OAKLAND, California, May 13 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news: * * * #HIVResists: April 2026 Monthly Policy Update Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Voter Suppression Voting will not solve all political problems or transform oppressive systems. It is, nevertheless, a tool that can demonstrate our community's power and is a crucial part of holding elected officials accountable. Collective advoc more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * A&B Business Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership With JD Young Technologies * BTA member A&B Business Solutions (A&B) has announced a strategic partnership with BTA member JD Young Technologies. The partnership brings together two organizations with closely aligned values, similar business models and a shared vision for long-term growth while maintaining a strong local presence. Both companies are multigenerationa more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Analysis reveals AI's impact on research, journals * ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have been heavily marketed as productivity tools to boost creativity and accelerate workflows. In academia, that has led to more -but not better -research, according to a new analysis published April 27 by the editors of Organization Science, including Editor-in-Chief Lamar Pierce, of Washington University in St. Louis. The st more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports overturning Biden-era rule on sex stereotypes * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 10-state friend-of-the-court brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a challenge to a Biden-era DHHS rule regarding discrimination based on "sex stereotypes." The McComb Children's Clinic alleges that the rule imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 12 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General, Missouri State Highway Patrol Announce Successful Illegal Gaming Sting Operation Nearly $60,000 in Illicit Funds Seized Across Boone, Dallas, Jefferson, and Miller Counties *  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today during a press conference, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office, alongside the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) and local law enforcement, successfully carried out  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 12 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Barbara Cochran to be presented with honorary degree during Missouri School of Journalism's May commencement * By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 12, 2026) -The University of Missouri will award an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to Barbara Cochran, an esteemed political journalist, editor and news executive and a Missouri School of Journalism professor emeritus, during the School's commencement ceremony on May  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 12 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Black bears becoming regular visitors in Northeast Iowa * Warm May weekends often lead to busy campgrounds as Iowa's camping community gets a jump on the summer season, and while they are busy reacquainting themselves with their tent or RV, at Pikes Peak State Park, camping prep also includes managing food and trash at the campsite to avoid any unintended visitors. Sitting on the Upper Mississippi River across from Wisconsin and a more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region April 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mountain-Plains Region - May 12, 2026 * * * Regional prices were up 0.8 percent in April, up 4.1 percent over the year * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region advanced 0.8 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The energy index was up 5.7 percent, led by higher prices for gasoline. The index for all items le more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, St. Louis Area April 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mountain-Plains Region - May 12, 2026 * * * Area prices rose 2.3 percent in March and April, up 3.5 percent over the year * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 2.3 percent for the two months ending in April 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the energ more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * BTA IGNITE Kansas City & BTA at 100: A Celebration to Be Held Sept. 1-3 in Kansas City, Missouri * The Business Technology Association (BTA) will hold its second event of 2026, BTA IGNITE Kansas City, Sept. 1-3 at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Open to office technology dealers from across the country, the event will feature: * An opening reception with IBPI members at the National W more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * Canon Publishes Integrated Report 2026 * Canon Inc., the parent company of Canon U.S.A. Inc., has announced it has published the Canon Integrated Report 2026 on its corporate website. The report is designed to help investors and other stakeholders achieve a greater understanding of Canon's management policies and the story behind its long-term value creation process. The Integrated Report outlines Canon's management p more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Christian Bromley re-elected to Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section Board of Directors * BCLP Partner and Environmental & Toxic Tort Practice Co-Leader Christian Bromley has been elected to serve a fourth term on the Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section Board of Directors for the 2026-2027 bar year. Christian, together with his fellow board members and the Section's officers, will help lead the Litig more PR

CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, May 13 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Corn Growers Fight for Transparency, Competition in Fertilizer Market Author: Nicole Hasheider Corn growers continue to raise alarms about high fertilizer costs, including during a hearing on fertilizer affordability today before the Senate Agriculture Committee. "In August, South Dakota farmers will begin to seriously plan and make decisions regarding the 2027 corn crop, however it is nearly impossible for them to know what market cond more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 11 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * Epson Announces New Commercial High-Speed Desktop Document Scanners & Three-Year Limited Warranty for All Commercial Desktop Document Scanners * Epson has announced two new document scanning solutions delivering unparalleled performance and productivity -the DS-530X and DS-785W high-speed desktop document scanners. Offering fast scan speeds, high input capacity and seamless integration with virtually any document manage more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Gene-edited stem cell transplant shows promise for aggressive blood cancers * For highly aggressive types of blood cancer, stem cell transplantation is often the only potentially curative therapy, yet even after a transplant, these cancers often return. Now, a clinical trial, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, shows that a stem cell transplant in which the donor cells have been gene more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Gene-edited stem cell transplant shows promise for aggressive blood cancers * For highly aggressive types of blood cancer, stem cell transplantation is often the only potentially curative therapy, yet even after a transplant, these cancers often return. Now, a clinical trial, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, shows that a stem cell transplant in which the donor cells have been genetically engineered more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 12 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Recognizes United Effort to Support St. Louis Recovery as One-Year Anniversary of EF-3 Tornado Approaches * As the one-year anniversary of the devastating May 16, 2025, tornado that heavily damaged St. Louis approaches, Governor Mike Kehoe today recognized the state, local, and federal efforts to help the city recover. "From the moment the deadly tornado touched down, the State of Missouri's assistance to St. Louis has m more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSletter) -- The House Ways and Means Chairman, Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, sent a letter to Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund regarding concerns about China-linked financing associated with U.S. tax-exempt standing. * * * May 4, 2026 Ms. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard Co-Founder and Executive Director Partnership for Civil Justice Fund 617 Florida Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Dear Ms. Verheyden-Hilliard: This letter responds to the Partnership for Civi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on May 11, 2026: * * * The Honorable Roger Marshall, MD U.S. Senate, 479A Russell Senate Building, Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Greg Murphy, MD U.S. House of Representatives 407 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable John Joyce, MD, U.S. House of Representatives 2102 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Bob Onder, MD, JD U.S. House of Representatives 1113 Longworth House Office Building Washi more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The Missouri Hospital Association posted the following news: * * * MHA Distributes Analysis Of Proposed Medicare Inpatient PPS For FFY 2027 * The Missouri Hospital Association published a summary and analysis of the federal fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed payment and policy updates. Hospitals have until Tuesday, June 9, to review their hospital-specific data and submit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The analysis includes t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Missouri Supreme Court Leaves Map that Cracks Kansas City in Place for 2026 * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -A decision was issued today by the Missouri Supreme Court in Wise v. State, a case addressing the new congressional map enacted in 2025 that splits Kansas City across three congressional districts. The Court also issued a ruling in a separate case addressing the effect of a referendum on the new map. Campaign Legal Center, the ACLU  more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Personalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer * A personalized vaccine to treat glioblastoma, a fast-growing and incurable brain cancer that affects four in 100,000 people in the U.S., is safe and elicits robust and broad immune responses that appears to increase recurrence-free survival in a subset of patients after surgery, according to an early-stage clinical trial co-led by researchers at Washington U more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Personalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer * A personalized vaccine to treat glioblastoma, a fast-growing and incurable brain cancer that affects four in 100,000 people in the U.S., is safe and elicits robust and broad immune responses that appears to increase recurrence-free survival in a subset of patients after surgery, according to an early-stage clinical trial co-led by researchers at Washington University School o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 9 a.m. on May 14, 2026, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Nominees * Justin D. Smith, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit * Michael J. Hendershot, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio * Arthur Roberts Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas * Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas * Jeffrey T. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on May 12, 2026: * * * Smith on April CPI Report: Working Families Tax Cuts Are Delivering Relief Right Now While Fueling Economic Growth & Job Creation Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for April 2026: "While inflation has come down substantially since the 21 percent spike more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * Studio Art major Jacob Jeliti receives $5,000 scholarship from Greater St. Louis Artists * UMSL studio art major Jacob Jeliti lines up the paper while working on a two-layer silk screen project in the printmaking studio in the UMSL Fine Arts Building. The project is titled "Things I wish I knew in a Past Life." The print is a compilation of drawings that Jeliti has made over the years. (Photos by Derik Holtmann) Jacob Jeliti saw the more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Study finds digital therapy app improves student mental health * A study of more than 6,200 university students, including some at WashU, found that a smartphone app combined with personal coaching via text messages can be an effective intervention against depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Compared with students who received a referral, those who were offered the app reported fewer symptoms of mental health problems in follow-up test more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 12 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Summer 2026 digital humanities fellows announced * The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities is welcoming the fifth annual cohort of digital humanities fellows for the summer of 2026. Graduate students will participate in the program designed to support their research, scholarship, professional development and creative production skills. This year's interdisciplinary cohort was selected through a competitive application process. The fellows re more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * TD SYNNEX Accelerates Investment in U.S. Public Sector Business at Annual Red, White & You Event * TD SYNNEX kicked off the 20th edition of its annual U.S. public sector customer event, Red, White & You (RWY). Throughout the three-day event, leaders from TD SYNNEX and its subsidiary, DLT Solutions, will explore the latest trends in technology across the U.S. public sector and share how TD SYNNEX helps equip partners to  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 13 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: * * * Winners of VFW Publication Contest Announced Top magazines, feature stories and Post newsletters honored for outstanding community storytelling * VFW has announced the winners of the 2026 National Publications Contest. Like previous years, to encourage further participation, this year's contest included the categories of Best Magazine and Best Feature Story. Two non-VFW affiliated journalism  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 12 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news: * * * Xerox Named a Leader in Quocirca's 2026 ACT Assessment * Xerox has announced it has been positioned as a Leader in Quocirca's 2026 Automation & AI, Cloud & Technology assessment, which evaluates vendor capability across automation and AI, cloud and technology ecosystems. The Leader position reflects the breadth and maturity of the Xerox integrated portfolio, bringing together automation and AI, Cloud, and ecosystem-dr more PR