WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Kurt Miceli, medical director for Do No Harm, from a May 21, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI." DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. * * * Chairman Owens, Ranking Member Wilson, and members of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, thank you for the invitation and opportunity   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Helps States Protect New England Beachgoers This Summer BOSTON (May 27, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing over $1.1 million in grant funding to states across New England to monitor water quality at beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of illness-causing bacteria make swimming unsafe. "A clean and safe New England Coastline is an economic driver f  more

ORONO, Maine, May 28 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on May 27, 2025: * * * University of Maine System partners with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on tuition discount BATH, Maine - General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the University of Maine System (UMS) announced a new program today to offer tuition discounts to shipbuilders pursuing postsecondary education and training through Maine's public universities. The new Deckplates to Degrees partnership prov  more