CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following commentary on July 30, 2024: * * * New Targeting Strategies to Fight Algal Blooms By Tom Zimnicki, Agriculture & Restoration Policy Director This August marks the 10-year anniversary of when residents of Toledo, Ohio awoke to urgent warnings not to drink or use their tap water. Half a million people were unable to drink their water, cook with it, or brush their teeth. The cause? Toxins from a harmful algal blo  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2 -- The Cleveland Museum of Art issued the following news release: * * * Events MIX: Fela Friday, August 2, 2024, 6:00-10:00 p.m. Ames Family Atrium Ticket Required Join us on August 2 at MIX: Fela to celebrate the legacy of Fela Kuti, who passed away on August 2, 1997. Kuti was a Nigerian musician and activist who popularized Afrobeat, a musical style that fuses American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. All evening, DJ Mark Who? (Mark Matthews),  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: * * * Inside Elections: "Democrats finally have found reason to be optimistic, and have rallied around their candidate in Ohio's 9th District" * * * New Inside Elections polling in OH-09 shows Marcy Kaptur leading Derek Merrin by 10 points, once again confirming what we already know: voters trust Marcy Kaptur to stand up for Northwest Ohio and believe Merrin is too extrem  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Joseph J. Cunningham Joseph Cunningham, 82, passed away peacefully on March 8, 2024, at his home in Lake City, Pennsylvania. Cunningham was an accomplished administrator and professor at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. Upon moving to Nashville in 1969, Cunningham joined the Peabody College faculty as an assistant professor, even before completing his education doctorate in special   more