NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 25 (TNSletter) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following letter with 263 co-signers to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee leadership: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 6, 2026 The Honorable John Boozman, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States more PR

NEWARK, Delaware, Aug. 25 -- The American Philosophical Association issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * APA board and GSC issue statement on international student visa changes Today, the Board of Officers and the Graduate Student Council of the American Philosophical Association issued a statement on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) July 17, 2026, final rule concerning student visas. The statement reads, in part, as follows: The rule replaces the longstanding "duration of status" framework for F and J nonimmig more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, Garvies Point Museum and Preserve will repatriate human remains to the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians and Stockbridge Munsee Community, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The remains represent three Native American individuals, including skeletons and a mandible recovered from Throg's Neck and the Archery Range site in The Bronx, New York. The museum determined the remains are con more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado, will repatriate human remains and an associated funerary object to the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians and Stockbridge Munsee Community, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The remains represent one Native American individual. The object is a 1752 book of Christian history written in Latin that was reportedly bound in the flayed skin of a murdered Lenape man. The skin was removed from the book by t more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Attempt to Weaken Environmental Reviews Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general and Harris County, Texas, in a comment letter opposing a proposal by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that would unlawfully ignore foreseeable environmental impacts from nuclear power projects and se more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 25 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Colorado Civil Rights Protections for Universal Preschool Coalition Files Amicus Brief Arguing States Can Require Private Providers Receiving Public Funding to Comply with Nondiscrimination Laws - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) de more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 24 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU geologist, student investigate methane emissions on Atlantic seafloor * Contact: Sarah Nicholas STARKVILLE, Miss.-A Mississippi State University geologist and doctoral student will descend almost 1 mile beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean this fall as part of an international research team investigating methane emissions, their effect on the Gulf and its ecosystems. MSU Department of Geosciences Professor Adam Skarke and Ramon Kalsk more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Selects Philip Bangle to Lead SAFE Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today announced the selection of Philip Bangle to be the next director of the Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office, New Jersey's first-in-the-nation office with the specific mandate of bringing civil enforcement actions against firearm companies to hold them accountable for violations of the more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, an organization that says it works to elect environmentally responsible candidates to state and local offices, issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey LCV Announces Endorsements for Local Elections: Leading Political Voice for the Environment Endorses Strong Pro-Environment Candidates New Jersey LCV, the leading political voice for the environment in New Jersey, announced its 2026 endorsements for local races in the general election. New Jersey LCV is a non more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Schmitt celebrate Senate passage of bill extending authorization for National EMS Memorial U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) celebrated Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to extend the deadline for the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring the nation's EMS professionals. The bill, which passed the House of Representative more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Yager Museum of Art and Culture at Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, intends to repatriate 31 unassociated funerary objects to the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians and Stockbridge Munsee Community, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The objects include pipes, projectile points, potsherds, ceramic vessels, gorgets, pendants, a statue, bannerstone, knife and other items. Fifteen objects were disinterred from a Delaware County, New York, bur more PR