WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 [Category: Agriculture] -- The American Farmland Trust posted the following news release: * * * American Farmland Trust Announces Winners of the 18th Annual America's Farmers Market Celebration(tm) * (Washington, D.C.) American Farmland Trust (AFT) announces the winners of the 18th annual America's Farmers Market Celebration(tm), a national event honoring the role of farmers markets, which ran between August 1, 2026, and September 30, 2026. Ten markets receiving the most public votes are declared the national winners. A  more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Coalition in Opposing Trump Administration's Cruel Gutting of Head Start Standards * OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday co-led a multistate coalition in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposal to dramatically cut regulations governing the Head Start program. Head Start is an early childhood education program desig more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO GUT HEAD START STANDARDS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposal to dramatically cut regulations governing the Head Start program. Raoul and the coalition explain in their letter that the proposed rule would gut long-stan more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 7 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Weiser opposes Trump administration proposal to gut Head Start standards * Oct. 7, 2026 (DENVER) - Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a multistate coalition in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposal to dramatically cut regulations governing the Head Start program. Head Start is an early childhood education program that helps children from low-income familie more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * Cut Flowers Regulations; Removal of Chrysanthemum White Rust-Related Provisions We are amending the regulations governing the importation of fresh cut flowers to remove requirements for the importation of specific types of cut flowers from the regulations, and to list them in the U.S. Department of Agriculture database called the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements inste more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hawai'i Set to Receive More Than $6 Million to Improve Veterans Cemetery in Hilo * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration has awarded a grant of up to $6,132,225 to the State of Hawai'i to help improve and maintain East Hawai'i Veterans Cemetery - No. 2 in Hilo. The cemetery serves more than 11,000 veterans and their family members. "Thousands of br more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses 2 Additional California Candidates for Election to Congress LAKEWOOD, Calif. -- The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of two additional candidates for election to the U.S. House representing California in the 2026 elections. The general election is Nov. 3. The newly endorsed candidates are Randy Villegas for election to the U more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Oct. 8 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * Mission X: Honoring UCF's Origin Story for 10th Annual Space Game * Landing humans on the moon was just a dream when UCF was founded in 1963. But we dared to believe -- developing the talent and inventing the technologies to make it reality. That same spirit still drives us today. We are America's Space University. And we celebrate UCF Space Week to honor our origin as we dare to build what's next. Where Global Leaders Unite to Forge the Future  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * National Archives Issues Dismissive Response to Lawmakers & Community Concerns * SAN BRUNO, CA -Despite bipartisan and bicameral support for preserving America's national archives, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) gave a dismissive response to federal lawmakers who are working to protect local public access to historic records. Before providing any justification or opportunities for the public to weigh in, NARA recently an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSrep) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: * * * October 6, 2026 New Study: Parents Report Vast Majority of Afterschool Students In Both Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Are Engaging in STEM Learning in Their Afterschool Programs, But More Than One Million Children Shut Out LOS ANGELES, CA -- Afterschool programs are leading the way in educating the next generation in the STEM subjects the jobs of the future will require. Ninety-seven percent of parents of Los Angeles afterschool students, and 9 more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Olowalu reef off Maui provides window into two centuries of environmental changes Oct 7, 2026 New research led by University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program (Hawai'i Sea Grant), UH Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), and U.S. Geological Survey analyzed a 253-year old core from a massive coral colony at Olowalu Reef off West Maui to reconstruct how Olowalu has changed over time, what has driven tho more PR