-- Preview Email Newsletter
| News Tipoffs - Kentucky Editors Newsletter for 2026-10-07 ( 19 items ) |
|
"Ad Is Accurate": Fact Check Confirms Ralph Alvarado Stood By Disgraced Former Governor Matt Bevin and His Attacks on Medicaid (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
* * *
"Ad Is Accurate": Fact Check Confirms Ralph Alvarado Stood By Disgraced Former Governor Matt Bevin and His Attacks on Medicaid
*
Alvarado repeatedly endorsed Bevin's move to kick 95,000 Kentuckians off their health care
A new fact check from the Lexington Herald Leader confirms that Ralph Alvarado "stood by" disgraced former governor Matt Bevin as he slashed health care for Kentucky families.
According to the Lexington Herald Lea more PR
41st Great Sports Legends Dinner Supports Neuroscience Research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
* * *
41st Great Sports Legends Dinner Supports Neuroscience Research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
*
The 41st annual event honored 11 sports legends and announced a $1 million gift establishing the Marc A. Buoniconti Drug Discovery Program in support of research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Key Takeaways
* The 41st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner honored 11 leading athletes.
* A $1 million gift will establish the more PR
Active Girls Healthy Women hosting coffee talk on staying strong while aging (10)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Oct. 7 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news:
* * *
Active Girls Healthy Women hosting coffee talk on staying strong while aging
*
The University of Kentucky's Active Girls Healthy Women Program is hosting a Coffee Talk session 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, on Zoom. These events are free and open to the university and public.
As part of the Sports Medicine Research Institute in the UK College of Health Sciences, the Active Girls Healthy Women Program is a group of researchers, clinicians and professionals more PR
APSU's Professional and Workforce Development Center offering new auto body collision estimating course (10)
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- Austin Peay State University posted the following news:
* * *
APSU's Professional and Workforce Development Center offering new auto body collision estimating course
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Austin Peay State University Professional and Workforce Development Center is sponsoring a new auto body collision estimating course designed to train participants on CCC ONE estimating software, one of the leading technology platforms used in the automotive collision industry.
The course will be taught by Malcolm Prit more PR
Book by UD law professor chronicles life of legal pioneer targeted by McCarthy-ism (10)
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- The University of Dayton posted the following news:
* * *
Book by UD law professor chronicles life of legal pioneer targeted by McCarthy-ism
*
A book due out Oct. 20 by University of Dayton law professor Jennifer L. Brinkley chronicles the life of legal pioneer Dorothy Kenyon whose career was nearly undone when U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy named her first on his list of alleged communists.
"Decades after Ruth Bader Ginsburg acknowledged her debt to Dorothy Kenyon, Brinkley brings Kenyon to life in this engaging and imp more PR
Carnegie Institution for Science: Object 24 - Drosophila Illustrations (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 [Category: Science] -- The Carnegie Institution for Science posted the following news:
* * *
Object 24 | Drosophila Illustrations
*
In the spring of 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan peered into one of the hundreds of glass milk bottles that filled his cramped and famously messy laboratory at Columbia University and spotted something he had never before seen. Among the thousands of red-eyed fruit flies he had been breeding for nearly a year was a single male with white eyes.
That one small fly was the first in a series of discove more PR
Centre College: Champions Hall Earns LEED Gold Certification for Sustainability Achievement (10)
DANVILLE, Kentucky, Oct. 7 -- Centre College issued the following news:
* * *
Champions Hall earns LEED Gold certification for sustainability achievement
October 6, 2026
Centre College has been awarded LEED Gold certification for Champions Hall, recognizing the facility's energy efficiency and environmental design.
This marks the sixth Centre building to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation, and the first to be recognized with Gold status, the second-highest classification a building can earn. Champion more PR
Duke Energy to Announce Third-quarter 2026 Financial Results on Nov. 5 (10)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release:
* * *
Duke Energy to announce Q3 2026 financial results on Nov. 5
October 6, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy will post its third-quarter 2026 financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5, on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors.
An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled at 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss the third-quarter 2026 results and other business and financial updates.
The conference call will be hosted by Harry Sid more PR
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Hicks Testifies Before Senate Indian Affairs Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Michell Hicks, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, from a Sept. 23, 2026, hearing on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act (H.R. 226):
* * *
Siyo. Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Schatz, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony of behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on H.R. 226, the "Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act." It is an honor for me to appear bef more PR
FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Comments Invited on AT&T's Section 214 Application to Discontinue Domestic Legacy Voice Service as Part of Technology Transition (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 26-276):
* * *
Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures and dates apply to the application(s) (the Section 214 Discontinuance Application(s)) listed in the Appendix.
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau), upon initial review, has found the Section 214 Discontinuance Application(s) listed herein to be acceptable for filing and subject to the procedures set forth in Section 63.71 of the Comm more PR
Federal Register: Fish & Wildlife Service Denies Endangered Species Act Listing for Springfly, Roachfly, Poppy Bee, Streamside Salamander (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following action in the Federal Register.
* * *
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Four Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce findings that four species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). After a thorough review of the best scientific and commercial data avail more PR
Indiana University Southeast announces 2027 Chancellor's Medallion honorees: Millicent and Norman Stiefler and Patty Cress (10)
NEW ALBANY, Indiana, Oct. 7 -- Indiana University Southeast campus posted the following news:
* * *
Indiana University Southeast announces 2027 Chancellor's Medallion honorees: Millicent and Norman Stiefler and Patty Cress
*
Indiana University Southeast is proud to announce three recipients of the 2027 Chancellor's Medallion Award.
Retired real estate executive Millicent Stiefler, retired healthcare executive Norman Stiefler, and retired human resources professional Patty Cress will be honored April 24, 2027, at the Chancellor's Medallion more PR
Mattocks honored with Wilks Award for excellence in simulation education (10)
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 5 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news:
* * *
Mattocks honored with Wilks Award for excellence in simulation education
*
Alma Mattocks, Ph.D., ATC, CHSE, director of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Athletic Training Program, was named the 2026 recipient of the David H. Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in Simulation.
"I am humbled and honored to be selected as the recipient of the David H. Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Hear 9/11 Victims' Case for Frozen Taliban Funds (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 7 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release:
* * *
Attorney General Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Hear 9/11 Victims' Case for Frozen Taliban Funds
10/5/2026
BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a bipartisan group of 31 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court of the United States supporting victims and families of victims of September 11, 2001, in their effort to collect on court judgments agains more PR
N.H. A.G. Formella, Bipartisan Coalition Support 9/11 Victims' Efforts to Recover Frozen Taliban Funds (10)
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release:
* * *
October 05, 2026
Attorney General Formella, Bipartisan Coalition Support 9/11 Victims' Efforts to Recover Frozen Taliban Funds
Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the New Hampshire Department of Justice has joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 state attorneys general in filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the United States Supreme Court supporting victims and families of victims of the Septemb more PR
S.D. A.G. Jackley Joins Bi-Partisan Coalition Demanding 9/11 Victims and Families Receive Frozen Taliban Funds (10)
PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release:
* * *
Attorney General Jackley Joins Bi-Partisan Coalition Demanding 9/11 Victims and Families Receive Frozen Taliban Funds
Oct. 5, 2026
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined 29 other State Attorneys General in filing a friend of the court brief at the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the victims and families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks demanding they be awarded f more PR
TWS Fellows Named for 2026 (10)
BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 7 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news:
* * *
TWS Fellows named for 2026
A celebrated group of 10 wildlifers have been selected for excellence in the field
October 5, 2026
The Wildlife Society has awarded fellowships to 10 wildlife professionals for 2026. The Society gives Fellows Awards each year to individuals who have "distinguished themselves through exceptional service" to the profession and have been members for at least 10 years.
The new fellows will be re more PR
USDA Designates 15 Counties as Natural Disaster Areas (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release:
* * *
USDA Designates 15 Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
*
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livest more PR
Washington, multistate coalition seek approval for $400 million settlement in drug price-fixing case (10)
OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 6 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
* * *
Washington, multistate coalition seek approval for $400 million settlement in drug price-fixing case
*
Attorney General Nick Brown has joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 states and territories seeking court approval of a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations that two generic drug manufacturers engaged in long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices and reduce competition.
The coalition of more PR
|
