JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 11 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hanaway Joins 23-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Uphold Mifepristone Stay * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in asking the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court's stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued a notice regarding proposed production activity by Coilcraft Inc. at its facility in Hawarden, Iowa, within Foreign-Trade Zone 288. The notice, published May 6 in the Federal Register, concerns a proposal involving ferrous iron pre-fabrication material and foreign-status ferrous iron raw materials. The Foreign-Trade Zones Board received the application on April 28, 2026. According to the notice, the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Miller-Meeks: I'm Proud to Back the Blue * IOWA \- In a newly released op-ed, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) expressed her strong support for Iowa's brave law enforcement officers, and highlighted the significance of National Police Week and honoring the brave men and women in blue. "National Police Week is both a solemn remembrance and a celebration of servic more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene on MSNOW: "The American People Are Angry About What They See Happening Across the Country." * On Republicans attempting to gerrymander away Democratic-held seats in the South, DelBene says: "Don't count out someone like Jim Clyburn." DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene joined Rev. Al Sharpton's show over the weekend to discuss how the Republican push to rig the midte more PR

NEW YORK, May 12 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Court to hear legal challenge to Trump administration mandates for coal-fired power plants that increase electric bills and harm public health This Friday, a key legal challenge to the Trump administration's repeated "emergency" orders keeping Michigan's Campbell coal plant online will finally be heard by a panel of judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals -- nearly a year after the  more PR

ITHACA, New York, May 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Erik Thorbecke, economist with global impact, dies at 97 * Erik Thorbecke, one of the creators of a widely used metric for measuring poverty, died on April 26 in Fort Bragg, California. He was 97. Thorbecke joined Cornell in 1974, serving as the H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics and Food Economics in the Department of Economics (College of Arts and Sciences) and the Division of Nutritional Sciences (College o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Celebrates National Small Business Week with Iowa Entrepreneurs * RED OAK, Iowa - In celebration of National Small Business Week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) traveled across Iowa to recognize deserving small business owners with her Small Business of the Week award. As Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Ernst Celebrates National Small Business Week with Iowa Entrepreneurs Visits Ida, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties * RED OAK, Iowa - In celebration of National Small Business Week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) traveled across Iowa to recognize deserving small business owners with her S more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Marks National Small Business Week, Honors American Entrepreneurs Bipartisan resolution passes Senate unanimously with 88 cosponsors * U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led 88 of their colleagues in declaring this week "National Small Business more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Green Real Estate & Auction Co. * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Green Real Estate & Auction Co. of Sac County. Throughout the 119 th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Green Real Estate & Auction C more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on May 11, 2026: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Green Real Estate & Auction Co. RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Green Real Estate & Auction Co. of Sac County. Throughout the 119thCongress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a  more PR

AMES, Iowa, May 11 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Graduating senior turns invention into business helping others * As Boluwarin Ojo prepares to graduate with her bachelor's degree in industrial design from Iowa State University, she can't help but look back in awe at what she's accomplished.  Growing up in Minnesota, Ojo always had a knack for finding creative solutions to challenges. Her family later moved to Winnipeg, Canada, where she graduated high sc more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * High School Mock Trial Champions Take 3rd at Nationals * The Tennessee State High School Mock Trial champion team from Agathos Classical School in Columbia earned an impressive third-place finish at the national competition in Des Moines, Iowa, last week. The team opened the tournament with victories over competitors from Guam, Iowa and Pennsylvania before narrowly  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * House to Consider Nunn Resolution Honoring Law Enforcement During National Police Week * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives is set to consider a resolution led by Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) expressing support for the men and women of law enforcement and rejecting policies that put officers and the communities they serve at greater risk. "Iowa's sheriffs, deputies, and officers run towa more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 11 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * May 4 - 10, 2026 DES MOINES, Iowa (May 11, 2026) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week dur more PR

AMES, Iowa, May 11 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Iowa State celebrates spring graduates May 14-16 * A donation honoring the legacy of a late Iowa State University alumna will provide a first-generation doctoral candidate with regalia for this weekend's spring commencement.  The First Scholars Office created the Regalia Legacy Award to help first-generation students celebrate their achievements by removing the financial barrier of buying or renting regali more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, May 11 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Marshfield Clinic donates funds to support local food bank * FMP rescues nationally and regionally donated food from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and growers that might otherwise be thrown away. Most of this nutritious food passes through its 46,370 square foot distribution center in Eau Claire before being distributed to over 250 hunger-relief programs throughout we more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Secures $2 Million Investment to Modernize DMACC Campus and Expand Workforce Training * ANKENY, IA - Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today announced a $2 million federal investment to support construction of a new academic facility at Des Moines Area Community College's (DMACC) Ankeny campus. The federal funding will help modernize classrooms, expand student services, and strengthen workforce trainin more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Oklahoma Signs Right to Try 2.0 Into Law * In a major win for rare-disease patients in Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed the Goldwater Institute's model Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act, a cutting-edge law that empowers patients to seek personalized treatments designed just for them. Sponsored by state Sen. Brenda Stanley and state Reps. Marilyn Stark and Mark Lepak, S more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, May 11 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford in Minot welcomes two familiar faces * BISMARCK, N.D. -Sanford Health in Minot has expanded its family medicine team with two new familiar faces at the Sanford Northwest Clinic. The two providers offer primary care services to people of all ages, from routine checkups to treatment for a wide range of health concerns and conditions. Katelyn Richter, FNP, APRN, CNP,  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 11 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Announces First Round of 2026 Urban Water Quality Projects * Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's investment supports locally led water quality projects in communities across Iowa Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced the first-round of 2026 urban water quality projects, marking the start of a multi-phase investment that will  more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * The Big Long List of U.S. AI Laws * Did you ever think that AI, as a new technology, is barely regulated in the U.S.? Think again! Below, we catalog certain state laws regulating the development and use of AI systems and technologies, passed between 2019-2026. This list focuses on legislative initiatives that are currently in effect, or are expected to take effect soon, that impact more PR

AMES, Iowa, May 11 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Third-generation Cyclone blends legacy, research and leadership * It could be said that attending Iowa State University was in Tristan Weers' DNA. Growing up on a family farm in Center Junction, Weers is a third-generation Cyclone, with his parents and grandparents attending Iowa State.  Weers will continue that tradition as he graduates this semester as a double major in biochemistry and genetics and a re more PR

GLENDALE, Arizona, May 12 -- Arizona State University Thunderbird School of Global Management issued the following news: * * * Thunderbird at ASU alum, global financier to keynote school's spring 2026 convocation By Nicole Almond Anderson Diego J. Veitia's life story is a testament to resilience, entrepreneurship and the transformative power of a global education. A Cuban-born immigrant who arrived in the United States alone as a young teenager, Veitia would go on to build one of the world's more PR

KENT, Ohio, May 11 -- Wright State University posted the following news: * * * Wright State professor brings global food bank research into the classroom to inspire real-world learning and solutions * Dan Warshawsky, chair of the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, will use food bank research from India to help students gain a better understanding of global food insecurity. A recent trip to India by Dan Warshawsky, Ph.D., professor of geography and chair of the School of So more PR