butler County) * Triad Local School District  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on April 1, 2026: * * * Auditor Faber Announces Qualifiers for Auditor of State Awards with Distinction Recent financial audits of the following entities by Auditor of State Keith Faber have returned clean audit reports. Their record keeping has qualified them for the Auditor of State Award with Distinction: * Strongsville City School District (Cuyahoga County) * Dublin City School District (Franklin more PR

DELAWARE, Ohio, April 2 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Growing Knowledge * DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan University Professor Chris Wolverton's plant research continues to take root, with new findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and in Plant Physiology. Space Station Findings The Plant Physiology article is the first paper resulting from Wolverton's NASA-supported work to send Arabidopsis thaliana seedling more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 3 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Drummond urges Congress to protect communities from illicit xylazine Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act to protect Oklahomans and reduce overdose deaths. The act would classify xylazine, a dangerous animal tranquilizer often mixed with fentanyl and other opioids, as a controlled substance. In a l more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * On Anniversary of Trump's Calamitous "Liberation Day" Brown Blasts Price Increases and Job Loss, Calls for Restoration of MAGNET Funding * Cleveland, OH - On the anniversary of President Trump's disastrous "Liberation Day" tariffs on nearly every country in the world, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) calls for Trump to abandon his chaotic cost increases for good and fully restore funding cut by his more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * One Month Into Iran War, Americans Have Paid $8.4 Billion More for Gas, Now Costs $145 to Fill Pickup Truck New Data Also Includes State-by-State Breakdown of Increased Spending on Gas Since Trump's War Began * One month since President Trump unilaterally started his war against Iran, a new Joint Economic Committee - Minority  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 2 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * One Year Later, Jon Husted Is Still Backing Reckless Tariffs That Are Crushing Ohio Families * COLUMBUS, OHIO - It has officially been one year since the introduction of reckless tariffs crushing Ohio farmers, small businesses, and families. Instead of standing up for Ohioans, Jon Husted has voted three separate times to block efforts to rein in the tariffs that are driving up costs and closing off markets. more PR

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, April 3 -- Progressive Insurance issued the following news release: * * * Progressive Insurance Ranks No. 19 on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For 2026 List Top 20 ranking highlights Progressive's commitment to building a career destination where inclusion, respect and opportunity thrive. * For nine consecutive years, Progressive has been named as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For(R) - an achievement that reflects the incredible trust, collaboration more PR

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 2, 2026: * * * Rep. Sykes Leads Bipartisan Push for Safe, Reliable Water for Communities U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers in calling on Congress to fund critical water infrastructure programs to ensure communities nationwide have safe, reliable water. Aging infrastructure and growing demand threaten access and reliability, making these investme more PR

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 3 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * UToledo Lecture Features Harvard Dean Discussing What Students Should Learn in Age of AI Since ChatGPT arrived on the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence has rewritten the rules of the classroom and no one quite agrees on what to do about it. On April 9 at 6 p.m., The University of Toledo's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics invites the public to explore that question alongside one  more PR

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, April 3 -- West Liberty University issued the following news: * * * West Liberty University's 10th Annual Topper Day of Giving, held March 25, 2026, marked the most successful giving day in the university's history, generating more than $335,000 in support of students, programs, and campus initiatives. The milestone event surpassed its $300,000 goal and brought together alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the university in a collective effort to inves more PR