WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * ***VIDEO RELEASE*** Sen. Johnson's Full Roundtable Discussion: COVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a roundtable discussion titled "COVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People" with patients, families, doctors, and nurses. The 21 panelists shared firsthand accounts of mistreatment and other experiences they witnessed at hospitals across the co more PR

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Singapore Complete Monthlong Exercise * FORT SILL, Okla. -Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Artillery Brigade and the Singapore Armed Forces successfully concluded Exercise Daring Warrior 2026, finishing the bilateral training event with a decisive joint live-fire operation. Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Artillery Brigade and the Singapore Armed Forces successfully concluded Exercise Daring Warrior 2026, fini more PR

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * A Lifetime of Service: Dennis D'Angelo Bids Farewell After 48 Years Shaping Air Force Readiness * WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFLCMC) - During a milestone retirement ceremony on Sept. 28 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dennis D'Angelo, executive director, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), officially concluded a distinguished 48-year federal career. Surrounded by senior mi more PR

SEMINOLE, Oklahoma, Sept. 30 -- Seminole State College posted the following news: * * * A National Championship and a Lifelong Friendship * Bill Wantland, now 92, was still a high school senior when Tommy Kelton asked him to become his debate partner at Seminole Junior College. Together, they won a national championship in 1952. Their victory in Pueblo, Colorado, remains one of only two national titles in the history of the institution now known as Seminole State College. The Belles won the other in women's basketball in 1976. For Wantlan more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release: * * * Aerospace Education Council: September 2026 Update * #AFA Education Awards at the Field Awards Banquet We celebrated several presentations to outstanding individuals. Among them: our top individual honor of the Buck Buckwalter Distinguished Sustained Aerospace Education Award (DSEA), the AFA Thompson Mallett Teacher of the Year Awards, Outstanding AFJROTC Cadet of the Year, Outstanding AFJROTC Unit Lea more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 29 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Urges Congress to Fully Fund Supreme Court Security * Attorney General Clark joined a letter urging Congress to fully fund the U.S. Supreme Court's Fiscal Year 2027 security request, warning that threats against the Justices and their families have become a serious and escalating danger. In the bipartisan letter to congressional leaders, the attorneys general called for the resources necessary to protect th more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 30 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Nessel Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices * LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases and to submit a claim for compensation. The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut this month granted preliminary approval of a plan, filed by Michigan and a coalition of 47 other more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 30 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news: * * * CAILI Announces Members of Advisory Committee * #The committee 'ensures that caili remains aligned with societal, workforce-facing, and equity-centered needs' The University of Baltimore's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation (CAILI) has named a seven-member volunteer Advisory Committee, which will play a crucial role in fulfilling the center's mission to "cultivate AI-literate and community-engaged leaders who apply artificia more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith Announces Field Hearing on The One, Big, Beautiful, Bill Delivering for Small Business, Manufacturing, and Working Families - Collierville, TN September 29, 2026 Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) announced that the Ways and Means Committee will hold a field hearing on The One, Big, Beautiful, Bill Delivering for Small Business, Manufacturing, more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 (TNSletter) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following letter with co-signers to the Congressional leadership: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 28, 2026 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 - The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Chuck Schumer Minority Leader U more PR

LAWTON, Oklahoma, Sept. 30 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: * * * CU partners with Caddo-Kiowa Tech Center to expand degree offerings in healthcare * Cameron University has received approval in its first step to add two new associate degree programs, both specifically responding to a growing need in healthcare services. During a meeting earlier this month in Oklahoma City, the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University unanimously approved CU's request to develop  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues St. Louis Arc for Pregnancy Discrimination * Federal lawsuit says nonprofit's decision to force leave on pregnant employee and then firing her was unlawful and avoidable ST. LOUIS -St. Louis Arc, Inc., a nonprofit providing disability support services, violated federal law when it refused to provide a pregnant employee with reasonable accommodations, forced her to take leave, and ultimately terminated her, the U.S. Equal E more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Willow Park Healthcare for Disability Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation * Federal lawsuit alleges senior care facility harassed and fired nurse rather than accommodate her medical leave OKLAHOMA CITY -Willow Park Healthcare Center and Southwest LTC Management Services violated federal law when they denied a nurse's request for disability-related medical leave, harassed her, and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Empl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums--Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, Glen Cove, New York, intends to repatriate associated funerary objects to three Native American tribes. The museum identified 178 objects associated with a burial at the Archery Range site in The Bronx, New York. The collection includes 84 pottery pieces, two moon snail shells, one projectile point, quartz, slate and quartzite stone flakes, animal bones and bivalves. The objects were associated with pit five, buri more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lankford, Coons Resolution Honoring 50 Years of Prison Fellowship Passes Senate Unanimously * WASHINGTON, DC -US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) secured unanimous Senate passage of their resolution recognizing 50 years of Prison Fellowship's work to bring faith-based rehabilitation, restoration, and second chances to people impacted by incarceration. The bipartisan resolution recognizes Prison Fellowship's nationwid more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, intends to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects to the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, and Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. KSHS identified remains representing four individuals of Native American ancestry from sites in Lyon, Barton and Rice counties, Kansas. The collections include 5,716 associated funerary objects, including animal bone, chipped stone, ceramics, burned earth, a catlinite pipestone gorget fragment, a bison skull, shell and modified bone and s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, has completed an inventory of human remains and determined they are culturally affiliated with 1 of 3 Native American tribes. The remains represent two individuals of Native American ancestry and have no associated funerary objects. Partial remains were transferred to KSHS from the Fellow-Reeve Museum at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, in 1990. They were reportedly from the second Battle of Adobe Walls in Hutchinson County, Texas, in 1874. KSHS determined ther more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, intends to repatriate human remains to the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. KSHS identified remains representing four individuals of Native American ancestry. Three individuals were identified from Johnson County, Kansas, where partial remains believed to be medical specimens were found at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop in 2016 and transferred to KSHS in 2025. KSHS also identified remain more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 30 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU Debate teams excel at Kentucky tournaments * LAWRENCE -Multiple University of Kansas Debate teams placed in the top five at a pair of tournaments hosted by the University of Kentucky this past week. The team of Owen Owings, Lee's Summit, Missouri, with Max Ulven, St. Paul, Minnesota, finished in second place at the "Run for the Roses" round-robin invitational for seven of the top teams in the country during the Sept. 23-24 event. The team of Kate'Ly more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Leads Senate in Honoring 50 Years of the Hyde Amendment * Resolution Recognizes 50 Years of Bipartisan Support for the Hyde Amendment and its Protections for Unborn Children WASHINGTON, DC -US Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Chair of the Senate Values Action Team, introduced a resolution recognizing the Hyde Amendment's 50th anniversary and its enduring legacy of protecting unborn children and upholding the conscience rights of America more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Burnham Prebys posted the following news release: * * * Modifying heart cell metabolism unlocks self-repair system after heart attack * Study shows how blocking an energy transfer enzyme shifts mammalian hearts into a regenerative state The adult human heart is a reliable and resilient engine fueling our everyday lives while also being responsive enough to supercharge a Usain Bolt sprint or sustain a three-week bike race in the French Alps and Pyrenees. This marvel of biolo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas intends to repatriate human remains to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The remains represent one individual of Native American ancestry and were confiscated by Forest Service law enforcement during a traffic stop on the Angelina National Forest in Angelina County, Texas, on May 15, 2011. The remains were sent to the University of North Texas, Center for Human Identification, durin more PR

SWEET BRIAR, Virginia, Sept. 29 -- Sweet Briar College posted the following news: * * * New Faculty Join Sweet Briar Community * This fall, Sweet Briar welcomed several new faces to campus as a part of the College's teaching faculty. Dr. Janell Elliott joins the business program this year as a visiting assistant professor. Dr. Elliott is a graduate of Liberty University with three graduate degrees spanning business, strategic business, and public policy, including a D.B.A. in strategic management. She also received a B.S. in environmental more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields intends to repatriate 241 unassociated funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The objects include cloth fragments, necklaces, incised shell fragments, earspools, bottles, beads, blades, gaming disks, projectile points and a ceremonial spade. All were removed from Spiro Mound in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Newfields determined the objects were reasonably believed to have been intentionally placed with or near human remains as  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 1 -- Oklahoma City University issued the following news: * * * Theologian to lead three-part series on grace and experience Sep 30, 2026 * The Wimberly School of Religion will host Dr. Rebekah Miles, Albert Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at SMU, for the annual Willson Lectures on Oct. 15. * The free, public three-part series takes place at the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel (1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and focuses on divine life, ecstatic religious experience and Wesleyan ethics. * Dr. Miles is an author  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 1 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news: * * * OU Study Examines Whether Blood Tests Can Detect Cancer September 30, 2026 Enrollment Underway in Multi-Cancer Detection Test Study - OKLAHOMA CITY - At OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, enrollment is underway for the Vanguard Study, which is evaluating whether multi-cancer detection tests can find cancer at an earlier stage than is currently possible. Multi-cancer detection tests are an innovative  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 1 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news: * * * OU Study Tests Peer Mentoring to Help Young Adults Quit Vaping September 30, 2026 OKLAHOMA CITY - Young adults who want to quit vaping may turn to social media for support, but keeping them engaged with digital cessation programs over time can be challenging. A University of Oklahoma researcher is testing whether adding support from trained peers can help keep young adults engaged as they try to quit vaping. Joanne Chen Lyu, Ph.D.,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, intends to repatriate two associated funerary objects to four Native American tribes. The objects are two lots of ceramics collected from graves near Drakes Creek in Sumner County, Tennessee, by Edwin Curtiss in 1879 during a Peabody Museum expedition. The museum determined the objects were reasonably believed to have been intentionally placed with or near human remains as part of a death rite or ceremony. Based on ava more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSbrep) -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * 09.30.26 New Report Reveals How American Families Are Paying the Price for Trump's Broken Promises REPORT: Broken Promises, Real Costs: 11 Trump Lies That Are Hurting Americans - WASHINGTON, D.C. - As costs continue to skyrocket and President Trump shows no interest in addressing the needs of the American people, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (TNSletter) -- Sens. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, and Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 29, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg Chief Executive Officer Meta 1 Meta Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: As members of the U.S. Senate committed to combating antisemitism in all of its forms, we write to express grave concerns regarding the persistent problem of inauthentic accounts and 'bot farm' operations abusing social media platfor more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36849; Sub-No. 1) entitled "Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad LLC - Lease and Operation Exemption With Interchange Commitment - Union Pacific Railroad Co.": * * * Digest:/1 This decision grants a request by Weskan Grain LLC (Weskan) to file a response to Union Pacific Railroad Company's reply in support of a petition filed by Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, LLC (K&O), and permits K&O to file a limited response to Weskan more PR

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma, Sept. 30 -- Southwestern Oklahoma State University posted the following news release: * * * SWOSU Enters National Universities Category in 2027 U.S. News Rankings * Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) has joined a group of just four Oklahoma public universities on U.S. News & World Report's National Universities list. SWOSU has been ranked in the category for the first time in the publication's 2027 Best Colleges rankings. It was one of only 13 institutions to move into National Universities from the 115 sc more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 30 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Tech Tidbits: Wonder Boys Hungry for Turnovers * Three games have passed since Arkansas Tech University's defense last feasted on a turnover. The Wonder Boys (2-2) are hungry to change that heading into a Great American Conference match-up with the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Savage Storm (3-1) at Paul Laird Field in Durant, Okla., on Saturday, Oct. 3. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Live coverage of the ATU-Southeastern game will be availab more PR

WICHITA, Kansas, Oct. 1 -- Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, posted the following news release: * * * Textron Aviation builds future workforce with Kansas' first aviation youth apprenticeship program By combining education and industry experience, the new program creates early career opportunities for high school students while strengthening Kansas' aviation workforce - WICHITA, Kan. (Sept. 30, 2026) - Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is further bolstering the company's efforts to build the next generatio more PR