COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 19 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends children from irreversible harms * Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 22-state friend-of-the-court brief to the North Dakota Supreme Court in support of a North Dakota law that bans sex-change procedures for minors. North Dakota joined many other states in determining that sex-change procedures should not be available to children. The stat more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, May 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Throws Support Behind Colorado Amid Challenge to Its Social Media Warning Label Law * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Netchoice v. Weiser, supporting Colorado's law requiring social media platforms to provide fact-based notices about their products -pr more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 18 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Adolescents' Knowledge of Legal Capacity to Independently Consent Linked to Higher STI/HIV Testing *. A new study found that adolescents who were aware of their state's minor consent laws were more likely to seek and receive testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, suggesting that teens' accurate knowledge of their legal capacity to consent to healthcare services  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on May 18, 2026, by Health Coverage Access Director Jennifer Sullivan and Elizabeth Zhang, research assistant on the Health Policy Team: * * * Higher Marketplace Premiums Take a Toll on Enrollment and on Marketplace Enrollees Congressional Republicans failed to extend premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements at the end of 2025, and now the harm of higher marketplace premium costs is beginning to show up more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 19 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Jobs Increase In Fewer Than Half Metro Areas From March 2025 To 2026; Association Urges Prompt Action On Highway Bill To Support Wider Gains * Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, Texas and Idaho Falls, Idaho Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains Since March 2025; New York City and Lawton, Okla. Have Largest and Steepest Job Losses  Co more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Senators to Trump: Eliminate UN Agency that Employs Hamas-Terrorists Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), joined by 24 colleagues, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that his administration work with the United Nations (UN) to fully dismantle and eliminate the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Numerous UNRWA employees have more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo, Risch Join Bill to Strengthen Public Lands * Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) announced their support for the America the Beautiful Act to reauthorize the Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and strengthen Idaho's public lands. "Public lands face a growing maintenance backlog, affecting roads, bridges, campgrounds, boat ramps, water systems, visitor facilities an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * Election Protection Coalition Launches 2026 Campaign Amid Historic Civil Rights Reversal * Lawyers' Committee, NAACP, Common Cause, State Voices, NALEO; AL, GA, PA, and LA state partners unveil plans to protect voters of color's access to the ballot Today, ahead of Tuesday primaries in Alabama, Georgia, and Pennsylvania - among other states - and following t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following written testimony by Corey Rosenbuschl, president and CEO of the Fertilizer Institute, Arlington, Virginia, from a May 12, 2026, hearing entitled "Perspectives on the Fertilizer Industry: Ensuring a Stable and Affordable Supply for American Producers": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Committee: Thank you for holding this hearing. Thank you also for the opp more PR

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, May 19 [Category: BizConsulting] -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, posted the following news release: * * * MITRE Names Samantha Ravich, Ph.D., to Board of Trustees * McLean, Va., & Bedford, Mass., May 19, 2026 - MITRE's Board of Trustees has elected Samantha Ravich, Ph.D., a national security and technology expert who has lent her expertise through numerous U.S. government and private sector  more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 19 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Graduate Named NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar * NORMAN, OKLA. - University of Oklahoma graduate Lucy Coleman has been selected for the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, an elite international doctoral training program that partners the NIH with the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge to prepare future leaders in biomedical research. Coleman, who earned a  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 18 [Category: BizMedia] -- PBS posted the following news release: * * * PBS Names Idaho Public Television's Jenifer Johnson as Development Professional of the Year * ARLINGTON, VA; May 18, 2026 - PBS has named Idaho Public Television Director of Charitable Giving Jenifer Johnson as the recipient of the 2026 C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year Award. The award was established in 1990 in memory of Scott Elliott, who raised more than $100 million for P more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Simpson Advances Funding for Repeater Site on Black Mountain * WASHINGTON -Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson highlighted the inclusion of $525,000 in funding for the Black Mountain Project 25 Repeater Site Project in Caribou County, Idaho, at his request through Community Project Funding (CPF) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. "The C more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, May 19 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Spring 2026 Course Evaluation Results Now Available * The course evaluation results for Spring 2026 are now available in Watermark. Evaluations were conducted for 4,318 courses with an overall response rate of 58.61%. Faculty can view and download their evaluation results directly from Watermark. To access your evaluations: 1. Log into Canvas and from the main menu on the left, click on Account. 2. Fr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service published a notice updating the newspapers that will serve as official publications for legal notices issued by ranger districts, national forests, grasslands, and regional offices across the Alaska, Pacific Northwest, and Pacific Southwest regions. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2026, and covers forests and districts in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, and parts of Idaho and Nevad more PR