COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson joins bipartisan letter urging Congressional support for the Kids Online Safety Act * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, urging Congressional leadership to protect children from online harm by passing the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The letter, signed by 40 attorneys general, wa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrep) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * RELEASE: Gun Violence in Rural America Is a Growing, Forgotten Public Health Epidemic While gun violence is often framed as an exclusively urban crisis in national political discourse, a new Center for American Progress study reveals that rural American communities are facing a disproportionate and growing epidemic of gun violence when compared with   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers sets date for first Lake Pepin ice surveys of the year * ST. PAUL, Minn. - A sign that spring is near as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced today, Feb. 12, that they will begin their annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 17. The lake's ice thickness is critical information to the shipping industry in forecasting when th  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Feb. 11, 2026: * * * EDC Leads New Work to Help Power Emerging Regional Economies EDC has received an award from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to connect and support four U.S. hubs that are strengthening K-16 education and workforce training to ensure the current and future workforces are ready to power emerging regional economies. The four hubs focus on key industries such as photonics  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues StoneMor Cemetery Management Company for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation * Federal lawsuit alleges company excluded black employees from breakroom and fired supervisor for failing to suppress discrimination complaints MEMPHIS, Tenn. - StoneMor, Inc., a cemetery and funeral management company, violated federal law when it discriminated against black employees, and reta  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 12 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy reports 2025 financial results, initiates 2026 guidance * NEW ORLEANS - Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) reported fourth quarter 2025 earnings per share of 51 cents on an as-reported and an adjusted (non-GAAP) basis. For the full year, the company reported 2025 earnings per share of $3.91 on an as-reported and an adjusted basis. "2025 was another important year in Entergy's tran  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13 (TNSrpt) -- The Environmental Integrity Project issued the following news release: * * * Report: At Least 65 Carbon Capture Projects Proposed in Louisiana, Most in U.S. Residents Fear Carbon Leaks, Especially in Hard-Hit Cameron and Ascension Parishes * NEW ORLEANS - A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reveals that companies have proposed at least 65 carbon capture and storage projects in Louisiana, the most of any state, plus eleven pipelines  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell Receives Main Street Policy Impact Award for Leadership Supporting Small Businesses * This week, Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-04) was honored with the inaugural Main Street Policy Impact Award in recognition of his leadership in advancing policies that strengthen Main Street economic development across South Mississippi and nationwide. The award recognizes extraordinary efforts at the federa  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Feb. 12 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * Grant helping MSU's Lukasik unite scholars to rethink diaspora in American religion Mississippi State University Assistant Professor Candace Lukasik has received a highly competitive 2026 Collaborative Research Grant from the American Academy of Religion to examine religious communities through the lens of diaspora-populations dispersed beyond their ancestral homelands while maintaining strong cu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH OPPOSES BILL TO CODIFY OFFSHORE ENERGY MORATORIUM * Miss. Senator Says Permanent Offshore Energy Restrictions Would Limit Work to Unleash American Energy VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Explains Opposition to Pending Outer Continental Shelf Legislation. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today registered her opposition to legislation to codify an existing mor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH RESUMES QUEST TO LINK NATCHEZ HISTORICAL SITES TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE * Hyde-Smith Reintroduces the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College Affiliated Areas Establishment Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to designate the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians in Adams County as an affiliated area  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 12 -- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2026: * * * Secretary Michael Watson Warns of Increasing Uses of Romance Scams Secretary of State Michael Watson urges Mississippians to be aware of the increasing risks of romance scams and "relationship investment scams," a form of fraud utilizing emotional manipulation and fake investment opportunities. "Our office has continued to see an uptick in securities-relate  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Mortgage Bankers Association posted the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in the Fourth Quarter of 2025 The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.26 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) National Delinquency Survey. The delinquency rate was up 27   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation posted the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * NFWF Announces $3 Million in Grants through the Southeast Aquatics Fund Eight projects will benefit freshwater species by improving water quality * The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $3 million in grants to restore aquatic habitats to benefit native freshwater species in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. The grants will   more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus issued the following news: * * * Teaching with technology: Virtual reality, 3D scanning in humanities classrooms Harrisburg faculty member Mariah Kupfner is using virtual reality and 3D scanning to enhance students' learning in the field of museum studies * During her American art and society class last fall, Mariah Kupfner, assistant professor of American studies and public heritage at Penn State Harrisbu  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 13 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 12, 2026, by senior fellow Rod Crane: * * * Public pension debt should be scrutinized like other types of government debt Without comprehensive pension debt reform, states face continued financial pressures and diminished flexibility for future budgets. * Pension liabilities are retirement obligations contractually promised to public workers. In any sense of the word, an unfunded pension liabil  more

TUCKER, Georgia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Poultry and Egg Association (USPOULTRY) issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Evaluate the Effects of Combined Sprinkler and Cool Cell Cooling on Broiler Performance and Water Use Project #740: Effects of Combined Sprinkler and Cool Cell systems on Cooling Water Usage, Water and Feed Consumption Rates, Bird Performance and In-house Environment of Commercial Broiler Barns (Jonathan W. Moon, Department of Poultry Science, Mississippi State Un  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Feb. 11 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Samford Students Earn Multiple Awards at Southeast Journalism Conference * Samford University student media once again earned regional recognition at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), with students bringing home multiple honors from the conference's annual "Best of the South" Awards this February. Samford students accepted five awards during the competition. The top individual finish for S  more

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 13 -- The University of Southern Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Southern Miss Graduate Follows Faculty Mentor's Footsteps, Earns Forbes 30 Under 30 Honor By: Morgan Smith Dr. Mark Robertson, a recent graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) School of Polymer Science and Engineering, has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list for 2026. Robertson is following in the footsteps of his faculty mentor turned business partner  more

MERCED, California, Feb. 12 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Spotlighting Black Trailblazers Whose Stories Deserve to be Told * Black History Month often honors familiar names, leaders whose courage and determination changed the course of a nation. But many others have made groundbreaking contributions that exposed injustice, advanced civil rights, reshaped American culture and revolutionized technology. Their achievements and efforts were met with thre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSFR) -- The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program completes an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. This process, conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, identified 13 individuals and 20 artifacts. The inventory covers remains of one adult male, six adults of unknown sex, and six juveniles. These individuals, along with 20 objects--including 13 fla  more