WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Wynn Vickers, an assistant Florida state attorney in Marion County, Ocala, has appealed to the U.S. Department of Education to address issues with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, highlighting its importance for public service professionals. She stated, "Since 2007, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has stood as a cornerstone of our country's public service workforce strategy." She added, "Any efforts to potentially roll back or alter the Public Servi  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Pittsburgh Condemns Racist, Neo-Nazi Vandalism of Murals * The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh), a chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the racist and neo-Nazi defacement of two public murals by Pittsburgh-based artist Kyle Holbrook, known nationally for  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 4 -- The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School issued the following news: * * * Cooley Law School Student Receives Scholarship by City, County and Local Government Law Section in Florida Hollywood, FLA. - Cooley Law School student Tory Sanders Jr. has been recognized as an "outstanding law student" by the City, County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar. Sanders received a $500 scholarship during CCLGL Section's 48th annual conference at the Dip  more

IRVINE, California, June 4 -- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) issued the following news release: * * * Cotality: External pressures suppress home price growth across the US * Year-over-year price growth slowed to 2.0% in April 2025, with single-family detached homes still growing at 2.46% annual rate while single-family attached homes posted a 0.08% decline -- the first annual decline since 2012. * Markets with continued largest home price gains this spring remain in Northeast and Midwest, par  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * Court HALTS Florida ID for the Internet While NetChoice and CCIA's Lawsuit Proceeds * TALLAHASSEE, Fl.-- Today, a court granted NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)'s request to temporarily halt Florida's law requiring ID for accessing lawful speech on the in  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Study Explores Barriers and Trends in Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment By gisele galoustian As cannabis becomes more potent and widely used in the United States - especially among young adults - concerns about cannabis use disorder are growing. More than 16 million Americans meet the criteria, yet most never receive treatment. Despite th  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 4 -- FIS, a financial technology company, issued the following news release: * * * FIS Announces ATLAS SP Partners as New Client for Commercial Loan Servicing Solution Key facts: * ATLAS SP Partners (ATLAS), a global investment firm providing bespoke structured credit and asset-backed finance solutions, has chosen FIS' Commercial Loan Servicing Solution to help drive and streamline its investment workflows. * The solution offers enhanced data-driven decision-maki  more

NEW YORK, June 3 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Florida's "Parental Rights" Laws May Serve as a Dangerous Blueprint for Extreme Censorship in Schools Nationwide * (MIAMI)--In new analysis, PEN America and the Florida Freedom to Read Project (FFTRP) are raising an alarm that the extreme censorship implemented in Florida public schools s  more

COCONUT CREEK, Florida, June 4 (TNSrpt) -- Food for the Poor, an international relief and development organization, issued the following news release: * * * Food For The Poor Annual Report Highlights a Year of Milestones COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (June 3, 2025) - Food For The Poor (FFTP), one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the United States, provided more than $367 million in aid in 2024, delivering vital support to communities across Latin America and the Cari  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- NASA issued the following news on June 3, 2025: * * * Future Engineers Shine at NASA's 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition By Elyna Niles-Carnes And the winner is... the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Utah Student Robotics Club won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA's 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. "Win was our motto for t  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 3 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Homeowner Facing $100,000 Parking Violation Asks Florida Supreme Court to Hear Excessive Fines Case * TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-- Floridians are supposed to be protected from excessive fines by the state's constitution, but when exactly do fines become excessive? The Florida Supreme Court is being asked to consider the case of a Palm Beach County woman, Sandy Martinez, assessed $16  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * League of Women Voters of Florida and LULAC Seek Injunction to Halt Florida Law That Guts Ballot Initiative Process * Tallahassee, FL -- The League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in federal court, seeking to block enforcement of key provisions of Florida's House Bill 1205.  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA Kennedy Digs Latest Robot Test By Elyna Niles-Carnes NASA's RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) undergoes testing to extract simulated regolith, or the loose, fragmental material on the Moon's surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27. Ben Burdess, mechanical engineer at NASA Kennedy, observes RASSOR's counterrotating d  more

NEW YORK, June 4 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: * * * National Latino & Voting Rights Organizations File Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Law Excluding Immigrants from Civic Participation Poder Latinx, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Demos Challenge HB 1205 * Orlando, FL -- Voting and immigrants' rights advocates intervened in a lawsuit today in Florida Decides Healthcare INC, et al., v Cord Byrd, et al., in the United States District Court in Northern District of Flo  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, June 3 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * National Wildlife Federation, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Grant Program Supports Wildlife Conservation at Seven Colleges and Universities * RESTON, Va. -- Seven U.S. colleges and universities were awarded grants from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation, to advance conservation efforts and education for threatened  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 4 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Nebraska-led NSF project sheds light on microscopic life in Sandhills By Natalie Jones In Nebraska's Sandhills, a unique collaboration among scientists, students and ranchers is underway to study nematodes -- microscopic worms that play a vital role in soil and ecosystem health. Backed by funding from the National Science Foundation's Poorly Sampled and Unknown Taxa (PurSUiT) program, the University of   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Preparing for Disasters: Unique Challenges Facing Older Americans": * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Members of the Special Committee on Aging, for inviting me to speak before you today. My name is Chris Nocco and I have the distinct honor of serving as the Sheriff of Pasco County, Florida, a coun  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 4 -- Redwire, a space infrastructure and innovation company enabling civil, commercial and national security programs, issued the following news release: * * * Redwire Awarded Contract from Aspera Biomedicines to Investigate Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment in Space JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 3, 2025) - Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Aspera   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Lois Frankel Appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) announced her recent appointment by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which governs the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. "I'm deeply honored to join the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and help carry forward   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Salazar, Miller-Meeks, and Wasserman Schultz Launch Bill to Fight Antisemitism Across the U.S. * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) joined Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) in introducing the bipartisan Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States Act, legislation that creates a national commission to investi  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Rick Scott: The Next UF President Must Fully Commit to Protecting Jewish Students and Fighting Woke Policies * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott released the following statement as the Florida Board of Governors is set to consider Santa Ono's nomination as University of Florida (UF)'s president. Senator Rick Scott said, "I have serious concerns about Santa Ono's nomination to be the p  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, released the following opening remarks from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Preparing for Disasters: Unique Challenges Facing Older Americans": * * * "The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will now come to order. Today, we are gathered to highlight the importance of disaster preparedness. Natural disasters do not discriminate. It doesn't matter how old you are, how much money you have,  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Strategic integration, deterrence take center stage in Bamboo Eagle * JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii; KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico; and HURLBURT FIELD, Florida - As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1,   more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, June 3 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news: * * * T-Pain is Coming to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, Oct. 15 * T-Pain is coming to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Wednesday, October 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 6 at 10 a.m. and start at $49. Fans can access the venue presale Thursday, June 5 at 10 a.m. through Seminole Hard Rock   more

MIAMI, Florida, June 4 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Reaching for the SCAI: Dr. Yiannis Chatzizisis Plays Prominent Role at Scientific Sessions Summary * Dr. Yiannis Chatzizisis assembled and led a panel on coronary artery bifurcations at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) scientific sessions. * The panel discussed the role of intra-coronary imaging techniques in bifurcation procedures and how you tackle   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * VETERANS, EXPERTS SHARE HOW HARMFUL REPUBLICAN POLICIES ARE TO VETERANS CARE * Norfolk, VA - Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee held a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration proposed policies and DOGE cuts for veterans, led by Co-Chairs Congresswomen Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA). The committee heard from policy experts, healthcare pr  more