NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 27 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: * * * Farm Bureau Applauds President's Call to Support Farmers American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump's call on Congress to pass a farm bill and to provide market relief for America's farmers and ranchers. "Farm Bureau thanks President Trump for outlining action to deliver regulatory relief and for advocating for Congress to deliver much-  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 30 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * April at ETSU: Music, theater and family fun * Discover April events at ETSU, including the Mountain Made festival, music concerts, a benefit walk and family fun. From the return of a traditional folk music festival to campus to theater productions and more, there's something for everyone at East Tennessee State University in April. Music lovers will find performances by not only impress  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes for state, local authority to combat illegal drone drops at prisons * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones, and other items. Per federal law, only a narrow set of feder  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- Belmont University issued the following news: * * * Belmont Law Journal Symposium Explores Technology's Impact on Justice Law, Security and Justice in the Digital Age: Redefining Enforcement and Accountability By Jasmine Simmons Belmont's College of Law welcomed members of the legal profession to the annual Belmont Law Journal Symposium, March 27. This year's theme, "Law, Security and Justice in the Digital Age: Redefining Enforcement and Accountability," p  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 31 -- The Bluegrass Institute posted the following commentary on March 30, 2026, by Vice President of Policy Rea S. Hederman, and Sai C. Martha, economic research analyst at the Buckeye Institute: * * * Kentucky's Tax Reforms Continue Economic Progress Good tax policy matters now more than ever. * Kentucky's move to replace its progressive income tax with a flat five percent rate in 2018 led the rising flat-tax revolution and spurred serious economic growth. That   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Brett Windrow Announces Bid for House District 13 Brett Windrow has announced that he will run for the Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 seat. Windrow, an attorney and graduate of Belmont University College of Law, said he is seeking the office to address economic, infrastructure and education challenges facing the district, which include  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 30 -- Le Moyne College issued the following news release: * * * Catholic Charities CEO Kerry Alys Robinson to Give Le Moyne College's 2026 Commencement Address Five to Receive Honorary Degrees for 2026 Commencement * Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), will deliver the commencement address at Le Moyne College's 76th Commencement, which will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. in the Exposition Center at the New York State F  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Commander Levine Passes the Torch for the Navy's Airborne Scientific Development Squadron * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cmdr. Luis A. Levine relinquished command of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, the Warlocks, to Cmdr. Andrew R. Vawter, the new Commanding Officer (CO), during a change of command ceremony Mar. 27 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Mar  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Health Care] -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, posted the following news release: * * * Compassion in Action: Honoring Our Physicians * Answering the call to be a doctor is a vocation -a demanding path driven by deep meaning and purpose, with the profound responsibility of caring for patients and families during meaningful and challenging moments. Ascension's commitment to care is captured in our Mission, but it is truly lived out by the p  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Former UT Professor Wants to Include Lawmakers in Suit Fired University of Tennessee (UT) professor, Tamar Shirinian is asking a judge to add specific state and federal legislators to her lawsuit against the university in a new court filing. According to Knox News, the new motion zeroes in on people Shirinian says defamed her and directly intervened w  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Carr Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This is a major public safety threat impacting correctional facilities acro  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Gov. Lee Proposes State Funding for Poison Center Gov. Bill Lee has proposed that the state cover a funding shortfall for the Tennessee Poison Center following the loss of a federal grant, according to the Tennessee Lookout. The center, based at Vanderbilt University, operates a call service that provides free emergency poison information, reportedl  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Blackburn Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Rural Health Care * Rural Health Innovation Act establishes a grant program for rural health providers to increase staffing, hours, critical technology, and equipment WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Marsha Blackburn reintroduced their bipartisan Rural Health Innovation Act to increase access to health care in ru  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Angie Craig, Waters, Warren, Klobuchar Exhort Trump Administration to Clamp Down on Insider Trading Using Prediction Markets House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) led a bicameral letter with Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sens. Schiff, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Sports Prediction Market Contracts * The Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act marked the Senate's first bipartisan bill seeking to regulate prediction markets "It ought to be up to the states to decide what kind of gambling goes on within their state. This kind of end run around the law is encouraging vast amounts of gambling. W  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following news: * * * IFPTE Endorses Representative Steve Cohen Congressman shares our vision for the expanded role the TVA will play as a provider of great jobs and growing as America's largest publicly owned utility * The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), representing 90,000 workers across North America, including members employed at the Tennessee  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, March 30 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * NAU geologist set to advise NASA astronauts on the Moon * Kristen Bennett, NAU's newest planetary scientist, has been selected to lend her expertise on NASA's first crewed Moon mission since the 1970s. NASA shared on March 24 that Bennett was one of just 10 scientists from throughout the United States who were chosen to advise astronauts on the mission Artemis IV, scheduled to launch no later than   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * Prashant Donthamsetti delivers Kairos Lecture * Prashant Donthamsetti, assistant professor of pharmacology at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences,delivered the second School of Medicine Basic Sciences Kairos Lecture to a full room on March 26. Tina Iverson, associate dean for faculty, introduced Donthamsetti, whose laboratory develops innovative tools to probe the mo  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Regional Winners of Tennessee Farmer of the Year Competition Announced * Overall winner to be announced in June COLUMBIA, Tenn. -The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation are pleased to announce the regional winners of the 2026 Tennessee Farmer of the Year competition. From tulips, strawberries, melons, cattle a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Report: Domestic Violence Registry Faces Gaps Over Expunged Cases A Tennessee law that went into effect Jan. 1 is the nation's first registry to track repeat domestic violence offenders, but there are holes in the system, according to Knox News. Under Savanna's Law, a "persistent domestic violence offender" -- defined as someone with more than one d  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service is initiating a pilot program to test alternative values for modest housing. The initiative aims to support the Section 502 direct loan program by adjusting how area loan limits affect self-help housing and properties receiving third-party affordable housing assistance. The pilot evaluates the impact of allowing property values in the self-help program to exceed current maximum area loan limits. Under the s  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Stacey Shrader Joslin: * * * Senate Considering Bill to Add Shelby County Judges The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB846/HB1268 with an amendment on March 24. The legislation -- introduced by Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, and Rep. Rick Scarbrough, R-Oak Ridge -- now goes to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill as amended creates two additional criminal courts in the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * Shelby Juvenile Detention Center Implements Reforms Changes at the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center -- following its transfer from the sheriff's office to the Division of Corrections in October 2025 -- are aimed at improving conditions for juveniles in custody, the Daily Memphian reports. Officials said reforms include replacing trad  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog on March 30, 2026, by Azya Thornton: * * * State Immigration Agency Awards Nearly $900K in Grants The Tennessee Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division has distributed nearly $900,000 in grants to local law enforcement agencies participating in federal immigration enforcement efforts, according to a report obtained by the Tennessee Lookout. The division, established in 2025 under the Te  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tennessee Tech faculty member selected by NASA to support Artemis Moon mission * A Tennessee Tech University faculty member will help shape humanity's next return to the Moon. Jeannette Luna, interim assistant dean of research and graduate studies for Tech's College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected by NASA as a participating scientist on the first Artemis lunar surface scienc  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tennessee Tech nursing graduates earn near-perfect 95% NCLEX pass rate, lead peers in workforce impact * Graduates of Tennessee Tech University's Whitson-Hester School of Nursing are once again at the top of their class. Newly released data shows that Tech nursing graduates earned a near-perfect 95% first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in 2025  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- Austin Peay State University posted the following news: * * * Terry ('77, '79) and Valen Cox establish scholarship endowment for military spouses at APSU * CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -Austin Peay State University has received a generous gift from Terry and Valen Cox to establish the Valen A. Cox Scholarship Endowment. The endowment honors Valen's determination as a military spouse who earned her degree over the course of 40 years, all while raising five children t  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 -- Tusculum University posted the following news: * * * Tusculum creates Master of Arts in Leadership with multiple concentrations, partners with local business community * GREENEVILLE - Tusculum University is ensuring a strong pipeline of leadership in the for-profit, nonprofit and ministry realms with the introduction of an innovative new master's degree that will utilize a hands-on approach for students to refine this important skill. Dr. John Alpers, lef  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 31 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * West Virginia Attorney General Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Attorney General JB McCuskey has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This drone use is a major publi  more