COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 24 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * 61 Nationally Renowned People and Groups Support The Buckeye Institute's Case to Overturn Federal Ban on Home Distilling * Columbus, OH - Sixty-one nationally renowned organizations, public interest law firms, states, and individuals from across the country filed amicus briefs supporting The Buckeye Institute's clie more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Union] (TNSletter) -- The AFL-CIO AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) issued the following letter with 79 co-signers to the Senate leadership: * * * The Honorable John Thune, Majority Leader, United States Senate The Honorable Charles Schumer, Minority Leader, United States Senate July 31, 2026 Dear Leader Thune and Leader Schumer: The undersigned 78 civil rights, labor, consumer, community, tech accountability, and other organizations write to express opposition to the inclu more PR

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

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 24 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Co-Leads Coalition of States Raising Concerns over Climate Activism in Financial Reporting * Lincoln, NE - Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers co-led a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in raising concerns over climate-related financial activism in a letter sent to the "Big 4" accounting firms: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The letter addresses the Big 4's stated commitmen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on Aug. 24, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * Hires rates were 4.0 percent or higher in 6 states in 2025 In 2025, annual average hires rates averaged 4.0 percent or higher in 6 states: Alaska (5.2 percent), Montana (4.8 percent), Wyoming (4.5 percent), Idaho (4.2 percent), and Indiana and South Carolina (4.0 percent each). Among these six states, annual hires levels ranged from 158,000 in Wyoming to 1,584,000 in Indiana. Nationally, t more PR

CONWAY, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Coastal Carolina University posted the following news: * * * CCU helps lead $10 million NSF Initiative to advance STEM education and research across South Carolina * Coastal Carolina University is expanding opportunities for students to engage in hands-on research through a subaward of just over $835,000 from the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) as part of a $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative to strengthen research capacity and STEM pathways across South Carolina. The fundin more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Clemson Field Day to highlight latest peanut, cotton, vegetable and fruit research * Farmers, agricultural professionals and others interested in the latest crop research will have an opportunity to see ongoing work and talk to the scientists behind it during the 2026 Peanut, Cotton, Vegetable and Fruit Field Day at the Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, South Carolina. The field day will be held Sept. 10. Registratio more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Clemson lab searches for drug treatment for rare infection that has virtually no survivors * College of Science An infection by Naegleria fowleri, commonly called the brain-eating amoeba, can get its start during an activity that is synonymous with summer: swimming or diving in a freshwater lake, pond or river to beat the heat. If contaminated water gets far enough up the nose, the microscopic amoeba can cause a rare but nearly always fatal brain infec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Department of Justice Announces Launch of National Fraud Detection Center to Combat Fraud Against Taxpayer-Funded Programs NFDC Opens with Widespread Collaboration with Inspectors General and Law Enforcement Agencies - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the launch of the National Fraud Detection Center (NFDC), a prosecutor-led, multi-agency team designed to investigate the most harmful actors defrauding federal gover more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 24 -- The Florida State University College of Business issued the following news: * * * College fills three prestigious Wertheim-named roles The Herbert Wertheim College of Business at Florida State University has announced the appointment of two of its own world-renowned scholars and one workforce-focused healthcare executive to prestigious Wertheim-named positions. The appointees are: * Michael Holmes, Ph.D., a prolific and heavily cited researcher in the Department of Management, as the Herbert Wertheim Distin more PR

ANDERSON, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Anderson University posted the following news release: * * * Interior Design Student Studies Classical Architecture in New York * Katelyn Thomas, a rising junior at the Anderson University School of Interior Design, immersed herself in classical architecture in Midtown Manhattan over the summer, learning from a faculty of seasoned design and architecture professionals while drinking in the world-class architecture of the city. She took part in the Summer Studio in Classical Architecture, an intensive f more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Carolinas Grid Modernization Engine Earns Prestigious NSF Regional Innovation Engines Award Landmark partnership across North and South Carolina earns federal award to accelerate grid innovation, commercialization, and workforce development - Today Governor Josh Stein and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley celebrated the National Science Foundation's selection of the NSF Grid Modernization Engine in the Carolinas more PR

GREENWOOD, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Lander University posted the following news: * * * New Students at Lander Launch into Life as Bearcats * Lander University's newest Bearcats received a warm welcome into the University community during the annual Lander Launch on Friday, Aug. 14. They gathered for meals, made connections, met Lander's faculty and staff and every single one of them even squeezed in for a selfie with Lander President Richard Cosentino and the iconic "LU" freshman class photo on the Laura Lander Hall lawn. Lander Launch  more PR

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- South Carolina State University posted the following news: * * * New voices ready, new opportunities ahead for SC State Concert Choir * At least 25 new freshmen join the premier vocal ensemble as it builds on its historic Carnegie Hall performance and prepares for the year ahead ORANGEBURG, S.C. -Dr. Johnnie J. Felder doesn't just want to create musicians as director of the South Carolina State University Concert Choir. He also wants to create responsible leaders beyond the classroom. The choir invo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Rep. Nancy Mace, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Nancy Mace Introduces Bill To Reverse Supreme Court Decision Shielding Pesticide Companies From Accountability * WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 24, 2026) -Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced the Pesticide Harm Accountability Act to give Americans back their day in court when toxic pesticides cause harm, following the Supreme Court's June 25 ruling in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell. In Durnell, the Supreme Court held the Federal Insecticid more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 25 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Part of Coalition Voicing Concerns over Climate Activism in Financial Reporting South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in raising concerns over climate-related financial activism in a letter sent to the "Big 4" accounting firms: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. "These firms stand to profit from the climate relat more PR

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- South Carolina State University posted the following news: * * * SC State to temporarily close portion of Naylor Street for residence hall construction * The road closure will begin Monday for the installation of concrete wall panels. ORANGEBURG, S.C. -South Carolina State University will temporarily close a portion of Naylor Street beginning Monday, Aug. 24, as construction progresses on the university's new residence hall. The closure, expected to continue through mid-October, is necessary to allo more PR

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * South Carolina youth continue to excel in national wildlife competition * College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences When Clemson Cooperative Extension Service brought back the statewide competition for the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) in 2019, who knew the dynasty that it would create on the national level? WHEP is a national hands-on environmental education program dedicated to teaching youth across the country about wildlife and more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The why: Tripp Shealy trains engineers to challenge the status quo By Melody Warnick A few months after Tripp Shealy arrived at Virginia Tech as a new assistant professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, he told his department head that he wanted a $125,000 brain imaging machine. In certain corners of the university -- say, psychology or neuroscience -- a brain-imaging machine, like the functional near-infrared spect more PR