RUSTON, Louisiana, Oct. 22 -- Louisiana Tech University posted the following news: * * * Americans and the Holocaust exhibition coming to Prescott Memorial Library * Louisiana Tech University is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host "Americans and the Holocaust," a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association (ALA) that examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans' responses to Nazism, war, and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Following a highly succ more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13334) by R. Corinne Blackford, Analyst in Small Business and Economic Development Policy analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * ANC, Tribal, NHO, and CDC Participation in the 8(a) Business Development Program Introduction Congress has historically sought to help small, "socially and economically disadvantaged" business owners overcome barriers to participating in federal contracting and compete in the national economy through t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13334) by R. Corinne Blackford, Analyst in Small Business and Economic Development Policy analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * ANC, Tribal, NHO, and CDC Participation in the 8(a) Business Development Program Introduction Congress has historically sought to help small, "socially and economically disadvantaged" business owners overcome barriers to participating in federal contracting and compete in the national economy through t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL STOPS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ILLEGAL WEAPONIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM * Chicago -- Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a successful resolution of his lawsuit challenging unlawful eligibility restrictions for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which allows government and nonprofit employees to have their federal student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. The Trump ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Hickenlooper, DeGette, Pettersen, Neguse, Crow Demand DOJ Recognition & Accreditation Program Be Restored to Full Capacity * Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.), Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.) to state their strong support for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Recognition and Accreditation (R&A)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Company Tests Coating to Prevent Corrosion Aboard Self Defense Test Ship * Subject matter experts from Honolulu-based Oceanit boarded Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) in early September to apply their specialized protective coating in interior and exterior spaces to demonstrate how it can mitigate corrosion in naval ship hulls. The experiment aboard the SDTS, homeported in Port Hueneme, California, is par more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 22 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes Boone, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Deep-Sea Mining Year in Review: Regulatory Developments in the Industry * This is our first deep-sea mining insight since joining Haynes Boone, and it marks a continuation of the work we have long done in this sector. Over recent years we have advised on, and written about, the legal and regulatory frameworks governing seabed minerals, from the International Seabed Authority's Mining Code negotiations to the revival of the United St more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following October 2026 Beige Book: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity in the Twelfth District was broadly steady during the mid-August through September reporting period. Employers generally maintained employment levels and increased wages slightly. Prices rose moderately, and elevated diesel and fuel prices pushed up business operating costs across the District. Retail sales softened slightly, and consumer spending on leisure and hospitality servic more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13331) by Linda R. Rowan, natural resources and earth sciences analyst: * * * Geothermal Resources for Energy Development in the United States The U.S. Geological Survey, a science agency in the Department of the Interior, assesses geothermal resources (Earth heat sources) for the development of geothermal energy in surface and subsurface geologic formations (i.e., layers of rock) in the United States as part of its mission an more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Coalition Opposing the Federal Government's Attempt to Interfere with California Elections 10/22/2026 BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general opposing a lawsuit against California filed by the federal government that is part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the midterm elections. In U more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * NEW REPORT: WEAK TRUMP ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND BACKROOM DEALS ARE DRIVING UP COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new report, Settling For Less: How Trump's weak antitrust enforcement and backroom deals are driving up costs, a comprehensive review of the second Trump Administration's record of toothless antitrust settlements, dismissed enforcem more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * New Warren Report: Weak Trump Antitrust Enforcement and Backroom Deals Are Driving Up Costs for American Families * "Since President Trump returned to office, corporate giants have announced at least 330 large mergers totaling more than $2.2 trillion in market consolidation" Amid increasing concerns over rising costs, Warren releases 54-page report revealing that "federal enforcers have surrendered market oversight to corporate giants in more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 22 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release: * * * OUTRIGGER Kaua'i Beach Resort & Spa Recognized for Lobby and Common Space Design Following Its 2026 Transformation * HONOLULU - OUTRIGGER Kaua'i Beach Resort & Spa has earned a Silver Award in the 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards in the category of Hospitality Elements - Upscale (Four-Star), Lobby/Common Space Design. The award recognizes the resort's 2026 lobby transformation and grand reopening, reimagining arrival as  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 22 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release: * * * OUTRIGGER Maldives Maafushivaru Resort Wins Global Award for All-Inclusive Resort Excellence * HONOLULU - OUTRIGGER Maldives Maafushivaru Resort has been named a Gold Winner in the 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards in the category of Hospitality - Overall, All-Inclusive Resort. The recognition honors the resort's approach to all-inclusive hospitality, which is designed to make the entire island part of the guest experienc more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 22 [Category: BizTravel] -- Outrigger Hospitality Group posted the following news release: * * * OUTRIGGER's Global Conservation Program Earns Top Honors for 2026 World Ocean Month Activation * HONOLULU - OUTRIGGER Zone, the company's global environmental platform, has won Gold in the 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards for Hospitality - Marketing: Live Installation/Activation Program. The award recognizes OUTRIGGER's global World Ocean Month activation, which invited guests, hosts and communities in five destinations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Demanding DOJ Watchdog Probe White House's Alleged Order to Investigate LA Protestors * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) demanded Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Don Berthiaume open an investigation into the concerning activities detailed in a recent whistleblow more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Postal Service posted the following news release: * * * Postal Service prepped to deliver for 2026 holiday season * WASHINGTON -- The Postal Service is ready to deliver the holidays for 2026. The organization is continuing to build upon the successful delivery performance of the 2025 peak season. Thanks to investments in new technology and new logistics planning and implementation by the organization, the Postal Service significantly improved its delivery performance during last year's holiday season. In 202 more PR

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Oct. 22 [Category: National Defense] -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: * * * Recreation therapy helps veterans rebuild life after injury * When he was in the Army, Justin Hall sometimes tripped and fell. He brushed it off as clumsiness. Then his left leg started going numb and his back began hurting. Doctors, including a neurologist, attributed the symptoms to an old rib injury. He left the Army in 2010 without any further explanation. He developed insomnia and leg spasms. He had no response on more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: More Than $80 Million Heading to Hawai'i To Repair Roads, Bridges, Structures Damaged By Kona Low Storms * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) announced that Hawai'i is receiving nearly $81.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to cover the costs of repairs to roads, bridges, and other structures that were flooded and damaged during the Kona low storms earlier this year. "This new federal funding will he more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * Securing the Pacific Together: U.S. Commitments at the Inaugural U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN) Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman October 22, 2026 The United States is a Pacific nation. More than 1.9 million American citizens and nationals live in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and approximately 53 million Americans live along the western seaboard, from California to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSletter) -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following letter with co-signers to Education Secretary Linda McMahon: * * * Here is the text of the letter: October 14, 2026 The Honorable Linda McMahon Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary McMahon: Your recent decision to reallocate mandatory funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in Fiscal Year 2025 and Fiscal Year 2026 is an illegal violation of Congress' spending authority under the Con more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * October 20, 2026 Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester, Murphy, Kelly, Schiff press Attorney General Blanche on the illegal sales of guns to teenagers WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (Both D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Friday led a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche demanding answers on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to break with decades of prec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: * * * U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN) - "Securing the Pacific Together" October 20, 2026 The United States will host the inaugural U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN) in Los Angeles, California, on October 21-22, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday will co-chair the ministerial with Palau Minister of Justice Jennifer Olegeriil and lead the U.S. delegation. Assistant Secretary of State f more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The ocean's most abundant "loner" microbe has a sticky second life * The oxygen in about every other breath we take comes from microscopic cells -- phytoplankton -- drifting in the surface of the ocean. Among them is Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism in the seas. It single-handedly accounts for roughly 10 percent of all the carbon that the land and the oceans pull from the atmosphere each year more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Tokuda, Warnock, and Sherman Call for Federal Audit of Refunds of $166 Billion in Illegal Trump Tariffs * HAWAI`I -- U.S. Representative Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02), alongside U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, and Representative Brad Sherman (CA-32), the Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Capital Markets, le more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Supports Litigation Challenging Unlawful Immigration Arrests RICHMOND, Va. - Attorney General Jones, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) policy and practice of conducting unlawful warrantless civil immigration arrests. Under federal law, immigr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * Trump-Vance Administration Leads Nationwide Coalition in Fighting War on Fraud October 16, 2026 President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are aggressively shutting down the waste, fraud, and abuse that has drained billions from American taxpayers. As head of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Vice President Vance this week called on officials at every level of government to join him in a pledge to protect vulnerable Americans, keep taxpayer-funde more PR