EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 13 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * 315 MSU graduates receive Board of Trustees' Award for academic excellence, 4.0 GPA * Three hundred and fifteen Michigan State University graduates accomplished something many students dream of -a perfect college GPA. During its April 10 meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees presented the graduating seniors with the Board of Trustees' Award, recognizing their achievement of the highest scholastic av more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Urges Supreme Court To Preserve Temporary Protected Status For Haitians And Syrians * Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration's ter more PR

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, April 13 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Amentum Powers Ground Systems Operations for NASA's Historic Artemis II Mission * Team Performs Seamless Launch Preparation and Pad Operations at Kennedy Space Center CHANTILLY, Va., April 13, 2026 - Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) provided critical ground systems operations to NASA on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight in the Ar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Ann Brach Appointed Executive Director of Transportation Research Board at National Academies The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today that Ann Brach has been named the executive director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Brach has been with the National Academies since 1999, most recently as director of more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 13 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * As affordability challenges persist, AG Brown urges FTC rulemaking on unfair and deceptive rental housing fees * Washington AG Nick Brown and a bipartisan coalition of 27 state attorneys general today are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to move forward with a proposed rulemaking on hidden and deceptive rental housing fee practices. Last month, the FTC published a more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, April 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a challenge to the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haitians and Syrians.  more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 13 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James and Bipartisan Coalition Urge FTC to Address Deceptive Rental Fees * April 13, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 25 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enact a rule addressing unfair and deceptive fee practices in the rental housing market. In a comment letter submi more PR

ALBANY, New York, April 13 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Legal Status of Haitian and Syrian Immigrants * New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to uphold the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria who have been living in the Uni more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION URGING SUPREME COURT TO PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS AND SYRIANS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti and Syria. Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief today in Trump v. Miot an more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians * Press Releases (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump Administration more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on April 12, 2026: * * * CAIR Md. Welcomes Passage of Muslim, Jewish American Heritage Month Bill, Youth Charging Reform Act Among Legislative Priorities The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the passage of the Muslim and Jewish American Heritage Month bill and the Youth Chargi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release: * * * Coalition Urges the Maryland State Legislature to Pass a Bill That Will Decrease Armed Domestic Violence ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Today, a coalition including Brady, Marylanders Against Gun Violence, Community Justice, Women's Law Center of Maryland, Team Enough Baltimore, and Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence all ardently urge the Maryland State Senate to take life-saving action to pr more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Contra Costa Health nurses demand Board of Supervisors stop drastic budget and service cuts * Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association (CNA) will speak out at the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 14, to demand that the board stop drastic budget cuts to save the Contra Costa Health system, maintain services, and retain nurses in the  more PR

NEW YORK, April 13 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Defending the Truth * As the United States nears its 250th anniversary, a battle for the soul of US history is unfolding. Last year, reports surfaced of the National Park Service scrubbing exhibits on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad -a blatant attempt to sanitize the history of resistance against enslavement. While public outcry forced a partial walk-back, this erasure is a part  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 13 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news: * * * Earning and Learning: UBalt's Student Workforce * Where Work Meets Community When you visit an office or stop by a front desk around The University of Baltimore's campus, usually the first person you'll see smiling back at you is a student employee. Over the 2025-26 academic year, UBalt had 269 student employees. They're serving as peer tutors, customer service agents, designers, administrative  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * FEMA to Evaluate Readiness of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Maryland PHILADELPHIA-- The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will evaluate a Biennial Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (PBAPS). The exercise will occur during th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on Apr 13, 2026: * * * FWW Criticizes Final Version of MD Pro-Data Center Utility Relief Act "It's mystifying to see Gov. Moore take a victory lap around supposed affordable energy legislation while championing the costly A.I. data center industry in the state." * Annapolis, MD -- Today, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Utility RELIEF Act. The bill incentivizes the buildout of dangerous methane gas a more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 13 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore, Senate President Ferguson, and House Speaker Pena-Melnyk Announce Agreement to Pass Utility RELIEF Act * ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore, Senate President Bill Ferguson, and House Speaker Joseline Pena-Melnyk today announced an agreement to advance the Utility RELIEF Act through final passage to lower energy bills for Marylanders. During a press conference at the State Hou more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * The Health of Women, Moms, and People of Color Is Deteriorating -- All Thanks to Trump and Republicans Gutting Medicaid As we enter the second full week of Medicaid Awareness Month, Protect Our Care is releasing new fact sheets that show how Trump and congressional Republicans' war on health care is jeopardizing the lives of Americans of every stripe, especially women, moms, and people of color. Republicans gutted $1  more PR

LAUREL, Maryland, April 13 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Develops In-House, Mission-Relevant LLM Training Capabilities * A team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has developed the capability to build a large language model (LLM) from the ground up, positioning the Laboratory to support its government partners in developing custom LLMs and adapti more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Files Case to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of Mastermind Behind Multimillion-Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme USCIS assisted with the investigation and is supporting denaturalization case * BALTIMORE - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services helped investigate Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, a native of Nigeria recently named in a civil denat more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 14 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Maryland Department of Agriculture Joins Ground-Breaking of New Grain Transloading Facility at Port of Baltimore The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore today hosted a groundbreaking for a new grain transloading facility at the Seagirt Marine Terminal. Under a partnership agreement between Ports America Chesapeake and Frey Commodities, the new facility will mak more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- The Maryland Department of the Environment issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Maryland Department of the Environment Investigating 32,000-Gallons of Jet Fuel Leaks at Joint Base Andrews Pipe Isolated and Shut Down; Federal Facility Did Not Properly Report Leaks Over Several Months * The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is investigating leaks of roughly 32,000 gallons of jet fuel at the U.S. Air Force's Joint Base Andrews ( more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Announces that No Charges Will Be Filed in the January 20, 2026 Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in the City of Baltimore Today, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced his decision not to seek charges in the Tuesday, January 20, 2026 fatal police-involved shooting that occurred in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. On January 20, 2026, more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 14 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges Supreme Court to Preserve Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe in the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of a challenge to the Trump administration's termination  more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 13 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Multinational partners develop K-9 MEDEVAC procedures for working dogs across Kosovo Force * CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - Multinational forces assigned to Kosovo Force (KFOR) Regional Command-East, in coordination with Regional Command-West, conducted K-9 medical evacuation training across Kosovo, March 17, 2026, to establish procedures for transporting military working dogs to surgical care. more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 14 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Leads Bipartisan Multistate Call for Federal Action on Rental Housing Fee Abuses, Puts New Jersey Landlords on Notice of State's Application Fee Cap Taking action to promote housing affordability for all New Jerseyans, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is leading a bipartisan coalition of 27 attorneys general urging the Federal more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 13 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Offshore research update: results of wind development discussions at New Bedford presentation, May 6 * David Bidwell, professor of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, will share research results on offshore wind community discussions at a free public presentation on Wednesday, May 6, at 6 p.m., at the New Bedford Free Public Library, 613 Pleasant St., New Bedford. Bidwell will  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 13 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Offshore research update: results of wind development discussions at Turner Station presentation, April 27 * David Bidwell, professor of marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, will share research results on offshore wind community discussions at a free public presentation on Monday, April 27, at 6 p.m., at the Sollers Point Multipurpose Center, 323 Sollers Point Rd., Dundalk, Maryla more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 14 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Why Extended Postpartum Medicaid Coverage During Pandemic Led to Gains in Enrollment Emergency provisions offered enhanced federal funding to states in exchange for pausing disenrollment, reducing disruptions in coverage for postpartum care By Joseph Brecht The federal policy requiring states to keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic extended postpartum Medicaid cov more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10 a.m. on April 15, 2026, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Nominees * Ms. Catherine Dillon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs) * Mr. Ademola Adewale-Sadik, of New York, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years * Mr. Yeouk Kim, of Texas, to be Representative of the Uni more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * STARCOM hiring surge aims to fill more than 400 civilian positions * PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) - The U.S. Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command is expanding its civilian workforce with a hiring surge of more than 400 positions across the country, supporting its role as the service's field command for accessions, training, testing, wargaming and education. "STARCOM exists to forge the wor more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Statement from Rep. McClain Delaney on the Reported Conduct of Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales "Sexual relationships between members of Congress and their staff violate House Ethics rules and betray the public trust. The reported conduct of both Congressman Swalwell and Congressman Gonzales is beyond inexcusable and could potentially trigger criminal penalties. This is not a partisan issue. It is more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Nuanced data needed to achieve digital health care for all SPH researcher breaks down barriers to equitable access to digital health tools * Whether renewing prescriptions online, booking a doctor's appointment or receiving test results in a health app, most people these days get at least some of their health needs met by using digital health platforms. While smar more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Blood cancer researcher aims to stop the disease before it starts Sushree Sahoo, assistant professor in the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Cancer Research Center -- D.C., studies the hidden window between genetic mutation and cancer, seeking ways to intervene before disease ever develops. By Matt Chittum With most cancers, the terrible challenge is that by the time doctors make a diagnosis, the disease more PR

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House sent to the Senate on April 13, 2026, the nominations of 12 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Jay Curtis Shambaugh, resigned. Brian Cavanaugh, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security, vice Claire M. Grady. Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportatio more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 14 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Administration proposes another year of deep cuts to conservation spending The federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 once again seeks to eliminate long-standing conservation programs. On April 3, the White House released a comprehensive budget proposal to fund the federal government in fiscal year 2027. The president's budget is largely a messaging tool--Congres more PR