BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * 21 Attorneys General, 60 Members of Congress File Amicus Briefs Supporting Louisiana's Lawsuit to Protect Women and Children from Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is thanking her fellow Republican attorneys general and 60 U.S. lawmakers for filing amicus briefs in support of her lawsuit against the FDA to vacate a Biden-era rule that removed a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * Washington Democrats Can't Get Enough of Your Money Jack Sepulvado Democrats in the Washington have repeatedly raised taxes since they took control of both houses of the state legislature in 2018. Their policies have directly contributed to the beginning of an exodus from the state. Despite this, Washington Democrats have continued to pass legislation that will only make it more difficult   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Curtis Statement on New USPTO Community Engagement Office in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY, UT- U.S. Senator John Curtis (R-UT) issued the following statement on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)'s announcement that a new community engagement office will be opened at the University of Utah: "Today's announcement is an investment in American ingenuity and reinforces Utah's leadership in research, te  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 19 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: About one in four students is chronically absent School districts may need to implement new policies to encourage students to attend school more regularly. By Jude Schwalbach When public schools remained closed for months during the COVID-19 pandemic, they sent students and families a harmful message: missing a lot of school is ok. Before the pandemic, only 15% of stud  more

WACO, Texas, Feb. 19 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Inside the Headset Presented by CoachCommBrent Vigen, Head Coach - Montana State * On this week's episode of Inside the Headset - Presented by CoachComm, we sit down with Brent Vigen, head coach at Montana State University, for a conversation about his career and winning the FCS National Championship. Coach Vigen shares the story of his path into the coaching profession, be  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: An 'Energy Dominance' outlook for 2026 * After the 2024 election, the Trump administration wasted no time advancing a dangerous fossil fuel agenda that prioritized oil and gas profits over the health and wellbeing of communities and public lands. By declaring a national energy emergency and directing agencies to " unleash " fossil fuel production, the administration opened m  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 20 -- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * DEQ Releases Draft Dryland Opencut Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Comment The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has prepared a draft programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA) for Dryland Opencut Mining Permit Applications and is accepting public comment through March 23, 2026. Information about how to submit public comment is available on DE  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Montana Ranks in Top States With Highest Purchasing Power * * February 19 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana ranks in the top three states in the nation with the largest increases in purchasing power for consumers from 2020 to 2024. "With affordability top of mind for all Americans, Montanans continue to be better equipped to handle still-high inflation   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 19 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * VanVleet Lands Final Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week Cade VanVleet of Montana Tech has been named the NAIA Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week after delivering a standout performance at the Montana Tech Winter Series No. 2 on February 14, 2026. A senior from Noxon, Montana, VanVleet headlined the meet with a winning effort in the shot put  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Drummond demands answers from YouTube over alleged censorship of conservative voices Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants answers from YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., regarding concerns that politically conservative voices may have been unfairly suppressed on the platform. Drummond and 15 state attorneys general sent a letter to Alphabet r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Real Personal Income by State, 2024 * Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new annual statistics on real personal consumption expenditures, real personal income, and regional price parities for all 50 states and the District of Columbia for 2024. Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) highlights  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Secures 31 Agreements with Colleges and Universities to End Partnerships with The Ph.D. Project * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has secured thirty-one resolution agreements (RAs) with institutions of higher education to cease their partnerships with The Ph.D. Project, an organization  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Humanities Panel Explores the Future of AI and Work * With millions of people now using generative AI to complete tasks both large and small, there is considerable anxiety about how this technology will impact the future of work. Are jobs now at risk because of AI? What is the right approach to integrating AI into the workplace - optimism or skepticism? A recent panel, co-sponsored by the U  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Justice after trauma? Race, red tape keep sexual assault victims from compensation Bureaucratic hurdles and racial disparities restrict access to victim compensation for adult survivors of sexual assault, deepen justice system inequities and compound trauma. The absence of police verification of a crime is the primary reason for rejection, representing 34.4% of disapproved requests--which acc  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * U to expand innovation support across West in partnership with USPTO Federal patent officials to celebrate new community engagement office's opening Friday in Research Park * The University of Utah has entered into a new agreement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to host a community engagement office on the U campus, strengthening access to intellectual property (IP) education,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release: * * * Utah selected for new USPTO community engagement office location * Grand opening of new community engagement office to serve as innovation center for local/regional innovators ALEXANDRIA, VA-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the selection and grand opening of a new community engagement office location in Utah to serve innovators in part of t  more