WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * New Mexico: The Great American Comeback The Economy: Federal Tax Relief Goes Further in New Mexico New Mexico's economy has never been bigger--and Washington just delivered the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025. Because New Mexico's incomes and tax bills run below the national average, the new relief stretches  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on Aug. 4, 20226, by Rachel Jacobson, lead researcher of state climate policy on the State Fiscal Policy Team, and Mikaela Tajo, climate policy analyst on the Federal Fiscal Policy Team: * * * States Should Support an Energy System That Is Affordable, Safe, and Reliable for All They Can Start Now, in Their 2026 Legislative Sessions - Everyone deserves affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy to meet their everyday needs. But rising energy costs more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report entitled "The Navy's New Battleship Program: Costs and Implications for the Shipbuilding Industrial Base." Here are excerpts: * * * Summary In this report, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the potential costs of the Navy's new nuclear-powered battleship procurement program. It also assesses how the new battleship and frigate programs outlined in the Navy's most recent shipbuilding plan would affect the shipbuilding industrial base. CBO's fin more PR

LEICESTER, England, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- De Montfort University issued the following news: * * * Global food giants can do more to turn sustainability pledges into action on the ground, DMU study suggests Research into the sustainability programmes of three giant global food corporations suggests that the success of their sustainablility programmes depends on how effectively they engage local stakeholders and adapt to the realities of varying business ecosystems. The study, led by De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) academic Dr Meryem Alta more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * As urban tree shade shrinks, mortality rises New study finds that protecting mature trees could help save lives * Study tracked association between death rates and tree canopy changes across 11 years in Chicago * Overall tree canopy per year was less important than year-to-year changes for mortality risk * South and West side neighborhoods experience hot summers, greater absolute canopy losses and higher mortality * Planting 14,000 tre more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Damaging Coastal Storm Conditions Have Become Twice as Frequent at a New Jersey Beach Since 1979 A Rutgers study offers evidence of increasing erosion risk along the Mid-Atlantic coast By Kitta MacPherson Storm conditions capable of causing major coastal erosion at New Jersey's North Beach on Sandy Hook are occurring about twice as often as they did in 1979, according to Rutgers researchers. The finding offers new evidence of increasing freque more PR

GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * Strong at any age: UTMB Health strength-training program helps older adults improve health and independence * Geri-Fit, a community-based, progressive-resistance strength-training program led by the Patient Education Program (PEP) at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health), is helping older adults build more than muscle. According to a new study published in the journal Healthcare, participants saw improvements in chole more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Researchers Chart a Roadmap for Selecting Underground Gas Storage Sites Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a comprehensive review that presents a unified, "gas-aware" framework for evaluating subsurface storage sites for carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen (H2) and natural gas. Their article, "Subsurface storage of CO2, H2 and natural gas: A review of site-selection criteria and decision-support approaches," appears in the open more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 6 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news: * * * Accolades: Darden School earns 11 top-10 rankings in Princeton Review The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business earned top-10 placement in 11 categories in The Princeton Review's Best Business Schools 2027 rankings, the highest total in the school's history and its third consecutive year with 10 or more ranked categories. The results are led by the No. 1 ranking for Best Professors for the third consecutive year. The school also ran more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 6 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Hellbender dads ditch their nests when water quality stinks Researchers use underwater cameras to spy on one of the world's largest amphibians - Bad water quality ruins the lives of young hellbenders--their fathers' parenting suffers when streams become warmer and siltier. "Altered water quality influenced how much they care," said Matthew Kaunert, director of the Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College in Pennsylva more PR