WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * Alaska: The Great American Comeback The Economy: The Working Families Tax Cuts Land in the Last Frontier The Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025, deliver what supporters call the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, just as the state's unemployment rate breaks out of a years-long rut. * * * Figure 1. Average Working Families Tax Cuts savings by key g more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * 40 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, 2025 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Sukup Manufacturing (Sheffield, Iowa) -- Expensing helps Sukup  more PR

UPTON, New York, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Gluons May Play Central Role in Baryon Number Conservation Quark-connecting 'gluon junction' could be primary carrier of baryon number, essential to stability of protons, atoms, and all visible matter - New results from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) suggest that gluons, the gluelike particles that hold quarks together inside protons, play a central role in the conservat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2026, by senior energy journalist Aura Sabadus and external affairs intern Petroslava Bratanova: * * * Romania's Gas Surplus? Bury it in Ukraine Pairing Romania's Black Sea gas with Ukraine's vast storage network can boost the continent's energy security. - Europe's dependence on Kremlin energy has fallen dramatically. From next year, all remaining Russian gas imports will be banned under EU legislation now being phased in. Not only  more PR

KEY WEST, Florida, Aug. 11 -- The College of the Florida Keys issued the following news: * * * CFK faculty member named Lead Guest Editor of international, peer-reviewed energy journal Dr. Hussain, a faculty member from the Department of Engineering Technology at The College of the Florida Keys (CFK), has been named Lead Guest Editor for a special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). Sustainability is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI, a global open access publisher serving the scholarly community. Dr. Hussain's more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, posted the following news release: * * * Dow Jones and SGX Agree to Launch Coking Coal Derivatives * Strategic agreement proposes first-ever futures and swaps tracking the McCloskey Australian FOB Second-Tier HCC Index SINGAPORE (13 August 2026) - Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, and SGX Group (Singapore Exchange), Asia's leading multi-asset exchange, announced today an agreement to license the McCloskey Australia more PR

KENT, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Kent State University posted the following news: * * * From Big Bang to Big Discovery, Kent State Professor Leads Research Project * More than two decades of research on a project led by a Kent State University professor has resulted in a new discovery in nuclear physics that is being celebrated nationally. The breakthrough came from work done by Brookhaven National Laboratory's STAR Collaboration, an international group of hundreds of scientists and engineers who conduct nuclear research using the laboratory's Sole more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 10 -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news: * * * Hopkins Press executive director Barbara Kline Pope to retire in February Pope, who joined the university in 2017, has helped the Press evolve and expand its digital offerings during a complex and challenging era for academic publishing - Barbara Kline Pope, a leader in academic publishing who has dedicated her career to sharing high-quality research as widely as possible, has decided to retire from her role as executive director of Johns Hopkins Univ more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU researcher's team finds supermassive black holes may create massive planets * A popular myth about black holes is that they act like giant cosmic vacuum cleaners sucking in everything around them, but Wladimir Lyra's research found a new mechanism around supermassive black holes that is more like a cosmic nursery, giving birth to planets bigger than Jupiter. "We're finding objects that are a thousand times the mass of the Earth, but more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 12 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Researchers identify new target in the gut for reducing Alzheimer's risk * Gut bacteria produce a common compound called imidazole propionate. Higher levels of it contribute to dementia-related changes in the brain, a study reveals. By Chris Barncard A compound produced by bacteria in most people's digestive tract increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and speeds up cognitive decline in dementia patients, making it an attractive targe more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Clearing the air: Public prefers 'natural' approaches to curbing climate change Public support for climate solutions isn't just about whether the technique works--it's also about whether people perceive it as a natural process. That key takeaway of research from the University of Michigan and other institutions offers big implications for how policymakers, scientists and communicators talk about new climate technologies--and how much the pub more PR