LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Following announcements by the attorneys general of Kansas and Missouri that they are each filing lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's latest efforts to cancel student debt, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement: "Arkansas was part of the original coalition that sued the Biden administration over its first unlawful debt-cancellation   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 29 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP advises Tenergie, a major player in renewable energies, on the financing of a Euros107 million portfolio of solar power plants. The portfolio financed comprises more than 330 plants with a combined capacity of 85MWp, located in France and installed on building roofs, on the ground or in parking lot shades. BPIFrance, CIC and Unifergie acted as lenders and co-arrangers. CIC and Natixis als  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 29 -- Columbia College issued the following news: Columbia College was recently honored as the No. 4 higher education institution in the United States for military-affiliated students and spouses of service members by MilitaryFriendly.com, which advocates on behalf of service members, veterans and their families. The college earned the gold designation in the private, non-doctoral-degree institutions category for the third consecutive year and has been ranked every ye  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, March 29 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded more than $10 million in investments toward 23 projects across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee through the Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP). Funding for this program was made possible, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden -- a key part of his Investing in Ame  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 29 -- Emerson Electric, a technology and engineering company that provides solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Global technology and software company Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is proud to announce today that it has earned the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award in Energy Management from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), marking the company's second consecutive aw  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced today the school districts and individual school buildings that earned the 2024 Missouri Purple Star designation -- the third round of designees in this statewide program: 2024 Purple Star School Districts * Crocker R-II School District * Warren Co. R-III School D  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 29 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: In the 1960s, Donald Beinart, a Missouri S&T alumnus, helped create flight simulation systems for NASA's Project Gemini, which was a precursor to the Apollo program's manned lunar landings. Almost six decades later, his grandson, Matt Klosterman, who is also a Missouri S&T alumnus, played a role in the country's first lunar landing since the Apollo program came to an end. "I didn't directly s  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 29 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a lawsuit against the President's latest illegal loan "cancellation" plan and issued the following statement: "I'm extremely pleased to see Kansas is leading a multi-state coalition in challenging President Biden's latest attempt to unlawfully transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars in Ivy League debt o  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- The Missouri House issued the following news on March 27, 2024: The House has voted to bar discrimination based on how people style their hair, specifically natural hair textures and cultural styles. For several years now, legislators have been asked to pass the "Missouri Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair," or "Missouri CROWN Act." House Bills 1900, 1591, & 2515 would specify that no person may be discriminated against based on hair tex  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 29 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Strategy effective against some rare, aggressive sarcomas with no other treatment options * * * A clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that a T cell immunotherapy -- in which the patients' own T cells are genetically modified to attack and kill cancer cells -- is effective in treating some pat  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 29 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus issued the following news release: The university will provide $5,250 Margaret Bush Wilson Scholarships and wraparound support services to BBBSEMO students who enroll at UMSL beginning in the 2024-25 academic year. The University of Missouri-St. Louis is committed to expanding access to higher education for students of every background and helping them bolster their futures by earning their degrees. To that end, UMSL  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 29 -- The University of Missouri System issued the following news release: In his annual State of the State address, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson released his budget recommendations for fiscal year 2025, which include a 3% increase to the core budget of higher education. The governor also proposed a third round of capital funding, which will support projects at all four University of Missouri System universities. "We are grateful for Governor Parson's leadership and his   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis' George Warren Brown School issued the following news: By Myra Lopez Can you explain your thesis in just three minutes, in a way that anyone can grasp? Christi Lero, a doctoral student in social work at the Brown School, did just that, delivering the winning presentation at the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, earning the 2024 Mark S. Wrighton Award on Aging. Organized by the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Ag  more