AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource Digital fact sheet outlines monitoring and reporting strategies to protect wildlife By Sarah Fuller The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet, "Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm," to help Texans protec more PR

WACO, Texas, Sept. 16 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Allstate and AFCA announce 2025 Good Works Team * Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) today announced the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, honoring 22 college football players and one head coach for their extraordinary commitment to community service.  This year's team was selected from a record 195 nominees, submitted by college sports informa more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- The American Botanical Council issued the following news release: * * * American Botanical Council Publishes 10,000th HerbClip Research Summary Unique ABC educational resource has provided clinical research updates on herbs and other natural products for more than 30 years * The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) announces that its 10,000th digital HerbClip is now available online, marking a major milestone for this longstanding educational resource. With  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Troy E. Nehls and Representative Sharice Davids Release Statement on Fourth Session of the Bipartisan ATC/NAS Modernization Working Group * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Aviation Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) released a statement following the fourth session of the bipartisan Air Traffic Control (ATC)/National Airspace System (N more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Baylor awarded grant to establish the Houston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine received a $5.9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to establish the Houston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (H-NORC). The five-year grant aims to enhance the multidisciplinary nature and quality of obesity and nutritiona more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Study sheds light on how exercise helps lose weight Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine and collaborating institutions provide new insights into how exercise helps lose weight. The researchers discovered a mechanism by which the compound Lac-Phe, which is  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP officers seize more than $557K in heroin at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge * LAREDO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Laredo Port of Entry this weekend intercepted more than $557,000 in alleged heroin concealed within a vehicle. "Our frontline CBP officers continue to apply their inspection skills together with  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 33) on September 4, 2025, entitled "Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Conjunctivitis in Military Trainees -- Texas, February-May 2025.": Here are excerpts: * * * Summary What is already known about this topic? Bacterial conjunctivitis is uncommon in immunocompetent adults.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Cruz Calls for Recognition of Taiwan at the International Civil Aviation Organization General Assembly ICAO's failure to recognize Taiwan's sovereignty emboldens China and harms value of international aviation standards * U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Commerce Department Hides Key Records on Deadly Texas Floods * Washington, D.C.-- Since May, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) has sought information about the impact on the safety of American families from intensified weather events following President Trump's slashing of the federal workforce and hiring freezes at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Nation more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Keith Self Talks Mail-In Voting, the SAVE Act, and Collin County Paper Ballots on the Election Protection Project Podcast * Congressman Keith Self (TX-03), a member of the House Election Integrity Caucus, joined the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Election Protection Project Podcast to discuss the SAVE Act, Texas voter ID protections, banning mail-in voting, and Collin County's return to h more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * CONGRESSMAN VICENTE GONZALEZ CALLS ON REPUBLICANS TO RESTORE MEDICAID FUNDING AND EXTEND PREMIUM TAX CREDITS CUT UNDER THE BIG, UGLY BILL * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) joined over 60 of his democratic colleagues in cosponsoring H.R. 4849, Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act. This bill would reverse the drastic health care cuts Republicans passed in the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Williams' Legislation to Increase Small Business Access to Capital Passes Financial Services Committee Markup * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Roger Williams' bill, the Merchant Banking Modernization Act, passed markup in the House Committee on Financial Services by a vote of 35-17. This legislation amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by extending the holding period for m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Releases Statement on Genocide in Gaza * Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement: "Today, the families of the hostages taken by Hamas are protesting outside of the Israeli Prime Minister's residence demanding he prioritize the safe return of their loved ones and end the war. Simultaneously, the United Nations' Human Rights Council rel more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Patel on Trump's Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Drug Traffickers * WASHINGTON - Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel the Trump administration's multi-agency approach to defeating transnational criminal organizations that are responsible for trafficking illicit drugs into the U.S. an more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * County Employment and Wages in Arkansas -- First Quarter 2025 * Employment increased in all three largest counties in Arkansas from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Benton County had the largest over-the-year  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * County Employment and Wages in New Mexico -- First Quarter 2025 * Employment rose in the two largest counties in New Mexico from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Dona Ana County had the larger over-the-year in more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike and Salesforce Partner to Secure the Future of AI-Powered Business Integration of Falcon Shield with Salesforce Security Center and Charlotte AI with Agentforce delivers enhanced protection, visibility, and faster response for mission-critical AI agents, applications, and more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike Teams with NVIDIA to Build, Power, and Secure the Agentic Ecosystem With Charlotte AI AgentWorks integrated with NVIDIA Nemotron models, analysts can build custom, no-code security agents; Falcon protects security and non-security agents across the AI ecosystem * CrowdS more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike to Acquire Pangea to Secure Every Layer of Enterprise AI With AI prompt-layer protection for secure enterprise AI development and workforce usage, CrowdStrike will deliver the industry's first complete AI Detection and Response (AIDR) * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike Unleashes the Agentic Security Workforce to Transform Security Operations CrowdStrike introduces new, mission-ready agents out of the box to automate high-impact workflows; Unveils Charlotte AI AgentWorks, the first no-code security agent development platform that enables more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * CrowdStrike Unveils the Falcon Platform Fall Release to Lead Cybersecurity into the Agentic Era Revolutionizing the Falcon platform with the industry's richest AI-ready data layer - the foundation for unifying human and agent-based security * CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today unvei more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 16 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Texas crew springs into action after serious car accident * On what started as a normal workday, three Entergy Texas employees suddenly found themselves on the scene of a serious three-car accident in The Woodlands. Lineworkers Logan Larson, Bowen Noyes and Josh Garcia were traveling in their work truck when they encountered the scene of the collision. Without hesitation, the  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 -- CrowdStrike Inc., a cybersecurity platform for protecting areas of enterprise risk - endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data, issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * ExtraHop and CrowdStrike Signal Next Step in Partnership to Break Down Data Silos ExtraHop, a leader in modern network detection and response (NDR), and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today at Fal.Con 2025 signaled the next step in its partnership. Building on recent integrations with Fa more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLB Dallas and Wells Fargo Celebrate Grand Opening of Affordable Apartments with $610K Grant * FHLB Dallas, Wells Fargo and YES Housing gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Calle Cuarta in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which received a $610,000 Affordable Housing Program grant. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, September 16, 2025--Representa more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation) issued the following news: * * * Governor Moore, Arnold Ventures Announce $20 Million in Grant Awards to Support Programs that Help Maryland Youth Thrive Funding through Maryland Partnership for Proven Programs will promote initiatives to uplift men and boys, community colleges, and Big Brothers Big Sisters chapters across the state * ANNAPOLIS, MD -- In the culminating grants of the Maryland Partner more PR

LOVELAND, Colorado, Sept. 17 -- HVS, a consulting, valuation and research firm, issued the following news release: * * * HVS Brokerage & Advisory Closes Sale of Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Eunice HOUSTON, TX: HVS Brokerage & Advisory announces the sale of the 41-key Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Eunice, located at 1251 Laurel Street, Eunice, Louisiana 70535. The property, built in 2003, was purchased by A&K Hospitality of Eunice LLC, based in Delaware, Ohio, from Tri Parish Hospitality LLC,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE arrests previously deported Sureno gang member with lengthy criminal history * MCALLEN, Texas - ICE Homeland Security Investigations Rio Grande Valley arrested a previously deported convicted felon and member of the Surenos Gang on Sept. 9. Gerardo Cesar Ramirez-Garza, 33, is a criminal alien from Mexico with a history of criminal activity and  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 [Category: BizConsulting] -- KBR, a provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies, issued the following news release: * * * KBR Supports Samsara Eco's First Circular Plastics Plant, Paving the Way for Global Recycling Breakthrough * As key commercialization partner, KBR is pleased to continue its support of Australian biotech innovator, Samsara Eco with the official opening of its first plant, which opened earlier this month in Jerrabomberra, reg more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: * * * Medical Readiness Command Europe Soldiers to compete in 2025 U.S. Army Best Squad Competition * SEMBACH, Germany - A team of 5 Soldiers from Medical Readiness Command, Europe will represent Army Medicine at the 2025 U.S. Army Best Squad Competition taking place at Fort Bragg, N.C. Oct. 2-15. Pictured from left to right are Spc. Ricardo Delgado, Spc. Selena Castro, Sgt. 1st Class Jon Nicolas, Sgt. Rico Ell more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * New electrical flash method rapidly purifies red mud into strong ceramics, aluminum feedstock * A team of researchers at Rice University has developed a faster and cleaner method for recovering aluminum and removing toxic metals from bauxite residue, or red mud, which is a hazardous by-product of aluminum production. This new technique, published in American Chemical Society Applied Materials and Interfaces  more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 16 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Pack of Dogs Roaming Godley: PETA Launches Video Warning About Dangers of No-Kill Policies * Godley, Texas - Following reports that a pack of up to 40 dogs--many of them appearing hungry and sick--has been roaming the streets of Godley for months, causing residents to fear for their children's safety, PETA's new urgent video warning is hitting local airwaves more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana -- First Quarter 2025 * Employment rose in 5 of the 7 largest parishes in Louisiana from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that Caddo Parish had the largest over-the-year inc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crockett Demands Transparency on Conditions in ICE Detention Facilities * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem raising urgent concerns about barriers to legal access for individuals detained at the Camp East Montana detention facility in Fort Bliss, Texas. Rep. Crockett recently conduct more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cuellar Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Expand Medicare Cancer Screenings * Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28), joined a bipartisan coalition of 294 lawmakers in cosponsoring H.R. 842, the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. This bill would allow Medicare to cover FDA-approved multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests beginning in 2028, if the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Doggett: "Trump is seeking to create a master file of information on every American." * Contact: Alexis Torres (link sends email) Washington, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor to oppose a rule change that protects the Trump Administration from complying with his formal Resolution o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Veasey and Sen. Wyden (OR) Will Reintroduce Bicameral Resolution Recognizing September as National Voting Rights Month Congressman Veasey (TX-33) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), announced on National Voter Registration Day that they are introducing legislation to make September "National Voting Rights Month." Considering recent concerns over voting rights, awareness, and suppression, Rep. Veasey and more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice adopts Google's generative AI solution to enhance student learning and faculty support * (Photos by Jeff Fitlow) Rice University has partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google's generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff with powerful, responsible AI tools designed to personalize learning, enhance creativity and better prepare students for a technolog more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice Real Estate, Lincoln Property Co. announce plans for The Arc, significant expansion of Ion District * Rendering by Neoscape courtesy of HKS. Rice Real Estate Co., in partnership with Lincoln Property Co., today unveiled plans to develop a landmark research, laboratory and office building designed to catalyze world-class innovation and enterprise in Houston. The new facility, named The Arc at the Ion D more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Texas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by December Storms * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Texas of the Oct. 16, 2025 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by the  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 16 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI, UT San Antonio collaboration uses machine learning to detect pre-ignition in hydrogen engines * September 16, 2025 -- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) are collaborating to create a detection system to identify pre-ignition in hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICE). Researchers will combine machin more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Sept. 17 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Creating ripples for Aggie engineers By establishing the Jayaraman Family Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Engineering, Dr. Arul Jayaraman supports the dreams of Aggie engineers while commemorating his father's legacy. By Ella Claire Williford Just as every ocean is born from a single drop, every act of selfless service begins with a story. Dr. Arul Jayaraman, executive asso more PR

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 16 [Category: BizTransportation] -- Toyota Motor Sales USA posted the following news: * * * Toyota Research Institute: Behavioral Science Can Unlock More Carbon Reductions from Electric Vehicles * New Studies in the U.S. and Japan Reveal That Behavioral Interventions Yield Significant Results PALO ALTO, Calif., and TOKYO (Sept. 16, 2025) -- The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today released new research showing that behavioral science-based interventions significantly i more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * Two University of Houston Projects Named Finalists for the $50 Million Gulf Coast Challenge By Bryan Luhn Two University of Houston projects were named finalists in the $50 million Gulf Futures Challenge, highlighting UH's growing role in solving real-world challenges and creating solutions that benefit Texas and inspire coastal communities worldwide. The prestigious competition, sponsored by the National more PR