BRISTOL, Connecticut, May 29 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: ESPN's exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament begins Friday, May 31, with coverage of every pitch from all 16 sites of NCAA Regionals available on ESPN platforms. More than 100 games will be televised across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network and Longhorn Network from May 31-June 3. In addition, every game of the Regionals will stream live in its enti  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 29 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 28, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement on the involvement of his office in the arrest of Marcus Allen Abeyta, 31, of Emporia, Kansas, on one federal count of production of child pornography involving a minor residing in Arkansas: "Bringing child pornographers to justice requires collaboration across multiple jurisdictions including, in this ma  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demandi  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 29 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today announced six Kansas communities have secured nearly $5 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program. Combined with more than $1 million in matching funds from the Kanas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund toward two of the projects and local matching   more

FORT DODGE, Kansas, May 29 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 27, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today joined leaders from the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office (KCVAO) to dedicate the expansion of the columbarium wall at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge. The ribbon cutting took place during the cemetery's annual Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. "Whether they served in combat or during peacetime, our veterans represent the very best of Am  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 29 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: The Kansas Legislature recently awarded Kansas State University a $25 million matching award for the university's Agriculture Innovation Initiative. In January, the state Legislature challenged the university with a one-to-one matching opportunity: If K-State raised $25 million in private donations for the initiative, then the state would match that amount with a $25 million award. Earlier this year, K-Stat  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A new $11.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a multidisciplinary biomedical center at the University of Kansas to research big data's potential to improve women's health. The award is a component of the NIH Institutional Development Award Program and will be KU's fifth Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) since the program's inception in the 1990s. "This is   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 29 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The Maryland Department of Health today announced its selection to participate in The Link Center's newly launched State Policy Academy alongside five other states. The Academy strives to improve accessibility and the quality of urgent and acute behavioral health care services, including through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, for children and adults with intellectual and devel  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 29 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: Family and friends of Randall Smith, the Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, are raising money for a fund that will support the Missouri News Network's digital business news outlet, Missouri Business Alert. The fund will also help students access opportunities in New York City through the School's New York Program and other   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island to dictate American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies, and they demand billions of dollars in damages. As litigation proceeds   more

WICHITA, Kansas, May 29 -- Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Textron Aviation today announced that the 400th Cessna Citation Latitude business jet has rolled out of production at the company's factory in Wichita, Kansas, and is expected to be delivered later this year. Employees recognized the milestone with a special celebration at the company's headquarters in Wichita. The Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet is designed an  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project received the Medallion Award, the highest award bestowed by the Kansas Preservation Alliance, at the 2024 Kansas State Preservation Conference on May 17 in Newton. The project, led by local artists Karl Ramberg and Laura Ramberg and University of Kansas architecture faculty members Keith Van de Riet and Amy Van de Riet, began in 2017 and combined traditional stonecraft with   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 2024 Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region's PK-12 educators as a hybrid professional development event. This year's conference, Tomorrow Is Here: Education in an AI World, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14 in the BEST Building at KU's Edwards Campus. Leaders in education will discuss  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: At first blush, Spain seems like a solid nation. But as headlines about the Catalan independence movement and its exiled leader Carles Puigdemont show, the threat of dissolution is ever present. And, as such, all sides try to exploit the country's literary legacy for their own benefit. "If you want to understand the chaos of Spain, pay more attention to how they're using their classics, because that gives you a sen  more