FORT COLLINS, Colorado, March 30 -- Colorado State University posted the following news release: * * * Alumnus and Olympic bobsledder Hunter Powell will be University-wide Commencement speaker * Contact for reporters: Allison Sylte Cell: 720-849-1907 allison.sylte@colostate.edu Hunter Powell had dreamed of being an Olympian for as long as he could remember. But he had no idea the thousands of hours he spent training for the decathlon on Colorado State University's Jack Christianse  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 30 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration Proposal Targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a proposal by the General Services Administration (GSA) that would require recipients of federal funding to comply with the Trump   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 31 (TNSrep) -- Banner Health issued the following news release: * * * Banner Health Annual Report Highlights $1.1 Billion in Community Investments, Medical Breakthroughs Nonprofit model invests every dollar into communities, research and prevention * Banner Health today released its 2025 annual report, detailing how Arizona's largest health care provider and largest private employer invested $1.1 billion into the communities it serves. The report outlines how Banner'  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power released the following testimony by David Palumbo, deputy commissioner of operations at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, from a March 17, 2026, hearing on legislation to address drought and promote water security: * * * Chair Hoeven, Ranking Member Wyden, and members of the Subcommittee, I am David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) with  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Pushes to Protect First Responders and Roadside Workers * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the bipartisan Safe Roads for Those Who Serve Act to protect first responders and roadside workers as they do their jobs on roads and highways. This legislation would enhance strategies to help reduce the risk of injur  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

BOISE, Idaho, March 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Idaho AG Urges Supreme Court to Block Federal Agencies from Writing Criminal Law * Idaho urges Supreme Court to enforce constitutional requirement that elected representatives, not federal agencies, define criminal conduct BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a brief this week urging the United States Supreme Court to restore the constitutional requirement that Congress, n  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 31 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * AG Davenport Opposes Unprecedented Barriers to Federal Funding Requests Trump Administration Ties Funding Requirements to Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion * Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a proposal by the General Services Administration (GSA) that would require  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * NEA names Washington's Stanley Calhoun 2026 Education Support Professional of the Year The National Education Association (NEA) on Saturday named Stanley "Ric" Calhoun, a campus supervisor at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington, the 2026 NEA Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year. Calhoun's role as a campus supervisor is very visible in the school communit  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Economics] -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) posted the following news release: * * * Prosperity Now expands Nationwide VITA Support with Wells Fargo Foundation Grant * 2026 VITA Support Fund strengthens community-based organizations providing no-cost tax preparation services WASHINGTON, D.C. - With support from a $1 million Wells Fargo Foundation grant, Prosperity Now announced today the recipients of the 2026 VITA Supp  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Thank you, Chairman Fleischmann and Ranking Member Kaptur for the opportunity to share my priorities for the FY27 Energy & Water appropriations bill. I look forward to working with the subcommittee on shared goals of deploying technologies for bett  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on fiscal 2027 appropriations: * * * Chairman Fleischmann and Ranking Member Kaptur, as you begin your work on the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2027, I strongly urge you to include a language request I have submitted to effectively terminate the propose  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 30 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Tens of Thousands of Nevadans Protest Trump's Cost-Raising Agenda While Lombardo Cheers Him On * Tens of thousands of Nevadans took to the streets this weekend to fight back against harmful GOP policies wreaking havoc on our state, all while Joe Lombardo caves to Donald Trump's cost-raising agenda - even saying he's doing a " fantastic job." As Lombardo prioritizes Trump over working families,  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Waters, Warren, Whitehouse, Lead Probe into Elon Musk's Potential Involvement in Gutting Bipartisan National Security Law "(S)ince the Department released its interim final rule, new reporting has revealed the extent of Elon Musk's private business empire--raising additional questions about his involvement in Treasury's   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Rosen Introduce Bill to Boost Housing Supply, Lower Costs by Supporting Housing Small Businesses * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced a bill to boost housing supply and lower housing costs by supporting small businesses in the housing industry. The Boosting Housing Supply through Small Business Act would require the Small Business Administratio  more