MINNETONKA, Minnesota, Sept. 11 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Klobuchar sought earmark for facility expansion at Minneapolis mosque Written by Bill Glahn | September 10, 2026 Our tour of questionable Amy Klobuchar earmarks takes us to the north side of Minneapolis today. It's a location where U.S. Sen. Klobuchar once proposed (p. 12) to invest $882,000 of federal taxpayer money in developing a new building on  more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2027-022) on Aug. 31, 2026, entitled "Hamilton County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF ATTESTATION EXAMINATION Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of our examination and could not be subsequently located for students i more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources posted the following news: * * * The state of Michigan's county planning commissions in 2026 * The Michigan Planning Enabling Act (MPEA) (MCL 125.3801 et seq.) authorizes local units of government in Michigan, including counties, to create planning commissions (PCs) and create and adopt plans. Called master plans, they establish the long-term visions and goals of the community and guide development. The Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (M more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * What they are saying: National leaders and lawmakers celebrate Governor Newsom's signature on landmark child safety chatbot and social media laws SACRAMENTO -Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed historic bipartisan legislation strengthening California's nation-leading child safety chatbot and social media laws. The new landmark laws will create the nation's strongest companion chatbot regulations in the nation, ban more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Charlie Kirk died for free speech: a year later, free speech Is losing By Kali Fontanilla I spent three sleepless nights last September watching leftists celebrate a man's murder. I recorded it, posted it, and tried to show people what was actually happening in real time. My videos exposing the leftists celebrating Charlie Kirk's death were given violations and taken down, while theirs stayed up. A year later, the audio of Kirk's assassination is a tr more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Connecticut Students Turn Environmental Projects into Lasting Community Impact * Meaningful change often begins close to home. Through UConn's Natural Resources Conservation Academy's (NRCA) Conservation Ambassador Program (CAP), Connecticut high school students are identifying challenges in their own communities and developing projects that create lasting impact. The NRCA is a program administered through UConn's College of Agriculture, Health, more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 11 [Category: Union] -- Education Minnesota posted the following news release: * * * Demuth plan makes funding private schools a priority at expense of public education * ST. PAUL, Minnesota. Sept. 10, 2026 - The Republican candidate for governor's new education plan prioritizes private and religious schools over the public schools that serve about 90% of Minnesota students, Education Minnesota said Thursday. "Lisa Demuth is a disappointment to educators, families and students," said Monica Byron, president of E more PR

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * CSRA College Night draws over 6,000 attendees; $15K in scholarships awarded: Attendees gain scholarships, admissions connections and confidence in pursuing higher education More than 6,000 students and parents filled the Augusta Convention Center on Sept. 3 for the Savannah River Site's (SRS) annual CSRA College Night, where hope, opportunity and life-changing conversations filled every aisle. Hoste more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS OPENED INTO TWO SCHOOLS OVER ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITISM AGAINST JEWISH STUDENTS Investigations follow Brandeis Center, ADL and StandWithUs complaints alleging young Jewish students faced anti-Semitic harassment, retaliation and hostile educational environments at a California public school and New York performing arts college - The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR)  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following news release: * * * Federal Civil Rights Investigations Opened Into Two Schools Over Alleged Antisemitism Against Jewish Students Investigations follow Brandeis Center, ADL and StandWithUs complaints alleging young Jewish students faced anti-Semitic harassment, retaliation and hostile educational environments at a California public school and N more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2027-022) on Aug. 31, 2026, entitled "Hamilton County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF ATTESTATION EXAMINATION Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of our examination and could not be subsequently located for students i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Celebration of Labor Day Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement recognizing New Mexico workers in honor of Labor Day: "This Labor Day, we recognize the hardworking New Mexicans who keep our communities strong. We celebrate the generations of New Mexican workers who have fought for fair pay, safer workplaces, and better opportunity for working families. "As the son of a union ironw more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown and Coalition Obtain Settlement Blocking Trump Administration from Repeating AmeriCorps Cuts BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two governors, has reached a settlement that stops the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps again without warning. The deal resolves a lawsuit, co-led by Attorney General Brown, brought in response to more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 11 (TNSrep) -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * North Carolina Breaks Into Top 10 States for Innovation 2026 "Tracking Innovation" report marks the state's first top-10 ranking for overall innovation capacity and identifies opportunities for further growth - The North Carolina Department of Commerce, on behalf of the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation, today released the 2026 Tracking Innovation report, the tenth edition more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. 11 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond celebrates landmark ruling upholding HB 1775 OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 10, 2026) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond secured a first-in-the-nation appellate victory as the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday in favor of the State of Oklahoma. The court struck down a lower court order that blocked part of House Bill 1775, the state's law barring public schools from teaching discriminatory concepts as fac more PR

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * SLU/YouGov Poll: Amendment 3 Falls to a Dead Heat While Missourians Back Protections for the Initiative Petition Process by a 27-Point Margin 09/10/2026 Trump approval underwater in SLU/YouGov Poll for the first time; Kehoe, state legislature hit all-time low approval ratings. ST. LOUIS - The August 2026 SLU/YouGov Poll surveyed 900 likely Missouri voters about their opinions regarding the 2026 election, ballot initiatives and amendments, data centers, a more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Sept. 11 (TNSrpt) -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: * * * TEDCO-Backed Companies Generate More Than $9.9 Billion in Economic Output, Independent Study Finds Maryland Technology Development Corporation's FY25 study finds $17 in economic activity for every $1 of state funding - COLUMBIA, Md., -- TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced the findings of an independent economic impact study detailing the contributions of TEDCO to the state of  more PR

SEMINOLE, Oklahoma, Sept. 10 -- Seminole State College posted the following news: * * * The War Years That Tested Seminole Junior College * In 1942, Seminole school Superintendent John G. Mitchell asked local families to consider what their junior college meant to the community. Near the end of his appeal, he posed a direct question. "Do you want it to continue?" The question appeared in the Aug. 27 Seminole Producer, less than nine months after the United States entered World War II. The college that would become Seminole State College w more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Mamdani Holds a Press Conference With Governor Hochul and Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels to Launch 2-K on First Day of School Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Good morning, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here in Washington Heights on the first day of school alongside Governor Hochul, Chancellor Samuels, parents, educators and an assortment of New York's cutest. I also want to acknowledge we have our deputy chancellor of Finance, Administrati more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 9 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release: * * * UM Grad Makes Big Impact Inside Montana One-Room Schoolhouse * By Kat Franchino, UM News Service MISSOULA - The term "one-room schoolhouse" evokes days of long ago, but for University of Montana alumna Alison Bramlet, it's part of her everyday life. Bramlet is the lead teacher at Malmborg School, a historic one-room schoolhouse nestled along Jackson Creek near Bozeman Pass. While many schools built in the era adopted traditional rectangular b more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Department of Education Announces Recipients of the 2026-2027 School Security Equipment Grant * (Richmond, Va.) -Today, the Virginia Department of Education is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, the winners of the 2026-27 School Security Equipment Grant program. Offered annually since 2013, this grant program provides Virginia localities with critical funds to purchase sc more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * What they are saying: National leaders and lawmakers celebrate Governor Newsom's signature on landmark child safety chatbot and social media laws SACRAMENTO -Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed historic bipartisan legislation strengthening California's nation-leading child safety chatbot and social media laws. The new landmark laws will create the nation's strongest companion chatbot regulations in the nation, ban more PR