LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers announces the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a preliminary injunction in Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education halting the implementation of the Biden Administration's new rule interpreting Title IX. "We are grateful for this ruling. It is a win for girls and women in preserving Title IX's tradition of protecting their pri  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 26 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: The Missouri School of Journalism today announced that Elizabeth Lucas, MA '10, formerly senior training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), is the new Houston Harte Chair in Journalism. In this role, effective Aug. 1, she will further develop the School's investigative and data journalism programs. "Elizabeth's areas of expertise happen to be  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds today issued the following statement after a federal judge has blocked changes to Title IX rules issued by the Biden-Harris administration to change the definition of "sex" to "gender identity" which would allow access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identification. Iowa joined the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota i  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 26 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news on July 25, 2024: Last night, while the two other GOP gubernatorial candidates demonstrated why they would be disastrous for Missouri during a taped debate, Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe declined to show- again. Hiding from his record, Kehoe has declined to join either of his opponents in a live debate to avoid answering serious questions about his current and former positions. The question the Missouri D  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, July 26 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: When Cody Kliethermes enrolled at Northwest Missouri State University as a non-traditional online student in 2021 his primary goal was to earn a bachelor's degree that could help him advance his career in law enforcement. But he realized an added benefit to earning his degree last spring. At the conclusion of the spring semester, Kliethermes completed a bachelor's degree in management informa  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 26 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: In a significant pro bono victory, Partner Noah Weissman and Associate Bret Ruber successfully secured asylum for a Tibetan monk who fled from Tibet after facing arrest and physical abuse at the hands of the Chinese police for possessing photos of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. He arrived in the United States in 2016 and promptly applied for asylum in 2017. The United States Citizenship and Im  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou researcher Chanwoo Park is designing a next-generation cooling system to help data centers become more energy efficient. * * * Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires a tremendous amount of energy. The problem is only going to grow as high-powered AI-based computers and devices   more