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 billion per year from ads directed at children, i more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 8 -- Banner Health issued the following news release: * * * Banner Health brings new heart failure therapy to Northern Colorado Treatment allows patients to receive advanced cardiac care closer to home * GREELEY, Colo. - Banner North Colorado Medical Center has become the first hospital in northern Colorado offering an FDA-approved neuromodulation device designed to improve symptoms and quality of life for patients living with heart failure. Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart can 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 straightforward. Taxpayers receive a credit for donati more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Digital humanities forum to convene leaders in Holocaust research * Digital research in the humanities has opened new ways to examine the layers and complexities of Holocaust history, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholars will convene leading researchers for the 11th annual Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities to explore how digital tools can further shape storytelling and historical analysis. The forum, "Visualizing Holocaust Memory Through th 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 not partisan or political - it's the law, and we h more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Husker engineer aims to build 'bridge' for quantum superhighways * Quantum computers are often described as the supercharged engines of the future -machines capable of solving certain problems that are classically intractable for today's most powerful computers. But there's a catch: even the most advanced quantum computers cannot yet easily communicate with one another over long distances. "It's like building a network of high-capacity power plants more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 8 (TNSrpt) -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, posted the following news release: * * * Minimum wage too low to meet cost of living anywhere in Ohio As comparable states pull ahead, Ohioans can't afford to wait for a $15 minimum wage Ohio's minimum wage of $11 an hour is not enough for a single worker to afford basic living expenses in any of Ohio's 88 counties. At just $22,880 annually (for full-time, year-round work), it comes to $4,440 less than the federal poverty line for a family of t more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 8 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou expands virtual fencing for cattle in Missouri and Nebraska A $3.7 million grant is helping Mizzou's Center for Regenerative Agriculture put GPS-enabled collars on the cattle of 200 livestock producers, saving time and labor. * The University of Missouri is scaling up the use of virtual fencing, a cutting-edge agricultural technology that's gaining attention among livestock producers and state officials. Thanks to a $3.7 million grant more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska Extension, UNMC partner to offer mental health support after wildfires * Nebraska Extension has launched a disaster response to recent wildfires that now includes mental health support from the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. Wildfires have burned more than 700,000 acres across Nebraska in recent weeks, including the Morrill Fire -the largest in state history -and three other major blaz more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 7 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Notre Dame launches Human Neuroimaging Center to advance interdisciplinary neuroscience and insight into the human mind * With a significant new investment, the University of Notre Dame's College of Arts & Letters is launching the Human Neuroimaging Center to drive innovation in interdisciplinary neuroscience and uncover how brain networks shape the remarkable capacities of the human mind. The center's work explores enduring questions in the psyc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, posted the following news release: * * * U.S. News Unveils 2026 Best Graduate Schools * Washington, D.C. - U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today announced the 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The rankings are a resource for students pursuing postgraduate education, offering evaluations of programs in fields like law, business, medicine, engineering, education and nursing.  more PR

MERCED, California, April 7 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * UC Merced Sees Strong Gains in U.S. News Grad School Rankings * UC Merced saw broad gains in the U.S. News and World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings with graduate programs rising in national standing, reflecting the campus's growing academic and research profile. UC Merced's School of Engineering broke into the top 100 in the rankings, securing No. 99 in the Best Engineering Schools and ranked in the top 12 among California unive more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Eleven faculty earn professorships * Eleven University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors have been awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. Of the 11 awarded, two faculty members received University Professorships, which recognize those who have shown an extraordinary level of scholarly or creative achievement and clear potential for continuing accomplishments: * Joy Castro will be Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Chance more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Buan participates in national symposium, strengthens biotech sector * Nicole Buan, an expert in microbial physiology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was among specialists invited from all 50 states to participate in a March 25 national symposium identifying strategies to strengthen the country's biotech sector. The Biotech Across America State Symposium in Washington, D.C., highlighted approaches that can be adapted or scaled across different  more PR

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 cripple the federal government's ability to enforce the 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 supports over 500,000 student-athletes, drives loca more PR