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$1.2 Million Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative Makes Awards to Early-Career Scientists at UC Davis (10)
DAVIS, California, June 7 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news:
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$1.2 Million Keck Foundation Bridge Funding Initiative Makes Awards to Early-Career Scientists at UC Davis
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The University of California, Davis, is pleased to announce new awards totaling $1.2 million from the Bridge Funding Initiative supported by the W. M. Keck Foundation. This investment will provide critical resources to six high-impact basic science projects during a period when early-stage research often faces significant funding uncertai more PR
Americans for Tax Reform: Examples of Good News Arising From Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions (10)
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by John Kartch:
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Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions
In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses.
In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill:
Beauty Society (North Las Vegas, Nevada) -- Investment i more PR
ATR Applauds Winning Pledge Signers in June 2 Primaries (10)
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by Theresa Grover:
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ATR Applauds Winning Pledge Signers in June 2 Primaries
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) commends the Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota for their recent primary victories.
By signing the Pledge, these candidates have made a written commitment to taxpayers to oppose and vote against tax hikes if elected to Congress.
The following primary winners signed the Pledge:
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration's Attempt to Impose Discriminatory Conditions on Billions in USDA Funding (10)
SACRAMENTO, California, June 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration's Attempt to Impose Discriminatory Conditions on Billions in USDA Funding
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OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration's attempt to impose new discriminatory conditions on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants. The conditions would have required federal funding rec more PR
ICYMI: McIntosh Discusses Midterms on Fox Business (10)
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- WASHINGTON, DATE -- Club for Growth Action, an arm of the Club for Growth, issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: McIntosh Discusses Midterms on Fox Business
Club for Growth Action President David McIntosh joined Fox Business' Varney & Co. to discuss the midterm elections, the Democrat candidates and policies, and Club for Growth Action's work.
"What we're seeing around the country is Democrats are nominating far left individuals. It's not just Graham Platner up in Maine," said McIntosh in the interview. "Thei more PR
Janette Kim appointed director of UNM's Design and Planning Assistance Center (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 7 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news:
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Janette Kim appointed director of UNM's Design and Planning Assistance Center
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The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning (UNM SA+P) has announced Janette Kim as the new director of its Design and Planning Assistance Center (DPAC).
Founded in 1969 as part of a national community design movement connecting university design programs and practitioners with underserved communities, DPAC is today the second oldest continuous more PR
NAVER Expands AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA to Serve Surging Global AI Demand (10)
SANTA CLARA, California, June 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release:
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NAVER Expands AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA to Serve Surging Global AI Demand
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News Summary:
* NAVER, an AI Cloud, will build AI factories on the NVIDIA DSX platform at gigawatt scale, starting with AI infrastructure expansion at GAK Sejong.
* NVIDIA DSX gives NAVER a proven AI factory blueprint to serve Korea's industrie more PR
NVIDIA and SK hynix Announce Multiyear Technology Partnership to Advance Memory for AI Factories (10)
SANTA CLARA, California, June 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release:
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NVIDIA and SK hynix Announce Multiyear Technology Partnership to Advance Memory for AI Factories
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News Summary:
* NVIDIA and SK hynix announce multiyear technology partnership for next-generation memory aligned to NVIDIA's AI infrastructure roadmap.
* The agreement supports supply for advanced memory, addressing the exten more PR
Ranking Member Huffman and Senator Markey Statement on Arctic Refuge Lease Sale (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release:
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Ranking Member Huffman and Senator Markey Statement on Arctic Refuge Lease Sale
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today issued a statement on the Trump administration's lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which offered nearly 700,000 acres of s more PR
Remembering Robert D. Grey, Visionary Stalwart of the UC Davis Community (10)
DAVIS, California, June 7 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news:
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Remembering Robert D. Grey, Visionary Stalwart of the UC Davis Community
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Robert D. "Bob" Grey, Ph.D., a pillar of the UC Davis campus and community for nearly 60 years, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, in May at the age of 86.
Grey, a distinguished biologist, served in many roles at the university, closing his career as provost and executive vice chancellor and professor of molecular and cellular biology emeritus. His vision more PR
Reps. Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Keating, Bacon, Kiley Issue Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act (10)
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement with Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, and Kevin Kiley, I-California:
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Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Keating, Bacon, and Kiley Issue Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act
Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; St more PR
SK Telecom and NVIDIA Build AI Infrastructure to Power Korea's AI Innovation (10)
SANTA CLARA, California, June 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release:
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SK Telecom and NVIDIA Build AI Infrastructure to Power Korea's AI Innovation
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* SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX platform, with the first AI factory planned to come online in 2027.
* The AI Cloud will support sovereign, physical and agentic AI services for ent more PR
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