COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes for state, local authority to combat illegal drone drops at prisons * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones, and other items. Per federal law, only a narrow set of feder more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING from Axios: "GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war." Paging Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn. * GOP plan centered around the same cuts in Mariannette Miller-Meeks' failed health care bill Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Zach Nunn, and House Republicans are scheming to pay for a reckless war of choice in Iran - which is reportedly going to cost American taxpay more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power released the following testimony by David Palumbo, deputy commissioner of operations at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, from a March 17, 2026, hearing on legislation to address drought and promote water security: * * * Chair Hoeven, Ranking Member Wyden, and members of the Subcommittee, I am David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) with more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 30 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * College of Architecture's Day to present April 14 Nebraska Lecture * Jeffrey L. Day, professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present the next Nebraska Lecture on April 14. Day's lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union's Swanson Auditorium, with a Q&A session and reception to follow. The lecture is free and open to the public. Titled "House- ing," Day's le more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * DNR investigating manure spill in Hamilton County * HAMILTON COUNTY - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure release into an unnamed tributary of the South Skunk River near Ellsworth in Hamilton County. On March 28, the DNR Field Office in Mason City was notified by Hovick Hauling, a certified manure applicator, of a manure spill near the intersection  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Carr Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This is a major public safety threat impacting correctional facilities acro more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds appoints Rebecca L. Petig as District Associate Judge * Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced her appointment of Rebecca L. Petig as a district associate judge in Judicial District 6. Petig, of Grinnell, Iowa, serves as magistrate for the 8th Judicial District. She received her undergraduate degree from Grinnell College and law degree from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Cla more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Cornyn, Colleagues Target Child Predators in New Legislation * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Child Predators Accountability Act to ensure abusers who include children in the production of sexually explicit content are prosecuted to the fullest ext more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Grassley, Cornyn, Colleagues Target Child Predators in New Legislation Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Child Predators Accountability Act to ensure abusers who include children in the production of sexually expl more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sens. Schiff, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Sports Prediction Market Contracts * The Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act marked the Senate's first bipartisan bill seeking to regulate prediction markets "It ought to be up to the states to decide what kind of gambling goes on within their state. This kind of end run around the law is encouraging vast amounts of gambling. W more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 31 -- The Iowa Economic Development Authority issued the following news on March 30, 2026: * * * State Awards $40,000 in Grants to Support Growth in 4 Rural Iowa Communities Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today announced $40,000 in grants through the Governor's Empower Rural Iowa Initiative to advance growth and revitalization efforts in four rural Iowa communities. Clarion, Clear Lake, Redfield and Stanton each received $10,000 t more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, March 31 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: * * * Lycoming College to host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham Lycoming College will welcome the award-winning author Michael Cunningham to campus for a reading of his work on Friday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room in Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public. Serving as Lycoming College's Himes/Sweeney Visiting Scholar in Creative Writing, Cunni more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Office of the Governor releases public schedule for week of March 30th * Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer released public schedules for Monday, March 30, 2026, through Sunday, April 5, 2026. Monday, March 30 Gov. Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer attend 14th Annual Ag Leaders Dinner and Award Ceremony FFA Enrichment Center 1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy Ankeny, IA 6 more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * PLA announces record number of conference scholarship winners in celebration of ALA's 150th anniversary * CHICAGO -The Public Library Association (PLA) is proud to award 150 scholarships for public library professionals and students to attend the PLA 2026 Conference, taking place April 1-3 in Minneapolis, Minn. This represents a record high number of PLA scholarships more PR

MACOMB, Illinois, March 30 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * Robert Jefferson Obituary * MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - - Former Professor of Western Illinois University Robert Wayne Jefferson, 86, of Macomb, a distinguished educator, scholar and academic leader, passed away March 25, leaving behind a legacy of more than four decades in higher education. Born on June 5, 1939, in Davenport, IA, to Lewis and Virginia Jefferson. He grew up on a farm in Central Iowa, more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Eight researchers transforming colorectal cancer care By Mary Bosch, Science Communication Intern March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, established to raise awareness for a disease that is largely preventable. Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50 and the only major cancer where mortality is rising in more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 31 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * West Virginia Attorney General Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Attorney General JB McCuskey has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This drone use is a major publi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Leaders Across America Commend EPA's Action to Finalize Historic Renewable Fuel Standards and Support America's Rural Communities * WASHINGTON - On Friday, March 27, 2026, at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration on the South Lawn, President Trump announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the historic Renewable Fuel Standard more PR