TOLEDO, Ohio, April 23 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * A Dream Deferred: Linda Vongsathian Finishes What She Started 16 Years Ago * Linda Vongsathian has been working toward this commencement for 16 years. In 2010, while completing her undergraduate studies at San Diego State University, Vongsathian applied to nursing schools and only received rejections. It was a painful detour that redirected her toward a degree in public health and then a career in biomedica more PR

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, April 23 -- Colorado Mesa University posted the following news: * * * A Week of Reflection at CMU's 23rd Annual Holocaust Awareness Series * As more than 2,000 flags filled the campus green, a moment of silence marked the opening of Colorado Mesa University's 23rd Annual Holocaust Awareness Series by honoring the millions of lives represented and setting a tone of remembrance. Throughout the series, presentations and screenings explored genocide from multiple disc more PR

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * Leaders from Communities that Experienced Antisemitic Attacks Demand Action on Capitol Hill Advocates Urge Congress to Increase Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding, Pass the Pray Safe Act and SACRED Act * ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today brough more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet Joins Legislation to Strengthen U.S. Response to Situation in Burma, Hold Military Junta Accountable for Rampant Abuses * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) on bipartisan leg more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Hickenlooper, Hurd, Pettersen Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Clean Drinking Water for Western Tribal Communities * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with Senator John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representatives Jeff Hurd and Brittany Pettersen, introduced the Western Tribal Water Act to prioritize funding for drinking water projects in Tribal communities i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Force Disclosure of Terms Between President Trump and Pharmaceutical Companies * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and 16 Senate Democrats introduced legislation to force the Trump Administration to disclose the terms of more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 23 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Birding Cup fundraiser to benefit Hawks View Meadow Observation Platform * PETERSBURG, Pa. -Whether you pay close attention to the pair of cardinals at your feeder each morning, or the robin sitting on her nest at the park, or take your binoculars on a hike to view bald eagles nesting across the lake -you are a birder! Birders of all skill levels from Pennsylvania and around the world  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Law and Social Policy issued the following news release: * * * New Reports & Lead Experts Elevate Harms of 2025 Immigration Operations on Children and Early Care Providers Today, directly impacted educators and lead researchers released two new reports authored by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) highlighting the impacts of the Trump Administration's 2025 immigration policies on young children and early care and education providers i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The Consumer Choice Center, an independent, non-partisan consumer advocacy group that promotes policies fit for growth, lifestyle choice and technological innovation through research and educational outreach, issued the following news release: * * * Consumers Win With New Federal Privacy Legislation Federal preemption is the best path to consumer privacy in all 50 states Yesterday, Rep. John Joyce introduced the Securing and Establishing more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Crow Demands Answers on Protection of U.S. Forces in the Middle East * WASHINGTON -Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House Armed Services Committee, is calling for an investigation into the deaths of the six servicemembers who were tragically killed during an Iranian attack in Kuwait on March 1,  more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, April 24 -- Lamar University issued the following news: * * * Cybersecurity training returns for second year at LU with hands-on ICS focus By April Thompson Cybersecurity professionals, researchers and industry partners gathered at Lamar University for a hands-on Industrial Control Systems cybersecurity training workshop, bringing together participants from across Texas and several states to strengthen defenses for critical infrastructure. The 2nd Annual ICS Cybersecurity H more PR

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following statement on April 23, 2026: * * * Governor Shapiro's decision to extend Pennsylvania's two dirtiest coal plants increases costs and pollution harms Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is seeking court approval of a consent decree with the operator of the Keystone and Conemaugh coal-fired power plants to continue operations beyond their scheduled retirement dates. "Governor Shapiro's decision to allow Pennsylvania's two di more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell Joins Bipartisan Effort to Address Rising Homeowner Insurance Costs * Congressmen Mike Ezell (MS-04), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Gabe Evans (CO-08), and Troy A. Carter Sr. (LA-02) introduced the bipartisan Commission on Natural Disaster Risk Management and Insurance Act, a bill to create a nonpartisan commission to study natural disaster insurance affordability and report policy recommendation more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 24 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on April 23, 2026: * * * House Republicans Unveil National Data Privacy Bill: Here's What Employers and Businesses Need to Know House Republicans just introduced sweeping federal data privacy legislation yesterday that could reshape how businesses collect, store, and use personal information, aiming to finally replace a growing patchwork of state laws with a single national standard. But the bill, known as more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Announces Cabinet Update * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis announced an update to his executive cabinet, appointing Jana Locke as the next Executive Director of the Department of Personnel and Administration. Locke brings decades of state government experience and leadership and will begin on May 18. "Jana Locke is an experienced leader with decades of work in Colorado state g more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Announces Roadmap to Reduce Homeowners Insurance; Saving Colorado Homeowners Money * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis announced the Roadmap to Reduce Homeowners Insurance, a comprehensive strategy in partnership with the Division of Insurance (DOI) to help address high homeowner's insurance rates, and find statewide solutions to reducing the cost of homeowner's insurance. Nationa more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Celebrates Second Annual Colorado-Mexico Friendship Day * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis raised the Mexico National Flag at the Colorado State Capitol to celebrate the second annual Colorado-Mexico Friendship Day. "In Colorado, we value our longstanding friendship and partnership with Mexico that strengthens our economy, our culture, and our communities. Mexico and Colorado h more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Signs Bill Into Law Protecting Colorado Animal Welfare * DENVER - Today, Governor Polis signed HB26-1133 \- Traveling Animal Protection Act Environmental Education Program, sponsored by Majority Leader Monica Duran and Representative Alex Valdez, and Senator William Lindstedt. This law requires educators that show animals for educational purposes to meet criteria that protect t more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 23 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis Welcomes Federal Action to Reschedule Medical Marijuana * DENVER -Governor Polis released the following statement after the Trump administration announced it was following Colorado's lead to reschedule state-licensed medical marijuana and FDA-approved cannabis products from Schedule I to Schedule III, which would put it in the same category as certain prescription drugs like Ty more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Presses USDA Secretary Rollins on U.S. Forest Service Reorganization * Rollins: "It'll be interesting if I'm still in this role a year from now" WASHINGTON - At a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to discuss President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed USDA Secreta more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper Votes Against Republicans' ICE Funding Bill that Does Nothing to Lower Prices * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after he voted NO on Republicans' Senate budget bill that would authorize an additional $70 billion for President Trump's lawless immigration enforcement instead of addressing the cost-of-living emergency crushing Amer more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Senate Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fight Tax Evasion by Wealthiest Americans and Corporations * The Stop Cheaters Act would raise an estimated $998 billion in net revenue over a ten-year period WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently joined 26 of his Senate colleagues to introduce the Stop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and Enforce the Rules S more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Bennet Questioning Leads Kennedy to Acknowledge Safety and Efficacy of Measles Vaccine * Video of Bennet's Full Line of Questioning During the Hearing is Available HERE Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet pressed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing to admit on the record that the m more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 [Category: Political] (TNSrpt) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Industry Insider Seeks to Eviscerate U.S. Forest Service * As the country hurtles toward a potentially record-setting fire season, a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to drastically resize and restructure the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would effectively eviscerate key research and protections for the nation's public lands, according to a new report released t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * UPDATED DATA: Inflation, Gasoline Costs Continue to Soar Under President Trump New reports show that families have spent $2,300 more each on daily expenses since Trump took office; Americans have paid $16 billion more on gas since start of Iran War * Today, the Joint Economic Committee - Minority released two updat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The American Association of People with Disabilities posted the following news release: * * * Leading Disability Organizations: Delaying Digital Accessibility is Unacceptable A broad coalition of disability rights organizations is expressing our unequivocal opposition: the Department of Justice's Interim Final Rule extending the compliance deadline for the Title II digital accessibility rule is unacceptable and undermines timely access to digital services for people wi more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 23 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news release: * * * Legacy preference bans may not increase college diversity, Vanderbilt researchers say * By Jenna Somers At some highly selective colleges and universities, cohorts of mostly white, wealthy applicants have three to eight times greater odds of admission than other similarly qualified applicants. These beneficiaries are legacy applicants, those who receive an admissions bonus for having alumni rel more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, April 24 (TNSjou) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Newly-discovered 'nanoparticles' are surprisingly abundant in the stratosphere The presence of these tiny particles could impact climate intervention strategies * CIRES and NOAA researchers have discovered a widespread class of ultrafine aerosol particles in Earth's stratosphere, a finding that reveals a significant gap in scientific understanding of a ke more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel's Radical Agenda Forced Businesses to Flee Colorado Out of touch Democrats Shannon Bird and Manny Rutinel increased taxes and buried companies in regulations during their tenure in the State Legislature. Now "over 230 business and technology leaders have signed a letter calling on the state's overwhelmingly Democratic leadership to improve the tax and regul more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * REPRESENTATIVES MASSIE, BOEBERT INTRODUCE SURVEILLANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM WARRANTLESS GOVERNMENT SPYING * Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act, landmark legislation that would require federal and local government agencies to obtain a warrant supported by probable cause before co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:25-cv-03650-SKC-STV; D. Colo. filed Nov. 13, 2025) involving AI Investment Education Foundation Ltd.: * * * On April 20, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado entered a final judgment by default against purported investment adviser AI Investment Education Foundation Ltd. in connection with previously filed charges for making material misrepresentations and unsubsta more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 23 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Senior enlisted leaders emphasize partnership as cornerstone of space superiority * COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) - In a panel discussion at the 41st Space Symposium on April 15, senior enlisted leaders from the United States and Canada asserted that robust partnerships with industry, allies, and technology partners are fundamental to maintaining a competitive advantage in the space domain. The discussi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 [Category: Sociological] (TNSjou) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Study: Labels Often Inflate THC Potency of Cannabis Products * Aurora, CO: Commercially available cannabis products often possess lower concentrations of THC than what is advertised on the products' labels, according to an analysis published in the journal PLOS One. Researchers from the Colorado School of Public Health and Stanford Un more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Food Safety and Inspection Service Reorganization, Establishes National Food Safety Center in Iowa * (Washington, D.C., April 23, 2026) -Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a reorganization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to modernize operations, streamline support functions and better align the agency with the nation's agricultural landscape.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 132 Texas Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and Three Louisiana Parishes * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought * This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Western Caucus Unanimously Supports Legislation to Encourage Prescribed Burns * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6387, the Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act by a vote of 220-198. After the legislation earned the votes of every Member of the Congressional Western Caucus, Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) and the bill's sponsor more PR