BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 18 [Category: Education] -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, posted the following news release: * * * 18 Colorado Teacher Leaders Selected to Close Gaps From Early Learning to Career * #The 2026-27 Teach Plus Policy Fellows to Focus on Strengthening Foundational Learning, Expanding Postsecondary Pathways, and Building a Sustainable Educator Workforce QUICK FACTS Who: 18 preK through 12th grade educator more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Aug. 18 -- Rowan University posted the following news: * * * A summer built on questions: Students at Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine learn how research improves patient care * How can veterinarians improve trauma care for cats? Are dogs exposed to microplastics, too? Those were just two of the questions explored this summer by students at Rowan University's Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine (SSVM) through the inaugural Veterinary Summer Scholars Program (VSSP). The program gives students an opportunity t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-CO Urges PUC to Reject Xcel's 8th Rate Increase in 3 Years * #Proposed rate increases would add $135/year to the average customer's bill DENVER, CO -Americans for Prosperity-Colorado (AFP-CO) is calling on the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject Xcel Energy's pending electric and natural gas rate hikes. AFP is urging Coloradans to tell the Commission not to raise rates, especially while families are already more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 18 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * AG Brown issues statement at start of trial against Meta over addictive features that harm kids * Attorney General Nick Brown today issued the following statement as a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general began presenting their case against Meta. The states are alleging that the social media giant knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Facebook and Instagram that drive compulsive use of the platforms by chi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The American Fintech Council, an organization that says it promotes a transparent, inclusive and customer-centric financial system, issued the following news release: * * * American Fintech Council (AFC) Highlights Successful Advocacy and Membership Growth Across Financial Services in First Half of 2026 AFC's federal and state advocacy on fintech lending, EWA, payments, bank-fintech partnerships, AI, and emerging technologies is driving change nationwide Increased webinars, network roundtables, and working groups fost more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 17 [Category: BizFood/Beverage] -- Anheuser-Busch, a brewing company, issued the following news release: * * * Anheuser-Busch Delivered More Than 25,000 Cans of Emergency Drinking Water to Ohio Amid Severe Flooding * August 17, 2026 - St. Louis, MO - Anheuser-Busch delivered more than 25,000 cans of emergency drinking water to central Ohio to support residents and first responders in recovery efforts following severe flooding in the area. The donation of emergency drinking water was shipped to Anheuser-Busch whole more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Associate Dean Daryl Lim comments on Meta social media bellwether trial * CARLISLE, PA-Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and associate dean for research and strategic partnerships at Penn State Dickinson Law, was quoted by Law360 in its August 11, 2026, coverage of a major federal bellwether trial involving state claims that Meta's social media platforms harm children and are intentionally designed to be add more PR

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release: * * * ASTM International Awards $10,000 Scholarships to Four 2026 Graduate Students This year's research topics range from aerospace to environmental health. - ASTM International announced the graduate student winners of four $10,000 scholarships for their studies in field more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Statement on Start of Trial Against Meta * August 18, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement marking the first day of a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general's trial against Meta for harming young people with deceptive and addictive social media features: "Meta has built their business around addictive feeds and features that put children's more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Secures More Than 140,000 Eggs for Westchester Families * August 17, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the delivery of more than 140,000 eggs to Feeding Westchester in Elmsford as part of a bipartisan multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman's Egg Ranch (Hickman's) for years of price fixing. A multistate investigation  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 18 [Category: Health Care] -- Banner Health posted the following news release: * * * Banner - University Medicine names Charles Socci chief operating officer * TUCSON, Ariz. (Aug. 18, 2026) - Banner - University Medicine has named Charles Socci, RN, MBA, chief operating officer in Tucson, effective Sept. 14. Socci will oversee day-to-day operations of Banner - University Medicine's acute-care hospitals in Tucson, working alongside teams to advance quality, patient safety, service excellence, team engagement and fisca more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Schumer, Schrier, 88 Colleagues Demand Rescission of Trump's Dangerous Childhood Vaccine Executive Order * Denver -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Representative Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) led 88 colleagues in demanding President Donald Trump rescind his executive order that directs federal health agencies to overhaul longstanding childhood vaccine recommendations and encourag more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following written testimony by Jonathan Liebert, CEO of Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado, Colorado Springs, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The Impact of AI on the Workforce": * * * Artificial intelligence is already changing how Americans work, learn, make decisions, and compete. The central workforce challenge is no longer whether AI will be adopted; it is whether workers, employers, educato more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 19 -- The Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Wildlife issued the following news release: * * * Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Announce MOU on Gray Wolf Restoration The State of Colorado, through Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (Tribe) have finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding CPW's efforts to restore gray wolves in Colorado and the potential impacts to Tribal lands and the Brunot Area in Southwestern Colorado. The  more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * CoSearch brings K-State researchers together to solve Kansas water challenges Cooking up great research The CoSearch recipe is K-State's approach to sparking new campus connections for solving interdisciplinary water challenges By Melissa Harvey, Kansas Water Institute What happens when the Kansas Water Institute puts an entomologist, a journalist, a chemical engineer, a statistician, and a graphic artist at the same table and asks them to tackle a wate more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Court Rejects Administration's Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants * WASHINGTON -A federal judge has struck down sweeping, unlawful restrictions the Trump-Vance administration imposed on federal grants in a ruling that will restore critical funding for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQI+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness. The ruling issued late Friday in Rhode Island Coalition Against more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Eklund Shares Insights on Colorado River Legal Landscape with Law Week Colorado * Law Week Colorado interviewed Taft water law attorney and architect of Colorado's Water Plan James Eklund on the complex legal issues surrounding the Colorado River Compact and the river's water supply. Eklund discussed the dispute between the Upper and Lower Basins, the role the Supreme Court of the United States could play in future negotiations, an more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 19 -- Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, a law firm, issued the following commentary on Aug. 18, 2026, by partner Sari M. Long: * * * Sari Long Shares Insights on USCIS Policy Memo With Law Week Colorado Labor and employment partner Sari Long spoke with Law Week Colorado about the impact of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy memorandum, issued on May 21, 2026, which emphasized that adjustment of status is a matter of agency discretion. Long noted that she has not seen a significant shift in more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Rejects Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants Providence, R.I. -- A federal judge today rejected the sweeping and unlawful restrictions the Trump-Vance administration imposed on federal grants administered by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS)  more PR

WACO, Texas, Aug. 18 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Ferris State In Familiar Spot At No. 1 * Winners of four of the last five Division II national championships, it is no surprise that Ferris State is the preseason No. 1 team in the 2026 AFCA Division II Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs, who went 16-0 and claimed their second straight national title a year ago, will open the season against No. 4 Pittsburg State on August 27. The Gorillas went 10-3 in 2025 and lost in the second rou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights released the following written testimony by Lara L. Burns, senior research fellow of the Program on Extremism at the George Washington University, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Abuirshaid discussed how Hamas still sought the annihilation of Israel, even if it had to lie about that publicly in furtheran more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 18 (TNSrep) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Joint Study Details Surface Water Movement, Measurement Need Throughout Sevier River Basin * Researchers at Utah State University recently completed a gap analysis report on water measurement infrastructure in Utah's Sevier River Basin in collaboration with the Utah Division of Water Rights. The report, titled "Measurement Infrastructure Gap Analysis in Utah's Sevier River Basin," details existing gage status and identifies new locations where additiona more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 18 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued the following news wrap-up entitled "Latest Temple News From the Church of Jesus Christ": * * * The Latest Temple News From the Church of Jesus Christ This page summarizes recent news about the many houses of the Lord being built around the world by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. August 16 * President Oaks Dedicates the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple * Elder David A. Bednar Dedicates Cleveland Ohio Temple August 15 * Construction Unde more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2026: * * * DOJ Prevented from Unlawfully Accessing Minnesotans' Voter Data SAINT PAUL, MN - Today, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota became the twenty-third court to dismiss the Justice Department's lawsuit demanding unlawful disclosure of private voter information. The Trump administration has sued 30 states and Washington, DC, for unredacted voter lists containing private voter data. Courts in Arizona, California,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * MeidasTouch: Andy Biggs Has A "Bizarre History of Protecting Child Predators" New reporting from MeidasTouch highlights Andy Biggs' disturbing history of voting against legislation targeting child predators, noting that Biggs "was the lone vote against a bill that increased criminal penalties for engaging in child prostitution." Biggs "blocked a vote on a bipartisan bill that would have given the state more enforcement power" to shut down a corrupt  more PR

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Meta Faces Trial as AG Labrador Fights for Idaho Kids * BOISE, ID -Ahead of opening statements, Attorney General Raul Labrador today issued the following statement as a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general began presenting their case against Meta, alleging the social media giant knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Facebook and Instagram that drive compulsive use of the platforms by children and teens, while falsely  more PR

TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 18 -- The University of Tulsa posted the following news: * * * Mohammed Meysami: Using mathematics to build more trustworthy AI * New UTulsa faculty member Mohammed Meysami uses mathematics to make artificial intelligence more trustworthy and reliable. While AI can analyze data and answer questions quickly, it often does not explain how it reaches its conclusions or how confident it is in its answers. Meysami is creating mathematical frameworks that allow AI to estimate and report its level of confidence, helping users more PR

TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 18 -- The University of Tulsa College of Engineering and Computer Science posted the following news: * * * Mohammed Meysami: Using mathematics to build more trustworthy AI * New UTulsa faculty member Mohammed Meysami uses mathematics to make artificial intelligence more trustworthy and reliable. While AI can analyze data and answer questions quickly, it often does not explain how it reaches its conclusions or how confident it is in its answers. Meysami is creating mathematical frameworks that allow AI to estimate and r more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 17 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State researchers reconstruct environmental history of Yellowstone's geyser basins * BOZEMAN - A study led by a Montana State University research professor reveals how climate and hydrothermal activity have shaped the vegetation, wildfire and aquatic ecosystem history of the Yellowstone Plateau over the past 15,000 years. The results of the National Science Foundation-funded project were published this week in the journal Proceedings of the Natio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Rep.) -- Del. James Moylan, R-Guam, issued the following news release: * * * Moylan Renews Fight for Radiation Justice; Brings Together National Coalition for Expanded RECA Legislation (Hagatna, Guam) -- Congressman James Moylan announced the introduction of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026 (RECRA), bipartisan legislation that builds upon his efforts since his first year in Congress to ensure Guam and other communities harmed by the nation's nuclear testing receive the compensation and reco more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 18 [Category: Education] (TNSrep) -- The National Association of State Boards of Education posted the following news release: * * * NASBE Report Outlines State Role in Priming Principals to Lead Innovative High Schools * While many states champion innovative high schools, the gap between what these schools demand and what principals are prepared to do can undermine even the best-designed models. A new NASBE analysis explores what effective leadership of innovative schools looks like and the state policy levers to  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 18 [Category: Health Care] -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * National Jewish Health Welcomes Tyler J. Couch, MD, to Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine * DENVER - National Jewish Health welcomes Tyler J. Couch, MD, to its faculty in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Couch's clinical and research interests include pulmonary hypertension, advanced imaging and the early identification of pulmonary vascular disease. Dr. Couch joins more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crank Introduces Bill to Reclassify Student Loan Debt for First-Time Homebuyers * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) introduced H.R. 10084, the First Time Homebuyer Debt Reduction Act, to help eliminate crippling student loan debt and increase access to home ownership. Student loan debt is preventing many Americans from purchasing a home. Totaling over $1.8 trillion, student loan debt is the largest category of consumer debt i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Neguse Introduces Bill Expanding Access to Breast Cancer Screenings for Americans 30 & Over * Washington, D.C. -Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse introduced the Screen to Save Act, a bill that changes federal insurance guidelines to ensure mammograms, X-ray imaging tests used to screen for and diagnose breast cancer, are covered with zero out-of-pocket costs for individuals 30 and older. The Affordable Care Act currently requires most more PR

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19 -- Gettysburg College issued the following news: * * * Six Gettysburg faculty earn honors for mentorship, teaching excellence With passion and purpose, Gettysburg College professors remain committed to supporting students through mentorship and excellence in and out of the classroom. - Inspiring and empowering students to Do Great Work are hallmarks of Gettysburg College's first-class faculty. During the Spring 2026 semester, six faculty members were recognized for mentorship and teaching excellence. Lear more PR

STERLING, Kansas, Aug. 18 -- Sterling College issued the following news release: * * * Sterling College welcomes new faculty for 2026-27 academic year Sterling College welcomed seven new faculty members to campus for the 2026-27 academic year. Classes begin on Wednesday, August 20. "We are excited to welcome this group to Sterling College! In each of their interview processes, it was clear how God was moving in their lives and directing them to faculty positions here. We are confident they will have great positive impact on campus and in th more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 18 [Category: Agriculture] -- The American Sugar Alliance posted the following news release: * * * Sugar Producers Thankful for Bipartisan Support Amid Immense Challenges * Earlier this month, the American Sugar Alliance hosted the 41st annual International Sweetener Symposium. Sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers, industry leaders, and policymakers gathered in Colorado to discuss a range of issues and challenges facing America's sugar producers, among them unfair foreign trade practices. #USDA Officials Address Farmer more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 17 -- The University of Colorado posted the following news: * * * Ask an Expert: Can Bees Help Scientists Measure Pollution in Urban Cities? * One thing you probably don't think about when you encounter a honey bee is how that honey bee could be helping researchers at CU Denver monitor different pollutants along the Front Range. However, it might be doing exactly that. Christy Briles, associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences in CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 17 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Wired For Care * Health care is in the midst of a profound digital shift powered by data, algorithms and connected devices. Through the voices of four alumni working across the industry, this article explores what this means for patients, providers and the future of medicine Jessica Eisner, MD '96 Founder and principal, BioPharm Consult LLC (Drug Development Advising); former senior medical officer, U.S. Food and Drug Adminis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors * WASHINGTON, D.C. -August 18, 2026 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of "Gender Medicine," a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the prov more PR