PERTH, Australia, April 16 -- Curtin University issued the following news release: * * * 'Dancing jets' from black hole reveal their immense power * New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes, confirming scientists' theories of how black holes help shape the structure of the Universe. In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers found the power of the jets in Cygnus X-1 - a system comprised of the first confirmed black h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- A coalition of 27 state attorneys general has submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging the agency to initiate rulemaking addressing unfair or deceptive rental housing fee practices. The letter responds to the FTC's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices. The coalition emphasized the harm these practices inflict on consumers and the adverse effects on competition in the rental housing market nationwide. The Attorneys General highlighted t more ST

MONONA, Wisconsin, April 16 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * This Tax Day, Wisconsinites Are Paying the Tom Tiffany Tax While we pay higher costs because of the Tiffany tax, ironically he has a history of not paying any himself * MADISON, Wis. -- Amid the annual April 15 deadline to file income taxes, known to many as Tax Day, there's another tax Wisconsinites are paying this year: the Tiffany Tax. "While the average Wisconsin family ho more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 16 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation and information company, issued the following news release: * * * Aiming To Reduce New Water Use by 100% in Brazil's Carajas Iron Ore Processing Plant 1 * The Carajas Mining Complex is Brazil's largest mine and the world's largest source of iron ore. Mine operator Vale is converting Carajas Plant 1 to operate entirely with natural moisture, aiming to reduce process water consumption by 100% and eliminate tailings waste while al more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Alliance for Electric School Buses submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Clean School Bus Program. The coalition urged the EPA to continue prioritizing zero-emission electric school buses for funding, emphasizing the overwhelming demand and significant health and environmental benefits associated with these vehicles. The Alliance highlighted that 91% of previous Clean School Bus Program applicants chose battery-operated electric school buses, which are the only z more ST

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, April 16 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Allstate, a property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Allstate becomes the first major insurance provider to roll out free identity theft protection, delivering more value and protection to millions of customers * Key takeaways: * Allstate is the first major U.S. insurer to offer free identity theft protection at no additional cost for millions of home, auto and renters insurance customers, starting today in 14 states and continuing to expa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-FL Calls for Resignation of County Commissioner for Anti-Muslim 'Towel Head' Slur The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-FL), the state's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling for the resignation of a Putnam County commissioner who used anti-Muslim "towel head" slur during a public meeting on Tuesday. Commissioner Walton Pellicer used the slur while discussing current mil more PR

MEQUON, Wisconsin, April 16 -- Concordia University Wisconsin issued the following news on April 14, 2026: * * * New CUW-ICOM partnership opens doors to medical school Concordia University Wisconsin today announced an important new partnership with the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine with the goal of bringing medical school education to its Mequon campus. Through this agreement, ICOM and CUW will work together to create streamlined pathways for students pursuing careers in medicine, including eventual plans to establish an ICOM instru more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * ** Economic Opportunity Chairman Van Orden Holds Hearing on Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in VA Employment and Education Program for Disabled Veterans Today, Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the sta more PR

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Must Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding Petition from health and environmental groups identifies multiple, serious problems with new information and analysis in the repeal of determination that climate change poses risks to Americans. * Sixteen health and environmental groups filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment F more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 17 -- 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: * * * 'Secularist' Rep. Mike Quigley supports state/church separation FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley for his timely endorsement of the constitutional separation between state and church. Quigley, representing Illinois' 5th Congressional Distric more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 17 -- 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: * * * 'Theocrat' Texas education board approves reading list that centers Christianity The FFRF Action Fund names the Texas State Board of Education its "Theocrat of the Week" for its preliminary approval of a mandatory reading list for Texas public schools that centers heavily on C more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 16 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * For regrowing human limbs, this salamander gene could hold the key * HIGHLIGHTS * Wake Forest's Josh Currie collaborates with scientists at Duke and the University of Wisconsin to understand appendage regrowth in three animals. * The researchers identified common genes and developed a new therapy that helped regrow digit tips in mice. * This research sets the stage for studies to trigger tissue regeneration in humans. Investigating  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * Announcing the Awardees for the America First Trade Promotion Program Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service announced additional support for American farmers and producers through the America First Trade Promotion Program to help expand export markets for U.S. food and agricultural products. Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts, starting in fiscal year 202 more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * From Joyce to Alaska: A Russian Scholar's Expanding Inquiry * Bryn Mawr College Russian scholar Jose Vergara tried to read James Joyce's tour de force Ulysses in high school and gave up. Luckily for his field, he had another go in college and made it through, eventually focusing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin on the influence of Joyce on Russian writers. "I've read it several times," says Vergara, chair of Russian who authored  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON-Sixteen health and environmental groups filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and describing how the Clean Air Act requires the agency to recon more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 17 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding Petition identifies multiple, serious problems with new information and analysis in final rule * Washington, D.C. -- Sixteen health and environmental groups filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards and  more PR

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding Petition Identifies Multiple, Serious Problems with New Information and Analysis in Final Rule * (Washington, D.C.) Sixteen health and environmental groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule to repeal the Endangerment Finding and motor vehicle climate pollution standards more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 17 -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International issued the following news release: * * * Helping States Get Drone and Advanced Air Mobility Policy Right As states formulate policies that will shape the future of drones, counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and advanced air mobility (AAM), they face a clear choice: enable innovation and enhance public safety through coordinated, forward-looking frameworks, or risk creating a fragmented landscape that slows progress and conflicts with federal la more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Steil Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing with Secretaries of State on Voter Eligibility and List Maintenance Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) opened today's Full Committee Hearing titled, "Oversight with Secretaries of State: List Maintenance and Eligibility Verification." Chairman Steil's full opening statement as prepared for delivery: Today, the Committee on House Administr more PR

PERTH, Western Australia, April 17 -- The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research issued the following news: * * * 'Dancing jets' from black hole reveal their immense power New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes, confirming scientists' theories of how black holes help shape the structure of the Universe. In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers found the power of the jets in Cygnus X-1 - a system comprise more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * Iowa Becomes Latest State to Open Up Interstate Rights-of-Way for Siting Electric Transmission Lines * TNC Iowa worked as part of a coalition to help pass a state law allowing new electric transmission lines to be built along Iowa's existing interstate highways. By limiting the need to acquire new land to build transmission infrastructure, this law will help the state meet its future electricity demands while protecting nature an more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 15 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians posted the following news release: * * * More than 130 organizations express alarm over proposed changes to CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices charter * Itasca, IL- On April 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a significantly revised Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) charter. Today, more than 130 organizations issued the following statement in response to the proposed changes: "Th more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 15 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Private equity in autism therapy is straining Medicaid * Private equity's autism therapy boom is straining Medicaid as audits reveal widespread billing issues New report finds rapid private equity expansion in an industry with issues of improper payments, rising costs, and concerns over care quality A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) finds that private equity firms have rapidly expande more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 16 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards 2025 winners announced The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 5 with 2025 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ Region 5 includes Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in late spring. MOE Awards e more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Block Senate Democrats' War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump's Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran War * In the seventh week of Donald Trump's unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), M more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans Block Senate Democrats' War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump's Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran War * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - In the seventh week of Donald Trump's unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark  more PR

MENLO PARK, California, April 17 -- Robinhood Markets, a financial services company, issued the following news: * * * Robinhood To Reach 1 Million with Classroom-Based Financial Education by 2030 While bringing together leaders across academics, athletics, and policy in Washington, D.C. for an annual summit, Robinhood announces a new pledge to reach one million individuals with financial education through classroom-based programming by 2030. * Robinhood is setting a new benchmark for financial education: we pledge to reach one million peop more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Baldwin Votes to Rein in Netanyahu and Stop War in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement after voting to stop the sale of 1,000-pound bombs and bulldozers to Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to wage a war in Lebanon, breaking the U.S. ceasefire with Iran, killing hundreds of civilians, and extending the regional war. "This illegal war of choice in Iran has to en more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 16 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Sports journalism course from SportsCenter alum John Anderson helps students broaden horizons, form industry connections * Grace Ainger at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was one of six students Anderson brought to his hometown last April to cover the event. The Missouri Method of learning by doing meets decades of ESPN experience By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 16, 2026) -Passion for sport more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 16 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Three UW-Madison students awarded prestigious 2026 Goldwater Scholarships The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences in the United States. By Charles Monroe-Kane Three University of Wisconsin-Madison juniors have received 2026 Goldwater Scholarships, the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences in the United States. The stu more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2026: * * * Top Takeaways from Full Committee Hearing with Secretaries of State on Voter Eligibility and List Maintenance Today, the Committee on House Administration held a Full Committee Hearing titled, "Oversight with Secretaries of State: List Maintenance and Eligibility Verification." Witnesses: * The Honorable Scott Schwab, Kansas Secretary of State * The Honorable Steve Simon, Minnes more PR

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Forest Service Announces $248 Million in Secure Rural Schools Payments for 2025 * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Forest Service announced it will be issuing $248 million in Secure Rural Schools payments for 2025. These payments contribute to the support of public schools, the maintenance of local roads, the enhancement of wildfire preparedness, and the provision of other essential services in rural communities. Below are our more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 16 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * UW-Madison's Tech Exploration Lab: Where the classroom meets the real world * The lab is built around a simple expectation: Students come to build, test and refine projects with real problems in mind. By Sarah Skwirut At Demo Night, the public showcase for the UW Tech Exploration Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison students presented prototypes at the intersection of emerging technology, entrepreneurship and applied problem-solving. Held at Morgr more PR