CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Protects Mail Voting in Illinois and Other States from Attacks Ahead of the Midterm The Supreme Court of the United States today issued a decision permitting Mississippi voters' ballots cast and postmarked on time to be counted after Election Day according to state law. The decision reverses the Fifth Circuit's incorrect interpretation of federal Election Day statutes, which would have invalidat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following statement on June 29, 2026: * * * AFPI Celebrates Wins, Laments Setbacks in Supreme Court Today The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has released statements from experts Chad Mizelle, senior fellow for Law & Justice, and J. Kenneth Blackwell, chair for Election Integrity, in response to the Supreme Court decisions released today in the cases of Trump v. Slaughter, Trump v. Cook, and Watson v. RNC. AFPI filed amicus briefs with the Court in these cases in supp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Alliance for Retired Americans posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Affirms Protections for Older Americans and All Mail Voters * The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Watson v. RNC. The Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans was an intervenor in the case. "We welcome today's decision, which protects the right of millions of Americans-especially olde more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- American Oversight posted the following news: * * * American Oversight Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Protecting Ballot Access * In response to Monday's Supreme Court decision in Watson v. RNC upholding states' ability to count ballots mailed on or before Election Day and received afterward, American Oversight released the following statement welcoming the ruling as a victory for voters and election administrators while warning that efforts to undermine free and fair elect more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Leads Bipartisan Letter to Protect U.S. Specialty Crop Producers & Restore Competitive Trade Balance with Mexico U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) led a coalition of bipartisan Senators in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling for measures to restore a more competitive trade balance for U.S. specialty crops with Mexico. In the letter, the Senators advocate alleviating the unsustainable pressures on U.S. specialty more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Campaign Legal Center's Danielle Lang on Supreme Court Ruling in Watson v. RNC, a Win for Voters Today, in a 5-4 opinion in Watson v. Republican National Committee, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed what the Constitution already makes clear: States have the authority to enact and enforce laws governing ballot receipt deadlines, subject to changes by Congress, and Congress has not passed any federal laws that would in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Sociological] -- Cato Institute issued the following news release: * * * Cato Scholars React to Supreme Court's Election Day Ballot Decision * Following today's Supreme Court decision in RNC v. Watson, Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, released a statement: "In my view, there are plausible policy reasons to specify that all ballots should be in hand, not simply in the mail, by Election Day. But the Supreme Court was not presented today with more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * The SAVE Act Is Stalled in Congress, But State Versions Are Being Advanced Across the Country The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act may be stalled in Congress, but a new report from the Center for American Progress warns that state versions of the legislation are being advanced around the country, making it harder for eligible American citizens to vote. The report finds that 14 states now have SAVE Act-like laws on more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on June 29, 2026: * * * Supreme Court Ruling on Ballot Counting Is a Win for Voters Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allowed mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day and received within five business days after the election. In response, Ben Olinsky, senior vice president for Structural Reform and Governance at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: This ruling is a major w more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has determined that revoking the countervailing duty order on silicon metal from Kazakhstan would likely result in the continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies, maintaining duty rates of 160.00% for the reviewed exporters and all other producers. The notice concludes the expedited first five-year sunset review of the order issued in April 2021. The review was conducted after ITA found an inadequate substantive response from responde more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on June 29, 2026: * * * CAC Release: Supreme Court Rebukes Fifth Circuit, Affirms State Authority to Permit Post-Election Receipt of Mail Ballots Following today's decision at the Supreme Court in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case in which the Court considered whether Mississippi may count absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to 5 business days later, Constitutional Accountability Center Director of the more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Upholding Principal that Legal Mail-in Ballots Be Counted * Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Watson v. RNC, which upheld Mississippi's long-standing practice of counting mail-in ballots that are postmarked by election day and received up to five days after, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement: "Today's decision is a victory for Americans. D more PR

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, June 30 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * ERDC lightweight airfield matting gives U.S. military speed, flexibility in contested environments By Shelley Tingle, Office of Research and Technology Transfer Every mission depends on access. In contested environments, access often begins with the runway. For decades, U.S. forces have relied on the AM2 expeditionary airfield matting system to rapidly build and repair airfields, aircraft parking areas and taxiwa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Sociological] -- The Family Research Council issued the following news release: * * * FRC's Tony Perkins Critiques SCOTUS' Watson v. RNC Decision - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Watson v. RNC. The case examined the question: "Whether the federal election-day statutes preempt a state law that allows ballots that are cast by federal election day to be received by election officials after that day." The Court ruled that: "The federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Heritage Expert: Supreme Court's Weak Ruling Inconsistent with Modern Election-Law Principles The Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 in Watson v. Republican National Committee that federal election-day statutes do not preempt Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked or received within five days of Election Day. This means that states--including states that allow ballots to be received and counted weeks  more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30 -- Texas Christian University issued the following news: * * * Inaugural Global Human Performance Forum Highlights TCU's Leadership in Athlete Engineering Research How did a former SEC fullback and a former New York Yankees pitcher end up at the epicenter of the conversation on human performance? It turns out it's a very TCU story; one that came into focus at the inaugural Global Human Performance Forum, held recently on the TCU campus. To understand, you have to go back a bit, like 20 years. Reuben Burch, TCU's v more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 30 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Ranchers' Fight for a Fair Price from Pipeline Company that Took Their Land Heads to the US Supreme Court WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from a group of North Dakota ranchers who fought for years to obtain a fair price for land a pipeline company wanted to take through eminent domain. They won--but then a federal appeals court told them that they would have to pay the cost of that three-year legal fight themselves more PR

NEW YORK, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Upholds Law that Allows Mail-in Ballots to be Counted If Mailed by Election Day The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by, and received within, five days of Election Day does not violate federal election-day statutes.  This decision supports continued use of mail-in ballots. Nearly one in three voters in the US used mai more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Rules States Can Count Ballots Mailed by Election Day The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right for states to decide whether to count ballots postmarked before or on Election Day but received after Election Day. Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which filed an amicus brief with other civil rights groups and is suing over the a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement: * * * The Leadership Conference Responds to the Supreme Court's Decision in Watson v. RNC "Today is a win in the fight for a multi-racial, just, fair, and equally representative democracy." - Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement:  "Today, the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration its demand to interfere with state election a more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Supreme Court Watson v. Republican National Committee Decision Affirming Legitimacy of Mail-In Voting * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision ruling that federal election-day statutes do not preempt a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by, and received within, five days of e more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, June 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner names Dr. Brian Moore chief physician executive and president, Ochsner Clinic, and honors Dr. Robert Hart's 32-year legacy * NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Health has named Brian Moore, MD, as its next chief physician executive and president, Ochsner Clinic, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Dr. Moore will lead clinical strategy for the health system, advancing Ochsner's commitment to high-quality care, expanded access and exceptiona more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Statement on SCOTUS Protecting Vote By Mail and Absentee Voters * SAN FRANCISCO, CA -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee with jurisdiction over federal elections, issued a statement after the Supreme Court ruled that states are allowed to count ballots received after Election Day. In a 5-4 decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee the Supreme Court held th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Schiff Joins Kelly, Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from Forests U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), John Curtis (R-Utah), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing bipartisan legislation, the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning op more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * SEC Network Takeover hands over the reins to SEC squads, July 3-18 * For the 12th consecutive summer, the SEC Network Takeover returns to SEC Network, presenting all 16 Southeastern Conference schools a dedicated day of network programming. Beginning Friday, July 3, each school takes center stage as they team up with SECN to feature an entire day filled with the greatest moments from the past year, including NCAA Ch more PR

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, June 30 -- The University of Southern Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Southern Miss Graduate Student Helps Advance NASA Research on Space Agriculture By: Morgan Smith The University of Southern Mississippi graduate student Sebastien (Seb) Malbrough is spending his summer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he is helping researchers explore how food can be grown during future missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. A second-year master's student in the School of Biological, Environmental an more PR

INDIANOLA, Mississippi, June 30 -- Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Statement of the Mississippi Center for Justice, Co-Counsel in the United States Supreme Court for Intervenors Vet Voice Foundation and Mississippi Alliance for Retired Persons Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision upholding Mississippi's law that accepts mail-in absentee ballots as long as they are postmarked by election day and received within five business days thereafter. The Court rejected an arg more PR

NEW YORK, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Mail-In Ballots Postmarked by Election Day * Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge in Watson v. Republican National Committee that would have risked disenfranchising voters in Mississippi and other states who vote by mail. Specifically, the Court ruled that election officials may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day, even if they are received after the da more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Frantz Ward, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Two Months Out: Continuing Developments After Challenges to Rescheduling Order are Ongoing * Since the Monday, May 4, 2026, filing of the Smart Approaches to Marijuana, Inc. v. Department of Justice petition challenging the legality of the Department of Justice's ("DOJ") order rescheduling medical marijuana to Schedule III (the "Rescheduling Order"), two more petitions have similarly challenged the validity of the order. First, o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. from a June 17, 2026, hearing on the state of the U.S. territories: * * * Good morning Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and members of the Committee: On behalf of the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands, thank you all for the opportunity to appear before you today. The more than 87,000 American citizens I represent are full citizens of the United States--we serve in the military, p more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Researchers Study New Method to Detect, Treat Endometriosis Ole Miss biochemists test gold-bearing nanoparticles as potential new therapy - Endometriosis is a painful, common condition affecting women worldwide, but treatment and diagnosis options are scarce. A new University of Mississippi-led study may have found an answer to both problems. Early results from a study published in Communications Chemistry show that gold-laced nanoparti more PR