TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 16 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Pete Reinwald Colleen Harmeling, a Florida State University College of Business researcher, points to photo filters, overly edited photos and other distortions of user-generated content as impediments to consumer trust. In turn, they are potential barriers to the performance of products that users present and discuss online. Harmeling, FSU's Dr. Persis E. Rockwood associate professor of marketing  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 16 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Fifteen Kansas State University students have been selected for the annual Dean of Students Outstanding Graduating Senior Awards. Thomas Lane, vice president for academic success and student affairs and dean of students, will present the awards at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Flint Hills Room of the K-State Student Union. Family, friends, faculty and staff are invited to attend the celebration. T  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 16 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following presiding officer order continuing prehearing conference (No. 24-CONS-3235-CPEN) on April 15, 2024: * * * In the matter of the failure of Garo Investment Company (Operator) to comply with K.A.R. 82-3111 at the Hrabe D #1, Hrabe D #2, Westhusin # 1, and Westhusin #6 wells in Rooks County, Kansas. PRESIDING OFFICER ORDER CONTINUING PREHEARING CONFERENCE The prehearing conference presently set for April 25, 2024  more

PARSONS, Kansas, April 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly visited Tank Connection in Parsons today to officially honor the company for being named the 2023 Governor's Exporter of the Year. Tank Connection, a global leader in dry bulk and liquid storage systems, exports to 64 countries across six continents. "As Exporter of the Year, Tank Connection is showing the world what separates Kansas from the pack," Governor Laura   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed House Bill 2536, establishing the Support, Opportunity, Unity, and Legal (SOUL) family legal permanency option, a fourth pathway for children 16 years or older in foster care to obtain legal permanency via a custodian of their choice. "Every child deserves to live in a safe household with responsible adults who care about their well-being," Governor Lau  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Last month, Governor Laura Kelly's bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal received support from child care and family advocates across the state during the Kansas Legislature's Medicaid expansion hearings. Their testimony was submitted for hearings in the House Health and Human Services Committee and a joint session of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee and Senate Ways and Me  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 16 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University senior chemistry major Peregrine "Perin" Schray has been named Outstanding New Supplemental Instruction Leader by the International Center for Supplemental Instruction at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Schray is the supplemental instruction (SI) leader for Chemistry 205 at Marshall, a class that covers general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry and serves healt  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition he is leading have filed a motion to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. Filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the motion follows a petition introduced last month by Drummond and the coalition of 24 state attorneys general and a stat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 16 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Students, faculty, administrators and a community member were honored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at its annual Ivy Day ceremonies April 13. The event, co-sponsored by Mortar Board and the Innocents Society, recognized outstanding contributions of students selected to serve in the two senior honorary organizations, as well as the achievements of current members and notable unde  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 16 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a letter to the U.S. Department of Education about concerning--and possibly illegal--guidance given to postsecondary education institutions regarding the entangling of Federal Work-Study funds with election-related activities. The states of West Virginia and Indiana led the letter. According to the States, Dr. Nasser H. Paydar, the Assistant Secretary for the O  more