FORT COLLINS, Colorado, May 14 (TNSres) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration has renewed its longstanding partnership with Colorado State University through a new $308 million grant over five years to support research and forecasting of the Earth's weather and climate systems. The funding supports the ongoing operation of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, or CIRA, at CSU. Created in 1980, CIRA   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 14 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell announced the arrival of Jennifer Locklear as the firm's first Chief People Officer. Locklear has two decades of experience specializing in employee relations, organizational development, and compensation and benefits design. She comes to the firm from global software development company ConnectWise, where she led a comprehensive HR operation across 16 offices in fo  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 24-TRAM-5079-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 05/10/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-719-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Shocker's Sales & Service LLC d/b/a Totten Farms Date Filed: 05/10/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-720-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Descript  more

DECORAH, Iowa, May 13 -- Luther College issued the following news: The gray fox population is declining across the Midwest; Dawn Reding, associate professor of biology at Luther College, is trying to understand why. She's leading part of the lab work of a multi-state study, which includes Iowa, Indiana and Illinois, on gray foxes. While many gray foxes are dying of canine distemper, a highly contagious virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of canines, that d  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits to stop both the Biden Administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. Today, a coalition of 24 states filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administrat  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Leading a coalition of eighteen states, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today filed a lawsuit fighting federal agency overreach by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 29, 2024, the EEOC issued new sexual harassment guidance that unlawfully extends Title VII's protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender identity. Under the EEOC's gu  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14 -- Trinity University issued the following news: By James Hill Kim Sayles '02 provides protection for some of the most important people in the world. You see, Sayles is a member of the United States Secret Service Special Operations Division. Specifically, she is a key component of the Counter Sniper Team, which provides long-range observation and real-time information gathering at exterior sites visited by Secret Service protectees. The officers are all highly trai  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 14 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a lawsuit to stop the Biden Administration from imposing an electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers. A 24-state coalition filed a petition for review today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden Administration's new regulation of emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. The States' D.C. Circuit sui  more