CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 17 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Alabama rock quarry commits to changes, relief for community in settlement with SELC BELLE MINA, Ala. -- Four Belle Mina churches and community members, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), resolved their lawsuit against a controversial limestone quarry. The quarry landowners and operator, Grayson Carter & Son, Inc., agreed to permanent changes to the quarry site in order to meaningfully mitigate impact more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 17 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports protecting minors from irreversible sex intervention treatment * Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 23-state friend-of-the-court brief in support of Florida's lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics for misleading and deceptive representations regarding minor gender transition procedures.  Florida's lawsuit contends that the American Academy of Pediatrics' claims abo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. James Baird, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Baird Applauds USDA for Land-Grant University Funding * Today, Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing the opening of funding opportunities for the Research Facilities Act program, which received $125 million in annual funding through the Working Families Tax Cuts: "Our land-grant universities are among the best in the world and provide cutting-edge research more PR

CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, June 18 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Corn Growers Urge USDA to Fund Research on Corn Grain, Not Just Stover Author: Abby Meier The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), along with 15 state corn organizations, delivered a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics Scott Hutchins, encouraging investment in research that supports the full value of corn grain as a driver of new market opportunities and farm inco more PR

ROANOKE, Virginia, June 17 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Early career scientist earns national fellowship to fight heart disease * Chelsea Phillips, a postdoctoral associate at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a 2026 Myocarditis Research Fellowship from the Myocarditis Foundation, recognizing her as part of a nationally competitive group of early career scientists advancing heart disease research. Phillips works in the laboratory of cardiovasc more PR

GOSHEN, Indiana, June 18 -- Goshen College issued the following news: * * * Forbes gives Goshen College an A+ financial grade The Forbes annual College Financial Grades assessment has given Goshen College an A+ for financial health. Each year, Forbes assesses the operational health and balance sheets of over 900 private not-for-profit colleges with enrollment exceeding 500 students. The 10 key metric data points used to calculate a college's grade include: * Endowment assets per full-time equivalent student * Primary reserve ratio * Viab more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards to 12 Students for 2026-2027 Academic Year * Washington, DC, June 17, 2026 -The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (Foundation) announces that 12 outstanding students are recipients of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Scholarship, a program for students interested in potentially pursuing a career in the $1.3 trillion equipment finance industry. Each student will receive a scholars more PR

IRVING, Texas, June 17 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: * * * Gift of Hope announces media partnership with WGN-TV to expand donor registration Multi-platform alliance has potential to reach 3.75 million households across Illinois and Northwest Indiana -  Itasca, Ill. (June 17, 2026) - Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network today announced a year-long media partnership with WGN-TV designed to expand awareness of organ and tissue donation and encourage new more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE arrests Brazilian illegal alien unlawfully operating tractor-trailer * WASHINGTON -On May 27, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations Harrisonburg office reported the administrative arrest of Lins Dos Santos-Melo, an illegal alien from Brazil, during enforcement operations on Interstate 81 in Virginia. Dos Santos-Melo possessed a valid Massachusetts driver's license but did not have a commercial dri more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, June 15 -- The Organization of American Historians issued the following news: * * * ICYMI: Watch the Ideas at the Heart of the Declaration and the Constitution In case you missed it, you can now watch the conversation that kicked off the National Constitution Center's week-long summer intensive for social studies educators. In partnership with the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute and the National Constitution Center, OAH Past President and Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed and OAH Past President David Blight of Yale Un more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Indiana Delegation Supports Indiana National Guard's Bid for F-35A Mission * WASHINGTON - Today, the Indiana Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Dr. Troy Meink urging the Air Force to consider the Indiana Air National Guard's 122 nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne as a future basing location for the F-35A fighter aircraft. The letter was led by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Congressman Marlin Stutzman (R-IN-3). In additi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Announces New Energy Agreement to Strengthen American Energy Security and Lower Costs * WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of the Interior announced a settlement agreement with affiliates of Invenergy, North America's largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of independent power infrastructure, aimed at strengthening American security and lowering costs, advancing goals central to President Donald Trump's Energy Dominanc more PR

NEW ALBANY, Indiana, June 17 -- Indiana University Southeast campus posted the following news: * * * IU and Floyd County Health Department Expand Free Naloxone Training * Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington's Prevention Insights is continuing its partnership with the Floyd County Health Department for a second consecutive year to expand free naloxone training and overdose prevention resources across Floyd County. Citizen Opioid Responders (COR) will remain available at no cost to individuals who live or work in Floyd Co more PR

INDIANA, Pennsylvania, June 16 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * IUP Student Affairs Vice President Segar Selected for National Leadership Program * Vice President for Student Affairs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Thomas C. Segar has been selected for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities for its 2026 Millennium Leadership Initiative cohort.  This premier professional development program for senior-level administrators, now in its twenty-seventh year, is designed to prepar more PR

ENCINO, California, June 18 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on June 17, 2026: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale Leaseback of Three Building Medical Office Portfolio in Jeffersonville, Indiana JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale-leaseback of a three-building, 34,313-square-foot medical office portfolio in the Louisville MSA. The portfolio sold fo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Midwest Tornado Outbreak: Severe Weather Risks * WASHINGTON (June 17, 2026) - Millions of Americans across the Midwest are under threat from a significant severe weather outbreak today. Forecasters are warning of strong tornadoes, destructive winds, large hail, and flash flooding from the Plains through the Great Lakes. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center issued a Level 4 of 5 severe weather risk for areas within Illinois more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, June 17 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Meet UConn's Newest Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors * The University of Connecticut has named three faculty members as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors, recognizing careers marked by exceptional contributions to research, teaching, public engagement, and service to the University and society. This distinction represents the highest honor the University confers upon its faculty. Following a university-wide nomination process  more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, June 18 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * ND Law's Program on Church, State & Society Announces 2026 Writing Competition Winners Author: Annika Johnson Notre Dame Law School's Program on Church, State & Society has announced the winners of its annual writing competition. The competition encourages scholarship exploring the intersections of church, state, and society, particularly how the law structures and governs those relationships. Steven Tu, a 2026 Notre Dame Law School gra more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48992) entitled "Pole Attachments in Broadband Deployment: Selected Issues" by telecommunications policy specialist Colby Leigh Pechtol. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Broadband is a powerful communications technology that supports many applications. Closing the gap between people who have access to broadband and those who do not - the digital divide - has been a long-standing congressional goal. Pole attachment (hanging telecommunication more PR

PASADENA, California, June 17 (TNSrpt) -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release: * * * Policy Drives Deployments: Zero-Emission Trucks Represented Over 4 Percent of New Truck Deployments in the Second Half of 2025, According to CALSTART's June 2026 ZET Report When adjusting for truck stock and segment, California, New York, and Pennsylvania are performing above the national average for ZET adoption relative to market size due to dedicated more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, June 17 -- The University of Dayton posted the following news: * * * Political scientist examines how Brown won Trump's Ohio * How did Sherrod Brown win re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2018 in a state Donald Trump had just carried by eight points, and where Republicans swept every other statewide race? In a chapter for The Liberal Heartland, University of Dayton political scientist Christopher Devine examines Brown's campaign that ran on an unapologetically liberal record with a working-class message. Brown is wagering h more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, June 17 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Purdue researchers work to accelerate cancer drug discovery with next-gen tech platform * WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -Researchers at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) have developed a next-generation technology platform designed to dramatically accelerate one of the slowest and most challenging stages of cancer drug discovery: identifying promising compounds that could eventually become new therapies. The automated, ultrahigh-throughput  more PR

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, June 17 -- Olivet Nazarene University posted the following news: * * * Shine.FM Honored by Illinois House of Representatives for Post-Storm Community Relief Efforts * Shine.FM, a leading Christian radio network that is housed on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University, received formal recognition from the Illinois House of Representatives for its quick and impactful response following the devastating storms that impacted Kankakee County, Illinois and Newton County, Indiana, on March 10, 2026. State Representative J more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 18 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news: * * * Southeastern appoints music and performing arts department head By: Tonya Lowentritt Southeastern Louisiana University has appointed a new music and performing arts department head. Paul Buyer will join the Southeastern faculty from Clemson University, where he served as director of percussion, director of music, and acting associate dean. Buyer received his doctor of musical arts and master of music degrees in percussion performance from the  more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, June 17 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Students Bring Clean Water to Zimbabwe Hospital * by Charis Marshal, Student Public Relations Writer Reliable clean water is essential at Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, where Cedarville University engineering students are designing a water treatment system for drinking water and sterile surgical use. Cedarville University students design clean water system for Zimbabwe hospital Matthew Shiel of New Hope, Pennsylvania, Lauren Kolodsick of Lake Or more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 17 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft Honors 2026 Pro Bono Award Winners * Taft is pleased to recognize the following attorneys for their impactful contributions through their pro bono service efforts with its 2026 Pro Bono Awards: Kristiana P. Boutell / Domestic Relations / Detroit led an intensive post-judgment domestic relations litigation matter, where she represented a mother of two young children who fled a relationship of domestic violence and removed her more PR

LOGAN, Utah, June 17 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Salt Lake's Amanda Deliman Promoted to Associate Professor * TAYLORSVILLE, Utah -Utah State University faculty member Amanda Deliman will be promoted to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1. Deliman is a faculty member at the USU Salt Lake campus, working in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership. "I am pleased to see Dr. Deliman receive tenure," said David Vernon, senior associate vice president for the USU Wasatch Region. "Her accompl more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 18 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Early career scientist earns national fellowship to fight heart disease A Myocarditis Foundation award supports Chelsea Phillips' research on cardiac infection and arrhythmias at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. By John Pastor Chelsea Phillips, a postdoctoral associate at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a 2026 Myocarditis Research Fellowship from the Myocarditis Foundation, recognizing her as part of a nationall more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Urge Administration to Investigate Foreign Pharmaceutical Price Controls * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, and a group of Senate Republican colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Howard Lutnick. In the letter, they urged the Administration to launch a Section 301 investigation i more PR