CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL PUSHES BACK ON PROPOSED FEDERAL RULE THAT COULD THREATEN HEALTH COVERAGE, COST STATES MEDICAID FUNDING * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 24 attorneys general, today filed a comment letter opposing a proposed federal rule that could put federal funding for Medicaid at risk and interfere with state oversight of health insurance and operation of state health insurance exchanges.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SECURES LEGAL VICTORY PROTECTING ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that he obtained a final court order stopping the Trump administration's unlawful attempt to gut essential health, education and social service programs for low-income families. "I am proud to have secured this legal victory protecting some of our most crucial social service programs," Raoul sai more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 21 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release: * * * Galaxies in the early universe are weird. These stars may explain why. * The more astronomers learn about the universe's earliest galaxies, the stranger they seem. Many of their surprising properties may be explained by differences between their massive stars and those in galaxies like our own Milky Way. A new University of Utah-led survey with the Hubble Space Telescope is shedding light on the stellar astrophysics operating in early galaxies. more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- The Hawaii State Department of Education issued the following news: * * * Kaimuki High School's Chu Hong named 2027 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year Sep 21, 2026 Kaimuki High School teacher Chu Hong, who stepped into a new field and built the school's agriculture program into a hands-on learning experience connecting students with sustainability, entrepreneurship and future careers, has been named the 2027 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year. The 22-year Hawaii public school educator received the state's top teac more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 22 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Waena battery storage project hits key milestone, will strengthen Maui grid and support renewables First set of Tesla Megapacks received on island KAHULUI, Sept. 21, 2026 - Hawaiian Electric's Waena Battery Energy Storage System project reached a major construction milestone with the arrival and installation of the project's first six Tesla Megapacks at the project site along Pulehu Road in Central Maui. The project will be the island's first standalone more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 21 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * How Beijing preys on the Chinese diaspora to shape opinion in the USA * In May 2026, Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, a city in the state of California, pleaded guilty to acting as an undeclared agent of the Chinese regime. US prosecutors said Wang posted pro-Beijing content on a news website targeting Southern California's Chinese community. The case is emblematic of Beijing's broader influence strategy of exploiting trusted com more PR

SAN RAFAEL, California, Sept. 22 -- In Defense of Animals posted the following news: * * * Newsom Signs SNIP Act, Opening California to Mobile, High-Volume Spay/Neuter Clinics SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 21, 2026) -- Veterinary teams will be able to spay and neuter cats and dogs in temporary clinics in community buildings across California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the SNIP Act on Friday. Assembly Bill 2010, the Spay and Neuter Improvements for Pets Act, removes a state rule that required the surgery to take place in a dedicated, walled  more PR

PASADENA, California, Sept. 22 (TNSjou) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars Sept. 21, 2026 A new study reveals that Jezero Crater's enigmatic 'Margin Unit' was shaped by a complex sequence of ancient lakes, groundwater systems, and hydrothermal fluids. When NASA's Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. Called the "Margin Unit," the geologic area stretche more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * VNR: Nearly $6M in NIH awards will extend UH Manoa's landmark Maui wildfire health study Sep 21, 2026 The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Hawaii at Manoa nearly $5.9 million through two grants to continue and expand the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES), Hawaii's largest and most comprehensive disaster health cohort. The new funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disp more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 21 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: * * * UH appoints new tech transfer executive to lead its innovation, commercialization efforts Sep 21, 2026 The University of Hawaii has announced that Denichiro "Denny" Otsuga has been appointed as director of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC), which is housed under the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, effective September 21. In his new role, Otsuga will be responsible for the management of intellectual pr more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Invasive deer, goats are eating away Hawaii's ranchlands Sep 21, 2026 The first study to measure wild ungulate (axis deer, mouflon sheep, goats, pigs, etc.) grazing on Hawaii rangelands finds forage losses at two-thirds of sites surveyed, with axis deer the clearest driver of decline across ranches on Hawaii Island and Maui. Led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Res more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Joins Coalition of States in Pushing Back on Federal Rule That Could Undermine Medicaid, Insurance Regulation, and Health Coverage Proposed Rule Oversteps Federal Law, Could Cost States Funding for Medicaid and Threaten Health Coverage for Virginians - RICHMOND, Va. - Attorney General Jay Jones today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a proposed federal rule that more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Administration Release Energy Bill Assistance for Low-Income Americans * #Key federal heating assistance program targeted for budget, staffing cuts by Trump administration as energy costs soar Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they joined Senate colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to release all available funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistan more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley Demand Trump Administration Release Energy Bill Assistance for Low-Income Americans * #Key federal heating assistance program targeted for budget, staffing cuts by Trump administration as energy costs soar Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today said they joined Senate colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to release all available funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance  more PR