WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of twelve U.S. Senators and sixteen U.S. Representatives -led by Senat  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an execut  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr Announces $1 Million for Rockwell Road Sanitary Sewer Improvements in Clark County * Winchester, KY- Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY-06) celebrated the delivery of $1,000,000 in federal funding to support the Rockwell Road Sanitary Sewer Improvements, a critical infrastructure project serving western Clark County. The project will extend sanitary sewer service to the western portion of   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Kentucky -- 2024 Private industry employers reported 34,100 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Kentucky in 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that this resulted in a total recorda  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky posted the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Boone County Man Indicted for Cyberstalking and Sending Threatening Communications to United States Congressman And United States Senator A Florence, Ky., man, Benjamin Aaron Keebler, 55, was indicted on January 15 for cyberstalking and sending threatening communications to a United States Congressman and a United States Senator. The   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Cancer Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Take Meaningful Action to Reduce the Burden of Cancer * FRANKFORT, KY -Today, cancer patients, survivors and caregivers from across the state traveled to the Capitol campus to meet with their elected officials during Suits and Sneakers Cancer Action Day. They told lawmakers that Kentucky can and must do better to reduce the t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Leads Historic, Nationwide Response as Winter Storm Slams 12 States at Once * WASHINGTON \- In one of the most expansive and severe winter weather emergencies in recent history, a powerful storm system simultaneously impacted 12 states, triggering rapid federal action to protect American lives, infrastructure, and communities. At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, Department   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * FEMA Approves $971 Million to Support Recovery Across the Southeast ATLANTA -- Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, FEMA recently approved over $971 million in funding to support recovery for past disasters in Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee for Public Assistance projects, which includes  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Governor Morrisey Proposes 10 Percent Income Tax Cut Following Budget Discipline and Economic Growth * Parkersburg, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey was joined by Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist to ask the West Virginia legislature to pass a 10 percent across-the-board personal income tax cut, emphasizing that the state is now in a position to afford broad tax re  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- Kentucky State University issued the following news: * * * Full-ride scholarship with paid USDA internship available through 1890 National Scholars Program Applications due March 8; Kentucky State students can prepare through Ag College programs that "feed, heal, and sustain." * A full-ride scholarship that covers tuition, fees, books, and room and board is rare. One that also includes a paid summer internship and a potential career pathway with the U.S. Depa  more

WICKLIFFE, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway company, issued the following news: * * * Lubrizol Expands Midwest U.S. Reach Through Strategic Partnership with Elite Supply Lubrizol is proud to announce Elite Supply as its newest authorized Channel Partner, supporting the distribution of Lubrizol's market-leading refrigeration, industrial compression, and heat transfer fluid product lines throughout the Midwest United States. This partnership covers Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylva  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Kennedy Appoints New Chair and Ten New Members to Federal Alzheimer's Advisory Council * WASHINGTON -January 29, 2026 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. today announced the appointment of a new Chair and 10 new public members to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services. Established in 2011 unde  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Noem Unlocks More Than $2.2 Billion in Additional Federal Funding to Rebuild Communities Hit by Past Disasters * WASHINGTON - Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced more than $2.2 billion in disaster relief funding to support ongoing recovery efforts from a variety of natural disasters. "This investment will repair and restore critical pub  more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Jan. 30 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * Southern sees third consecutive year of spring enrollment growth Southern Illinois University Carbondale continues its upward trajectory with a third consecutive year of spring enrollment growth. Overall enrollment for spring 2026 climbed 0.5% to 10,919 students, up from 10,869 in spring 2025. The increase was driven by significant gains in strong retention rates among undergraduates, trans  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells to Pay $100,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit * Settles federal suit charging Taco Bell operators with allowing manager to sexually harass female employees DETROIT - Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells, operators of several Taco Bell restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual h  more

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 30 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: * * * Taste of Home, Delivered: Army & Air Force Exchange Service Ships More Than 210,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies Overseas For service members and their families overseas, a familiar taste of home arrived in the form of Girl Scout cookies after the Army & Air Force Exchange Service shipped more than 210,000 boxes to military communities abroad. Councils in more than 45 overseas military c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 30 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Teach Plus Teacher Leader Leon Smith Named National Teacher of the Year Finalist Washington, D.C., January 29, 2026--Teach Plus congratulates Pennsylvania high school social studies teacher and PA Policy Fellowship alumnus Leon Smith on his selection as a 2026 N  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release: * * * More than half of transgender youth live in a state with at least one law or policy restricting their rights According to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, 53% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.--approximately 382,800 young people--live in 29 states with laws or policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, ba  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * People Behind Our Research: Jennifer Meakins bridges design, material science and education By Erin Wickey, Research Communications A University of Kentucky researcher is redefining textiles through digital knitting, using it as a research tool that connects design thinking and material science across fields. Jennifer Meakins, assistant professor in the UK College of Design, uses the digital knitting  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: * * * New tool tracks cross-border pollution, revealing unequal distribution of risk, responsibility Microscopic airborne particles known as PM 2.5 contribute to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. A new University of Notre Dame study finds that 40 percent of these deaths can be attributed to pollution that crosses state lines, highlight  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Jan. 30 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Warhol Foundation supports UK Art Museum research on pioneering photographers By Tom Musgrave, Public Relations and Strategic Communications The University of Kentucky Art Museum received a $38,000 Curatorial Research Fellowship Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to fund research on two photographers working in Lexington in the mid-twentieth century. "With support from the Andy  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science.  more