WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * "Rep. Ashley Hinson's Husband 'Arranged' a Meeting Between Lobbyists and Iowa Lawmakers -- Including His Wife" [NOTUS] NOTUS: "Officials at the insurance industry group credited [Ashley Hinson's husband Matt] Arenholz for helping them gain access to Hinson and other Iowa lawmakers" Watchdog: "Right off the bat that's not normal" NOTUS: "Over the years, the [Insurance industry] PAC contributed a total of more than $67,000 to Hinson's more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Announces a $17 Billion Landmark Settlement with Meta with $353 Million Guaranteed for Virginia Settlement requires Meta to implement sweeping child-safety reforms for Virginians on Instagram and Facebook after deceiving the public about teen mental health harms - Today, Attorney General Jones announced a $17 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. of which Virginia will receive a gua more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Schwalb Announces That Meta Will Pay Up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids with Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms * Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta). It is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The District will receive at least $90,395, more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 26 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Bismarck CEO Appointed National Role, Brigadier General * BISMARCK, N.D. - Sanford Bismarck President & CEO, Todd Schaffer, M.D., has been selected for promotion to Brigadier General and appointed to serve as Assistant for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel & Readiness (OUSW(P&R)), a senior military leadership position responsible for advising on Reserve component m more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * Enemies of Energy: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) The NRDC boasts of helping China fill its landscape with wind and solar. Since 1995, China has cranked up its coal burning by 231 percent, and by 2024 was burning as much coal as the entire world did back in 1995 when the NRDC showed up to help. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Enemies of Energy, a r more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 26 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * CLAS student Jack Cantorna launches Iowa's first 'APPstinence' club * By Fatima Salinas Jack Cantorna, a University of Iowa student studying economics and philosophy, brought the "APPstinence at Iowa" club to campus to help students rethink their relationship with technology and find more fulfilling social lives without smartphones. After deciding to delete his own social media accounts, Cantorna said the change made him more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Dentsu for Pregnancy Discrimination * Federal lawsuit alleges marketing firm refused to hire most qualified candidate for position because she would need maternity leave MINNEAPOLIS -International advertising and marketing firm Dentsu International Americas, LLC, violated federal law when it refused to hire a pregnant woman for a Minneapolis-based position promoting alcoholic beverage brands, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 28 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following Insight on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * New H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates Up in Air as Court Orders DOL to Try Again: What Agricultural Employers Need to Know A federal court in California just ordered the US Department of Labor (DOL) to quickly come up with a new methodology for calculating the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A job orders, just weeks after the agency released long-awaited new H-2A farmworker rates. Those rates had been calculated under a framewor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Foremost Farms Teamsters Authorize Strike * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (REEDSBURG, Wis.) - Members of Teamsters Local 120 at Foremost Farms in Reedsburg, Wis., have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The group of 40 workers is fighting for a fair contract while the company fails to address chronic staffing problems, lagging wages, and retirement s more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 27 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Carr Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History Meta to pay up to $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. - the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addition to the payment, M more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Celebrates Latest Milestone in Wells Enterprises' $425 Million Ice Cream Manufacturing Transformation in Dunkirk * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the latest milestone of Wells Enterprises' state-of-the-art manufacturing facility expansion in Dunkirk. A ribbon cutting was held for the $425 million project, which includes the recently completed state-of-the-art employee center and new production lines. The facility signi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley's Big Tech Investigation Yields Child Safety Results * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) investigation into eight major tech companies has prompted "significantly improved" and "more actionable" reports of online child exploitation, according to a letter from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). These improvements have allowed law enforcement to better re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley's Big Tech Investigation Yields Child Safety Results NCMEC reports Grassley's oversight of major tech companies led to "significantly improved" child safety reporting. - BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) investigation into eight major tech companies has prompted "significantly improved" and "more actionable" reports of online child exp more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Energy] -- Growth Energy, a trade association that represents ethanol producers, issued the following news release: * * * Growth Energy Applauds Michigan House for Incentivizing More Affordable Fuel * LANSING, MICH.-Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, applauded the Michigan State House of Representatives today after it voted to advance HB 5359, a bill that includes an incentive for fuel retailers in the state to sell more E15, a 15% ethanol fuel blend that's more affordable than stan more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 27 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ ANNOUNCES LARGEST BIG TECH SETTLEMENT IN HISTORY Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Today, Attorney General Anne Lopez announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. -- one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Republican Senate Candidates Tell Voters to "Quit Your Bellyaching" Over Rising Costs, Economic Pain NOTUS' Dana Milbank: "Several Republican candidates and office holders are approaching the midterm elections with a most unorthodox message for voters: Quit your bellyaching" Milbank: "[Republicans'] toughen-up argument is part of a broader response to inflation that also includes a fair measure of denial and dismissal" - A n more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 27 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Today, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.-- the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The settlem more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 27 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * New Health Sciences Academic Building provides state-of-the-art space to 2 CLAS programs * Three of the University of Iowa's top-ranked and most popular programs will share a state-of-the-art building as they continue to grow and find more ways to serve residents of Iowa and beyond. Health Sciences Academic Building dedication The University of Iowa will host a ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Health Scien more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn, Subramanyam Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Reserve Organization of America Charter * DES MOINES, IA -Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) today introduced the Reserve Organization of America Charter Amendments Act of 2026 to ensure federal law recognizes both enlisted servicemembers and commissioned officers serving in America's reserve forces. Founded in 1922, the Reserve Organization of America (ROA), formerly more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 27 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * Preschool teacher turned researcher: Isaac Petersen's quest to understand childhood behavior problems * By Bri Brands Isaac Petersen, an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, started his career as a preschool teacher. There, he developed his current research interest in how children develop behavior problems. "I'm interested in how children develop the capacity to control their behav more PR

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Aug. 27 -- The University of Northern Iowa posted the following news release: * * * Principal and alum Robin Foster receives UNI Educational Leadership Legacy Award * WELLMAN, Iowa \- Robin Foster, principal of West Elementary, part of the Mid-Prairie Community School District, has received the 2026 UNI Educational Leadership Legacy Award from the University of Northern Iowa. Considered one of the UNI College of Education's most prestigious honors, the annual award recognizes a graduate of the UNI principalship, superint more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 27 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition announce largest Big Tech settlement in history Attorney General Neronha today joined a coalition of 47 States and D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in announcing a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. of up to $17.1 billion - one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. Under the settlemen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Republican Attorneys General Association posted the following news: * * * Republican Attorneys General Association Highlights New Ad to Stop Michigan Mamdani * WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) today highlighted an ad from its affiliated group Safer Michigan Fund, committed to electing conservative attorneys general and a safer Michigan. "Fighting crime is on the ballot this November," said RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper. The contrast in Michigan cou more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 27 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Announces SD to Receive Minimum $52 Million in Multistate Settlement with Meta Attorney General Marty Jackley announces South Dakota will receive a minimum of $52,612,676 as its share in a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. It is one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. Sou more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 27 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Sports to create Black Hills home at E3 * Aug. 27, 2026 Contact: Paul Heinert Sanford Health Media Relations 605-366-2432 / Paul.Heinert@sanfordhealth.org RAPID CITY, S.D. -Sanford Sports will establish a new home in Rapid City through the acquisition of the E3 Sports Complex, creating a dedicated location for youth sports programming, sports performance training and sports physical therapy services in the more PR

WICHITA, Kansas, Aug. 27 - The University of Kansas School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Scheffer fund helps KU medical students do career-defining away rotations * Shortly before he died in 2024, David Scheffer, M.D., told his mother and a family friend that one way he would like to be remembered was helping fourth-year medical students go on out-of-state rotations as they explore and try to solidify their choice of specialties. "When they told me he had said that, it just instantly took me back to our conversations from wh more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 28 -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Green Beret joins academia After serving as a Special Forces medic across Asia, Patrick Link brings global experience and a problem-solving mindset to biomedical engineering. Written by Payton Spindler After years serving as a Special Forces medic across Asia, Patrick Link is bringing global experience, creativity, and a problem solving mindset to the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering. As a young adult, Link was int more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * University of Iowa researchers examine the environmental journey of everyday chemicals What happens to the chemicals in personal care products after they wash down the drain or evaporate into the air? A team of researchers from the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado Boulder recently explored that question in a review article published in Nature Reviews Chemistry. The paper examines volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 27 -- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown issued the following news on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Utah secures $12.2 billion settlement with Meta over child safety practices Utah today announced a landmark $12.2 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will force sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook are built for children and teens once issued by the court. It ranks among the largest consumer protection settlements in U.S. history--rivaled only by the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s--and marks the more PR

WAYNE, Nebraska, Aug. 28 -- The Wayne State College issued the following news release: * * * Convocation 2026 Features Speaker Dr. Sydney Grint '19 Wayne State College's annual Convocation event welcomed new students to campus Friday, Aug. 21. - Wayne State College welcomed Grand Island's Dr. Sydney Grint, a 2019 graduate of the College, back to campus to deliver keynote remarks for Wayne State's convocation ceremony held for new students Aug. 21. Convocation brought together students, faculty, staff, parents, and the Wildcat Marching Band more PR

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 27 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * WIU Alumna Lao Named Director of The Muscatine Art Center * MOLINE, IL. -Western Illinois University Museum Studies graduate Kelly Lao ('11), a native of Rock Island, IL, has been named the next director of the Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, IA, following a three-month national search. Lao began her new role on August 3. She succeeds former Muscatine Art Center Director Melanie Alexander, who resigned in April. Lao joins the Muscatine A more PR