ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Mississippi Applauds Hitachi Energy's Record $528 Million Investment to Strengthen America's Grid * Jackson, MS -Today, Americans for Prosperity - Mississippi (AFP-MS) applauds Governor Tate Reeves and the Mississippi Development Authority for securing Hitachi Energy's expansion of its transformer manufacturing facility in Copiah County. The current facility produces small power transformers and employs 475 people. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 [Category: Energy] -- The Edison Electric Institute issued the following news release: * * * America's Electric Companies Protect Customers by Ensuring Data Centers Pay Their Fair Share * WASHINGTON (September 15, 2026) -The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) welcomes the House's consideration of the Ratepayer Protection Act, which reinforces work already underway across the country to protect families and small businesses from costs associated with serving data centers and other large energy users. "Across America, EEI m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Financial Services] (TNSletter) -- The American Bankers Association issued the following letter with 79 co-signers to Senate leaders John Thune and Charles Schumer: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 10, 2026 The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 - The Honorable Charles Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 - RE: Amend the Clarity Act to Preserve Local Lending Dear Majority Leader Thune and Minority Leader Sch more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 16 (TNSletter) -- The American Medical Association issued the following letter with 50 organizations to Reps. John Joyce, R-Pennsylvania, Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, and Kim Schrier, D-Washington: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 14, 2026 The Honorable John Joyce, MD U.S. House of Representatives 2102 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Greg Murphy, MD U.S. House of Representatives 407 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Kim more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * APPROVED BY COMMITTEE: Ezell's Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act Passes House Natural Resources Committee * Today, Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-04) announced that his Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act (H.R. 5745) passed the House Committee on Natural Resources, advancing the bipartisan legislation toward consideration by the full House. The Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act builds upon the existing Rigs to Reefs initiative by es more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers selects St. Paul, Minnesota, resident for national award * ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, selected St. Paul, Minnesota, resident and St. Paul District water resource planner Jill Bathke for its Corps of Engineer's 2025 Planning Excellence Award. Bathke received the award for her work on the Upper Mississippi River's Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * During the High Holidays, Rosen Highlights Rising Levels of Antisemitism, Calls for Increased Nonprofit Security Grant Funding * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, delivered remarks on the Senate floor about the rising levels of antisemitism and increased fears in Jewish communities across the country during the High Holidays. She called on  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 -- Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * Eric Brannon Leads TSU Men to Legacy Series Invite Title * By Ella Clark, TSU Athletics HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TSU News Service) - The Tennessee State men's cross-country team overcame a lengthy weather delay and an altered race format to claim the team title at the Legacy Series Invite Sept. 11 at John Hunt Park. The men's race was originally scheduled as an 8K, but inclement weather halted competition with approximately two miles remaining. After a  more PR

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 16 -- Hitachi Energy, a subsidiary of Hitachi, issued the following news release: * * * Hitachi deepens commitment to U.S. manufacturing with $528 million Mississippi transformer factory * Hitachi Energy's largest single investment in the U.S. to date brings American manufacturing expansion commitment to around $1.5 billion, with other major projects in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Tennessee. * New facility in Gallman, Mississippi, will be more than twice the size of Hitachi Energy's Crystal Springs plant, doubling produc more PR

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Hitachi Energy Bringing Its Largest Transformer Manufacturing Investment In U.S. To Mississippi * JACKSON, Miss. - Hitachi Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, "Hitachi") is expanding its operations at its transformer manufacturing factory in Copiah County, Mississippi. The project represents a corporate investment of $528 million, the company's largest investment to date in the U.S., and it will create 654 j more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 15, 2026 House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Leads 150+ Current and Former House Democrats & Republicans in Urging Supreme Court to Block Trump DHS Voter Purge Database (WASHINGTON) - For the second time in two weeks, current and former Members of the House of Representatives are challenging the Trump administration's ongoing attempt to unconstitutionally exercise cont more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 14, 2026 Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Elections (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling against the Trump administration and its attempt to sow chaos in the midterm elections: "Today's Supreme Court decision is t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $3.75 MILLION TO HELP 20 MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS SUSTAIN WORKFORCE * Hyde-Smith Avid Supporter of Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program, Encouraged Miss. Hospitals to Apply WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 20 rural hospitals and health providers in Mississippi will receive federal grant funding through a program created to help them sustain their workforces and continu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Williams, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (GA-05) today teamed up with New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker to reintroduce the End the Exception Amendment. The bicameral resolution would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole that allows slavery "as a punishment for cr more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU Office of Research and Economic Development announces 2026-27 Faculty Leadership Program cohort * Contact: Judy Middleton STARKVILLE, Miss.-Emerging academic leaders are taking part in Mississippi State University's Faculty Leadership Program, with the 2026-27 cohort recently launching the eight-month training. Led by MSU's Office of Research and Economic Development, the program supports mid-career associate and full professors from ac more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU's Rokooei named secretary of national construction accrediting board * Contact: Christie McNeal STARKVILLE, Miss.-Mississippi State Associate Professor Saeed Rokooei is the newly elected secretary of the American Council for Construction Education's Board of Trustees, the governing body of one of the world's most prestigious advocates of quality construction education. Rokooei, in his 10th year of teaching at MSU, serves as Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: * * * New Study: Parents Report Vast Majority of Afterschool Students in Greater Richmond Are Engaging in STEM Learning in Their Afterschool Programs, But Thousands of Children Shut Out RICHMOND, VA -- Afterschool programs are leading the way in educating the next generation in the STEM subjects the jobs of the future will require. Eighty-eight percent of parents of Greater Richmond afterschool students now say their child's afterschool program offers ST more PR

SENATOBIA, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- Northwest Mississippi Community College issued the following news release: * * * Northwest WIOA and Adult Education Impacts MS Adult Learners Sep 15 2026 Northwest Mississippi Community College's Adult Education and WIOA partnered alongside Northwest's Horticulturist Len Lawhon of Olive Branch to help students train for success by working with the horticulture team to help keep the Northwest campuses beautiful. Since they began implementing this program in 2021, they have had a total of 12 students go thr more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news: * * * NSF Study Aims to Reveal How Plants Sense, Respond to Heat * OXFORD, Miss. - A new University of Mississippi project aims to understand how plant cells detect changes in temperature and convert them into signals that guide responses to moderate warmth and potentially damaging heat. Yongjian Qiu, associate professor of biology, has received funding from the National Science Foundation through the EPSCoR Research Fellows program. The two-year proj more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, Sept. 15 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Children's marks a decade of national recognition for pediatric care * NEW ORLEANS \- For parents, confidence in their child's healthcare matters. From routine annual check-ups to complex medical diagnoses, families want access to trusted, high-quality care close to home. Ochsner Children's has earned national recognition for pediatric healthcare for the 10th consecutive year, reflecting its sustained, long-stand more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 15 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Outdoor options abundant at Barber Creek Wildlife Area * Covering nearly 1,000 acres along the Clinton-Scott County line, Barber Creek Wildlife Area offers a mix of timber, wetlands and prairie, with fire breaks to walk and plenty of space to chase turkeys and deer or to hunt mushrooms. Much of the area is in the Wapsipinicon River floodplain, offering wetlands or oxbows seemingly around every corner. Wildlife flock to wetlands a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Wilson and U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men & Boys to Honor Parents Carrying Forward the Legacies of Black Children Lost to Violence * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), chair of the U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, will center the voices, courage and advocacy of bereaved parents during the 55th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Republican Attorneys General Association posted the following news: * * * Republican Attorneys General Association Joins Vice President Vance, Attorney General Todd Blanche, DOJ's Fraud Division, SBA, and SBA OIG Unveiled Massive Fraud Enforcement Activity as State Partnerships Expand * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Republican Attorneys General Association joined Vice President J.D. Vance, Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, along with the Sm more PR

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 16 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * Saint Louis University, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Receive $2.15 Million Award as Part of Regional Pediatric Prevention Network By Jay Veteto 09/15/2026 The sub-grant is part of more than $22.5 million awarded annually in continued funding through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis University and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital have received a $2.15 million award from th more PR

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 15 -- The University of Southern Mississippi posted the following news: * * * Southern Miss Receives Five-Year Grant Extension for Coastal Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Scholarship * The University of Southern Mississippi's Coastal Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Scholarship, formerly the Ocean Engineering Entrepreneurship Pathway, has received a five-year grant extension through February 2031, allowing students to continue pursuing a unique accelerated degree program that combines engineering, business and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: * * * New Study: Parents Report Vast Majority of Afterschool Students In Both Omaha and Greater Nebraska Are Engaging in STEM Learning in Their Afterschool Programs, But Tens of Thousands of the State's Children Shut Out OMAHA, NE -- Afterschool programs are leading the way in educating the next generation in the STEM subjects the jobs of the future will require. Ninety-six percent of parents of Greater Nebraska afterschool students, and 87% of parents o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: * * * New Study: STEM Learning Is Widespread in Kent County Afterschool Programs -- But More Than 58,000 Children Are Missing Out GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Afterschool programs are leading the way in educating the next generation in the subjects the jobs of the future will require. Eighty-eight percent of parents of Kent County afterschool students now say their child's afterschool program offers STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning. More more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSrep) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: * * * New Study: Vast Increase in Afterschool STEM Learning in Allegheny County Parents of Nine in Ten Allegheny County Children in Afterschool Programs Report STEM Learning Opportunities There - But Thousands of County Children Shut Out - PITTSBURGH, PA -- Afterschool programs are leading the way in educating the next generation in the STEM subjects the jobs of the future will require. Ninety-two percent of parents of Allegheny County afterschool stud more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Announces $104 Million to Transform Rural Healthcare Across Mississippi Through Cutting-Edge Technology and Expanded Care Closer to Home * The Trump Administration announced today that more than $104 million in federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding is being put to work to modernize rural healthcare, expand access to services, and stren more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Williams, Merkley, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery Sep 15, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) today teamed up with New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker to reintroduce the End the Exception Amendment. The bicameral resolution would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole that allows slavery "as a punishment f more PR