CONWAY, Arkansas, Sept. 11 -- The University of Central Arkansas posted the following news: * * * Akropolis Reed Quintet to visit UCA as Artists in Residence * Two-day residency highlighting classical chamber music to feature public concert from left: Akropolis Reed Quintet members Matt Landry, saxophone; Tim Gocklin, oboe; Ryan Reynolds, bassoon; Kari Landry, clarinet; Andrew Koeppe, bass clarinet. Photo/Jason Walker The University of Central Arkansas will host the Grammy Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet for a two-day residency Tuesd more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 12 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, South Region August 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Sept. 11, 2026 * * * Regional prices rose 0.2 percent in August, up 3.1 percent over the year - The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South region increased 0.2 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent over the month. The energy index increased 1.0 more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 10 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Build Your Own Business Sessions Aim to Help UA Little Rock's Aspiring Entrepreneurs * The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is once again reaching out to help students who want to build their own businesses. Build Your Own Business (BYOB) is designed for UA Little Rock students with entrepreneurial ambitions who want to learn how to bring their concept to li more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 11 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Carnival of Clubs helps Business Students find Connection and Community at UA Little Rock * University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Business students recently had a chance to connect and find their place on campus through the Carnival of Clubs, which showcases various organizations and programs -all under a festive atmosphere. With music playing, and plenty of snacks and refreshments, the Sept. 3 event brought together  more PR

TACOMA, Washington, Sept. 10 -- The University of Puget Sound posted the following news: * * * Catching up With Former President Susan Resneck Pierce * When Susan Resneck Pierce stepped down from the presidency in 2003, she and her husband moved to Florida to spend time with her daughter, son-in-law, and eventually two grandsons. To start off the 2026-27 academic year, former Arches editor Chuck Luce checked in with President Pierce to update the community on what her work and world has looked like since retirement. In 2003, Susan Pierce  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 11 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Creating a Lasting Legacy Through an Enduring Opportunity Scholarship * After more than four decades of teaching, leading, and championing students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Deborah Baldwin and James Metzger are continuing their commitment to the university by establishing the Dr. Deborah J. Baldwin Enduring Opportunity Endowed Scholarship. The planned gift will support the Enduring Opportunity Scholarship  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following news release: * * * September 11, 2026 Honoring America's Fallen: House Intelligence Chairman Crawford Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11 WASHINGTON, D.C -- Today, on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford (AR-01) issued the following statement: "On September 11, 2001, I was in the studio produc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2026: * * * MALDEF, THEDREAM.US, AND PRESIDENTS' ALLIANCE REACT TO LATEST FOUR DOJ LAWSUITS AGAINST STATE TUITION EQUITY POLICIES Washington, DC - Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its latest lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with new complaints against Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Utah bringing the total to 25 such lawsuits filed in the past t more PR

ERIE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- Mercyhurst University issued the following news: * * * Mercyhurst marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 with new Homeland Security Collection Archive documents creation of DHS civil rights office and expands university's Thomas J. and Michelle Ridge Collection Friday, September 11, 2026 On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Mercyhurst University is launching a new digital archival collection documenting an important chapter in the nation's response to 9/11: the creation of the U.S. Departme more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, Sept. 11 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Lafayette General welcomes five new physician specialists * High-res photos are available here. LAFAYETTE, La.-Ochsner Lafayette General welcomes five physicians who bring expertise in infectious diseases, orthopedics, psychiatry, general surgery, pediatrics and pediatric neurosurgery. These physicians help to meet the growing healthcare needs of the region while offering patients access to comprehensive, high-qu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2026: * * * Presidents' Alliance, TheDream.US and MALDEF React to Latest Four DOJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Washington, DC - Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its latest lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with new complaints against Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Utah bringing the total to 25 such lawsuits filed in the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * STATEMENT: Trump Administration Lies to Arkansans After Gutting Rural Health Care Washington, D.C. -- The Trump administration recently announced misleading "rural health investments" in Arkansas, conveniently leaving out any mention of the catastrophic health care cuts Donald Trump and Republicans made that have ravaged Arkansas's health care system and left rural communities in the dust. Last year, Donald Trump and Republicans rammed through $1 trillion in cuts to Me more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Public Health Leaders and 161 Scholars File Amicus Brief Challenging CMS Medicaid Work Requirement Rule * The American Public Health Association, Grantmakers in Health, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health's Jacobs Institute of Women's Health and National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Liberty Health Alliance and 161 public health and health policy deans, chairs and scholars have filed an amicus curiae brief supp more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * Public Health Leaders and 169 Scholars File Amicus Brief Challenging CMS Medicaid Work Requirement Rule * Contact: gwmedia@gwu.edu, mediarelations@apha.org The American Public Health Association, Grantmakers in Health, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health's Jacobs Institute of Women's Health and National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Liberty Health Alliance  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Student Press Law Center posted the following news: * * * Reflections from New Voices student leaders: Bowen Darling * Twenty-five high school students from 15 states learned how to lead their states' fights for student press freedom as part of the Student Press Law Center's seventh annual New Voices Student Leaders Institute this summer. Learn more about what they learned here. The institute's message was clear: Student voices can pass the New Voices laws needed to protect student more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 11 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Seyler to Speak at RPL Author Series Sept. 22 * Journalist and author Randal Seyler will offer a presentation entitled "The Front Page to the Frontier" as part of the RPL Author Series at Arkansas Tech University on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Seyler will speak in Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center room 300B, 305 West Q Street in Russellville, at 6 p.m. Admission will be free and open to the public. Metro editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazet more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Student Press Law Center posted the following news: * * * SPLC institute trains students to lead press freedom fights * Twenty-five high school students from 15 states logged into the Student Press Law Center's New Voices Student Leaders Institute this summer expecting to learn about press freedom, but they say they took away so much more. After two weeks of training and collaborating with their peers, they're now equipped with the leadership skills, advocacy strategies and confid more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Members Award $703K to 19 Louisiana Community Organizations * NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, September 10, 2026-Twenty-six Louisiana community-based organizations received a combined $702,633 in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of more than $1.8 million awarded across FHLB Dallas' f more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2026: * * * TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents' Alliance React to Latest Four DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies Washington, DC - Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its latest lawsuits against states' tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with new complaints against Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Utah bringing the total to 25 such l more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 10 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Alumna Named PRSA Woman of Impact * Kristen Vandaveer Nicholson lives by the philosophy that the most meaningful measures of success aren't awards or accolades, but the people you help along the way. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumna has established a career in public relations and strategic communications by building relationships, earning trust, and helping others succeed. Now, Nicholson has been more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Sept. 11 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news wrap up entitled "Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Sept. 4-10, 2026": * * * Newsworthy from the School of Medicine, Week of Sept 4- Sept 10 The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, September 10, 2026. Confirmed Cases Of Alpha-Gal Syndrome More Than Double In Arkansas In One Year to Nearly 3,000 (https://www.democratic more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 12 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * College of Education and Health Professions Researchers Receive Rural Health Transformation Funds Sep. 11, 2026 Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently announced that two researchers from the College of Education and Health Professions have been awarded a grant through Arkansas' Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Michelle Gray and Divya Bhagianadh, who study aging in the college's Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, w more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 12 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Fulbright Graduate Student Rigg Receives 2026 J. Hillman Yowell Award for Excellence in Teaching Sep. 11, 2026 DeShea Rigg, a graduate student and teaching assistant of Japanese in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded the J. Hillman Yowell Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2026. This award is given to a Fulbright graduate student who exemplifies outstanding contributions to the university and college's more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 12 -- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Brown pushes FCC to strengthen "Know Your Upstream Provider" rules to combat illegal robocalls SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Attorney General Derek Brown and a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its "Know Your Upstream Provider" (KYUP) requirements to keep scammers from using the U.S. phone network to make illegal robocalls. KYUP rules require voic more PR

MELBOURNE, Arkansas, Sept. 11 -- Ozarka College posted the following news: * * * White River Health Sponsors Meal for 2026 Ozarka College Foundation Golf Tournament * The Ozarka College Foundation is pleased to have White River Health as the meal sponsor for the 2026 Ozarka College Foundation Golf Tournament. The annual tournament will be held Thursday, September 24, 2026, with an 11:00 a.m. start time at Cooper's Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne. The four-person scramble will once again bring golfers and community supporters together for a  more PR