RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Civil Rights Trail trip is historical and personal for VCU students The summer journey from the Department of Political Science is experiential learning and, for senior Alexandra Hardesty and others, a reinforcement of passion. * By Joan Tupponce Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Alexandra Hardesty thought about civil rights leader John Lewis, who tried with hundreds   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * DNC Launches New Distributed Organizing Campaign To Boost GOTV Efforts Ahead of the Mobile, AL, Mayoral Runoff Elections  * Ahead of the Mobile, Alabama, mayoral runoff election, the DNC announced a new organizing initiative to supercharge GOTV efforts and carry Alabama Democrat and state Rep. Barbara Drummond across the finish line to victory. Republicans' deeply unpopular, extreme agenda is l  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 18 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook- Week Five * The 2025 NAIA Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook returns for Week 5, highlighting teams as the season begins to take shape and early trends emerge. Orange Beach, Alabama, will be the season's focal point, hosting the 67th Men's Soccer National Championship from December 1-8. This week's edition focuses   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Sewell Celebrates Unanimous Passage of the Nancy Gardner Sewell Multi-Cancer Early Detection Act in the Ways and Means Committee * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) celebrated as her legislation to ensure seniors' access to cutting-edge cancer screenings cleared a key hurdle. H.R. 842, the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Covera  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Sewell Congratulates Selma Teacher Ms. Veronica Pitts for Being Named National Civics Teacher of the Year * Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) spoke on the House Floor to congratulate Selma High School Teacher Ms. Veronica Pitts who was recently named the National Civics Teacher of the Year by the Bill of Rights Institute. Sewell recognized Pitts' dedication to her student  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Calls Out Former CDC Director For Refusing to Remove Woke Language from Taxpayer-Funded Website * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) questioned Susan Monarez, the former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after she was fired by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy for failing to perform her duties. Durin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Discusses the State of K-12 Education * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) participated in a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing to discuss the problems that are facing the country's education system. During the hearing, Sen. Tuberville spoke to education experts about ways to improve outcomes for Alabama's students. The panelists c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Joins 'The Bottom Line' on Fox Business to Discuss Democrats' Role in Murder of Charlie Kirk and HELP Hearing with Fired CDC Director * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined "The Bottom Line" with guest hosts Lisa Boothe and Brian Brenberg to discuss the Left's out-of-control rhetoric that led to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Sen. Tuberville also discussed yes  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville, Hyde-Smith Work to Protect Landowners and Foresters * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in reintroducing The Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025 that would help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related disasters--including those related to th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Calls for Closing Legal Loophole that Incentivizes Illegal Migration of UAC to U.S. * "I believe that this creates a safety issue not only... for the lives of the UACs but also for the American people" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) participated in a Senate Judiciary Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee Hearing titled, "Another Biden Blunder:  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Cindy Hyde-Smith Introduce Emergency Pine Beetle Response Legislation * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025. The bill seeks to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalitie  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Sept. 19 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: * * * USA Professor Receives $155,000 Grant for Artificial Intelligence Research Dr. Jesse Ables, an assistant professor at the University of South Alabama's School of Computing, has been awarded a $155,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to show exactly how and why artificial intelligence determines its decisions. His funded project combines two critical areas of cybersecurity and arti  more