WACO, Texas, July 20 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Allstate, AFCA announce 2026 Good Works Team nominees recognized for leadership in community service * 162 college football student-athletes recognized for leadership in service, academics and athletics, including the Good Works Team's first female nominee Key Takeaways: * Allstate and AFCA named 162 student-athletes as nominees for the 2026 Good Works Team, recognizing college football players who lead through communit more PR

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, July 20 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Allstate, a property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Allstate, AFCA announce 2026 Good Works Team nominees recognized for leadership in community service * Key Takeaways: * Allstate and AFCA named 162 student-athletes as nominees for the 2026 Good Works Team, recognizing college football players who lead through community service, academics and athletics. * This year's nominees are creating positive impact in their communities through ca more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 21 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on July 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes and Coalition Win Ruling Protecting Billions in Critical Federal Funding Attorney General Mayes today announced that a coalition of 24 states won a key ruling Friday declaring that the Trump Administration illegally misused its regulatory authority to unlawfully pull billions of dollars in federal funding that Congress had set aside for crucial state programs and services. In her decision, U.S. Di more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20 [Category: Health Care] -- Banner Health posted the following news release: * * * Banner Health leaders recognized for mission-driven approach to community care * PHOENIX (July 20, 2026) - At Banner Health, one of the nation's few fully integrated nonprofit health systems, care is guided by making the communities we serve healthier. Banner is proud of its inclusive environment and leadership that reflects the composition of its team. More than 70% of Banner's team members are female, and this distribution is also r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * CCIA Files Amicus Brief Opposing Colorado Social Media Warning Label Law * Washington - The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an amicus brief supporting NetChoice in its lawsuit against Colorado's "Healthier Social Media Use by Youth Act." CCIA, joined by the Software & Information Industry Association, pointed in its filing that the Colorado law singles out one category of e more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against the HHS for Withholding Information About Child Care Funding Restrictions * Today, civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking transparency about the Trump administration's unprecedented restrictions on federal child care and family assistance funding fo more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 21 -- The Colorado Department of Transportation issued the following news: * * * $75 fines for speeding begin July 30 in the I-25/US 50B Interchange Reconstruction Project work zone in Pueblo Starting Thursday, July 30, 2026, the Colorado Speed Enforcement Program will issue $75 fines to drivers speeding in the I-25/US 50B Interchange Reconstruction Project work zone in Pueblo. The Colorado Department of Transportation's program uses camera technology to automatically enforce speed limits in high-risk areas and decreas more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces New Members to the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the appointment of 21 new members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FR RCC). The FRRCC provides independent policy advice and recommendations to the Administrator on crucial environmental issues affecting agriculture and rural com more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 20 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * From Central Falls to Kingston: A first-generation graduate's journey * KINGSTON, R.I. - July 20, 2026 - Big dreams often start in small places. For Lyneth Mendoza, who recently graduated from the University of Rhode Island with degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and applied mathematics, that place was the Ocean State's smallest city. She will soon head westward to Colorado to join Medtronic, one of the world's largest me more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes DeGette's Bill Boosting Down Syndrome Research * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3491, the DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act, which would advance innovative research into Down syndrome. Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01), who led the bill, along with Representatives Richard Hudson (NC-09), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Tom Cole (OK-04), and Pete Stauber (MN-08) released the following statement: "Tod more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice (No. 2026-21) on July 20, 2026, entitled "Per Capita Payments from Proceeds of Settlements of Indian Tribal Trust Cases". * * * BACKGROUND Notice 2013-1, 2013-3 IRB 281, provides guidance on the federal tax treatment of per capita payments that members of Indian tribes receive from proceeds of certain settlements of tribal trust cases between the United States and those Indian tribes. The Appendix to Notice 2013-1 provides a list of Indian tribes that have settle more PR

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 21 -- Lamar University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Margot Gage on health, advocacy and research By April Thompson If you ask Dr. Margot Gage what she studies, the answer depends on when you catch her. One week, she's reviewing research for one of the nation's largest federally funded long COVID initiatives. Another, she's teaching Lamar University students how neighborhoods, governments, and public policy shape health outcomes. She's organized ceremonies honoring Vietnam veterans, and become one of the countr more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 21 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Wins Ruling Protecting Billions in Critical Federal Funding Judge Rules Trump Administration Cannot Subvert Will of Congress Through Obscure Regulation - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that a coalition of 24 states won a key ruling declaring that the Trump administration cannot terminate previously issued grants for crucial state programs and services based solely on a pos more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 21 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * More than Half of U.S. Adults Now Eligible for Statins Under New Guidelines, Pitt Study Finds More than half of U.S. adults ages 30 to 79--about 87.5 million people--are now recommended for statins to prevent cardiovascular disease under newly updated clinical guidelines, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers published today in JAMA. The new recommendations significantly change h more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on July 20, 2026: * * * AG Davenport Secures Critical Win in Lawsuit to Block Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Halting Merger for Two Weeks - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a temporary restraining order halting the $110 billion merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.) and Paramount  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 21 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following statement on July 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Raul Torrez Secures Critical Win in Lawsuit to Block Warner Bros./Paramount Merger Albuquerque, NM - Attorney General Raul Torrez today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros.) by Paramount Skydance Corporation (Param more PR

PASADENA, California, July 21 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights The first of six new venture-class missions will hit the skies this summer to chase dangerous and little understood pyrocumulonimbus storms out West. Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in t more PR

CENTENNIAL, Colorado, July 21 -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release: * * * New Resource Helps Farming and Ranching Families Transition to Next Generation Succession planning is one of the most important conversations farming and ranching families need to have, but those dialogues are often hard to navigate or never even get started. While it is a difficult subject to bring up, the time to plan is now. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is launching a new resource to help start the discu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Neguse, Wasserman-Schultz Lead Entire Democratic Caucus in Demanding CMS Reverse Course on Rule Threatening Medicaid Access for Cancer Patients * Between 5 million and 10 million people could lose Medicaid coverage in 2028 due to the new CMS rule. Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Joe Neguse and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz led the entire House Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 20 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI researcher contributing to new assessment of vulnerable Southern Ocean species * KINGSTON, R.I. - July 20, 2026 - Postdoctoral researcher Renato Borras-Chavez 's area of study-pinnipeds in the Southern Ocean-often takes him far away from the University of Rhode Island campus. Now the researcher in Sarah Kienle's CEAL Lab is sharing more about dropping populations of certain seals and will present on the topic at the SCAR Open Science Confe more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 21 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on July 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jones Secures Multistate Settlement of Bankruptcy Claims Against 23andMe over Genetic Data Breach Attorney General Jay Jones today joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general announcing a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for 23andMe, resolving allegations stemming from a 2023 data breach that compromised the genetic data of nearly 7 million customers worldwide. "Virginians and consumers globall more PR

WENHAM, Massachusetts, July 20 -- Gordon College posted the following news: * * * When You Can't Not Go * Inside the life of Todd Denison '91, dedicated to emergency medicine and humanitarian aid. This article was contributed by Amber Dempsey '13 in the spring issue of The Magazine of Gordon College. The heat hit him first. Todd Denison '91 had just touched down in West Africa as a 20-year-old college student who had never left the United States. "I remember getting slammed in the face with heat that was a living entity," he recalls.  more PR