TOPEKA, Kansas, April 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on April 24, 2024: * * * 24-CONS-3296-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Pantera Energy Company Date Filed: 04/24/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3297-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Merit Energy Company, LLC Date Filed: 04/24/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/est  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 27 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced 11 appointments and 2 reappointments to the following state boards and commissions. KS Court of Appeals Nominating Commission Purpose: To review and nominate candidates for appointment to the KS Court of Appeals. * Meagan Zampieri-Lillpopp, Hays Governor's Residence Advisory Board Purpose: To serve as an oversight board for the design and upkeep  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 27 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today announced federal approval of the state's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal Volume 2, providing an investment of more than $450 million to expand Kansas' high-speed internet infrastructure. Funding will be granted to areas that have been identified as underserved through a competitive application process that will begin in July. "K  more

EMPORIA, Kansas, April 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, Governor Laura Kelly toured Emporia small businesses on the final stop of her relaunched, "Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy" statewide tour. Governor Kelly and Casey Woods, Executive Director of Emporia Main Street, were joined by community leaders during visits to the Axe Shedd, Trox Gallery and Gifts, and Sweet Granada. "I listened to rural Kansans, small business own  more

ALVA, Oklahoma, April 27 -- Northwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: Northwestern Oklahoma State University would like to reconnect with individuals in northwest Oklahoma, southern Kansas and the Texas panhandle who have already earned some college credit and may be looking to finish their bachelor's degrees. Special Reach Higher: RECONNECT Week events at the university's campus locations in Enid and Woodward are planned May 1-3, where hours will be extended.   more

GOODWELL, Oklahoma, April 27 -- Oklahoma Panhandle State University issued the following news: The OPSU College of Agriculture, Science, and Nursing attended the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging conference, where 23 students competed in various competitions. NACTA started in 1955 and has held an annual event each spring where teams of college students in agricultural institutions compete in various contests. This year, the judging conference was held on the ca  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University has named Dr. Melanie Morgan as dean of the Graduate College following a national search. Morgan has served as professor and associate dean of the Graduate School at Purdue University since 2018. The OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved her appointment during their April meeting Friday in Miami, Oklahoma. "President Kayse Shrum and I are confident we succeeded in identifying the  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University has named Dr. Melinda Cro as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Friday, the OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved Cro, who is currently the assistant dean of student success, engagement and undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University. "I am looking forward to working collaboratively to build on the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary   more

LOGAN, Utah, April 27 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Sydney Dahle The Utah State University Design/Build/Fly team returned from its April competition in Wichita, Kansas, in the top 20 percent of all teams. USU took 22 out of 107, one of the team's highest scores in recent years. Involvement goes back years, as the DBF student section took first place in 1999 and 2000. In 2003, DBF entered the competition with a full-size model of the Wright Wing Flyer. It is n  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 26, 2024: On Thursday, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a 17-State coalition, led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, in suing the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its new rule mandating workplace abortion accommodations through an illegal interpretation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA).  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 27 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Emily Richardson, VCU College of Humanities and Sciences Paul Woody grew up reading the columnists in his hometown newspaper in Roanoke. "They were clever, they could be biting, they could be insightful, they could be sympathetic," said Woody, who earned two degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University. "You read those guys, and you read the way they do things and approach things, and you think, 'I  more