TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas issued the following news release: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) announces several changes to its Board of Directors following its annual meeting on May 9. New Term Elections * Brittni K. Oehmke, Hanover, is the CEO of Hanover Hospital and has been elected to a four-year term. * Rick D. Baden, Olathe, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Watco Companies, LLC. and has been re-elected to   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 10 (TNSres) -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced first quarter 2024 GAAP earnings of $122.7 million, or $0.53 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $142.6 million, or $0.62 per share, for the first quarter 2023. Evergy's first quarter 2024 adjusted earnings (non-GAAP) and adjusted e  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 23-state coalition in challenging the Biden EPA's mandate to torch coal-fired electricity. EPA's mandate imposes harsh limits on coal-plant emissions, which are already well below any threshold that would affect public health. The mandate threatens to shut down coal plants for no reason other than to advance Biden's fight against f  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced today $400,000 is available under the Residential Opportunities on Main Street (ROOMS) grant program to support new upper-floor housing in commercial buildings in Designated Kansas Main Street communities. "Main Street communities across the state long have been revitalizing their historic business districts and suppo  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 8, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-714-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: In re: Subpoena Duces Tecum issued by the Kansas Corporation Commission to Producer Ag, LLC Date Filed: 05/08/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-715-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Falk Transportation LLC Date Filed: 05/08/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-716-UCR Doc  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 9, 2024: * * * 24-KGSG-718-COM Docket Type: COM - Complaint Docket Description: Formal Complaint Against Kansas Gas Service by Cory Schater Date Filed: 05/09/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-5077-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 05/09/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-696-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of  more

WICHITA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today joined higher education leaders from Wichita State University (WSU), the University of Kansas (KU), and WSU Tech to break ground on the new $302 million Wichita Biomedical Campus. "The Wichita Biomedical Campus will revolutionize health care education and put Wichita on the map as a hub for health care and innovative scientific research," Governor Laura Kelly said  more

SALINA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly joined health care leaders from across the state today for the third annual Kansas Executive Healthcare Summit, where she discussed the path forward for Medicaid expansion following the 2024 legislative session. Attendees also heard from industry experts at Lument, Jones Lang LaSalle, Siemens, Global Care Force, and Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System. "Right now, over  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed House Substitute for Senate Bill 419, bipartisan legislation that provides legal protections for those that seek or provide medical assistance to a person suffering a medical emergency related to drug use. "It's critical that all Kansans are empowered to seek or deliver medical assistance during an emergency," Governor Laura Kelly said. "This bill is a lifel  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards recognizing undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at the University of Kansas. Cindy Berrie, professor in chemistry, and Laura Kirk, associate teaching professor in theatre and film, are the recipients of the 2024 K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. This faculty awar  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Colin Roust, associate professor of musicology, is heading to London to introduce the screening of a film scored by the 20th century French composer about whom Roust wrote the first, definitive biography, "Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2020). Roust will introduce the May 19 screening of the 1948 film "La Symphonie Pastorale," which is part of a retrospective featuri  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A University of Kansas researcher will be part of a partnership to establish the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics to understand how youths take part in the labor market and how that affects their lives and livelihood. Misty Heggeness, associate professor of public affairs and economics at KU, will lead KU's particip  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named the student civic leaders who will make up the 2024-2025 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. DaNae Estabine, a University of Kansas junior from Olathe majoring in psychology with a minor in philosophy, was named a member. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a yearlong program that   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 10 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are not just the work of a fe  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today announced his office entered into settlements with AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless), and TracFone Wireless, Inc. (collectively, the "wireless carriers"), which resolve an investigation into the wireless carriers' advertising practices. The settlements were joined   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 10 -- The Missouri Department of Revenue issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Revenue is announcing the new management contract for the Parkville License Office has been awarded to 2015 Schotthill Woods, LLC. All license office contracts in Missouri are awarded through a competitive bid process. License offices are operated by independent contractors but overseen by the Missouri Department of Revenue. Please note the current location 6400   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 10 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: North Dakota Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with 21 other states have filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging the Biden EPA's unconstitutional overreach aimed at killing North Dakota's coal fired energy production. This recent Federal rule would require certain air toxin em  more

NEW YORK, May 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a multistate, bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general today secured more than $10.22 million from AT&T Mobility, LLC and its subsidiary Cricket Wireless, LLC (AT&T); T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile); and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and its subsidiary TracFone Wireless, Inc. (Verizon), for deceptively marketing wireless service   more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 9 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University economist Flavio Cunha will participate in the establishment of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to understand how youth are participating in the labor market and how that impacts their lives and livelihood. Flavio Cunha. Photo by Jeff Fitlow. RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, is leadin  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 9 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: For three semesters, Niblack Research Scholars dedicate their time to academic experiences outside the traditional classroom by conducting research in one of Oklahoma State University's laboratories. These undergraduate students receive funding that allows them to pursue research that interests them and pays for a mentor to help along the way. Students work two to five hours per week with their ment  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 9 -- Trinity University issued the following news: By Abigail DeNike When Carolyn Becker, Ph.D., decided to leave the ivy-covered establishments where she trained to join the faculty at Trinity University, she was labeled a renegade. That was 25 years ago. "When I chose to come to Trinity, most people in my area of clinical psychology who had mentored me thought my decision just didn't make any sense. I was set up to be faculty at a research institution or a medical sc  more

MERCED, California, May 10 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: UC Merced has earned a trio of top athletic year-end honors from the California Pacific Conference. Alexandra Lopez and Brycen Miller were named female and male Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively. David Dunham, the university's executive director of athletics and recreation, was named Athletic Director of the Year. Cal Pac announced the honors Tuesday. The scholar-athlete awards are voted on by  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * It was 3:03 a.m., February 4, 1976. While Guatemala's citizens slept, the country's massive Motagua Fault ruptured. In 39 seconds, the resulting 7.5 magnitude earthquake had devastated this Central American nation. * * * Nearly five decades later, a research team from University of Missouri-Kansas City, in collaboration with U.S. and Guatemalan partners, is investigating th  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: Eight Yale seniors and two recent graduates have been awarded fellowships from various organizations for graduate study in the United Kingdom. These are in addition to students, previously announced in Yale News, who have won Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. The fellowship winners and their awards follow: Ellie Burke, who is studying history at Yale, was awarded a Paul Mellon fellowship to pursue an M.Phil.  more