PHOENIX, Arizona, April 1 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Mayes Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Communities from Illicit Xylazine Attorney General Mayes today joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general in calling on Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. The bipartisan legislation would classify the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine -  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 31 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Fights for States' Rights to Ensure Election Integrity * DES MOINES-Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 25-state coalition in a brief before the United States Supreme Court defending Arizona's right to ensure election integrity in their election process. The coalition maintains that Arizona should be able to ensure that its voters are citizens as part of t  more

ALBANY, New York, March 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Co-Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Legislation to Protect Communities from Illicit Xylazine * New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general in calling on Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. The bipartisan legislation would classify the dangerous animal tranquilizer   more

LONDON, England, March 31 [Category: Environment] -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: * * * Greenpeace defendants file motion for new trial in North Dakota court * Amsterdam -Greenpeace International and Greenpeace organisations in the US filed on 27 March 2026 a motion for a new trial in North Dakota District Court. This demand for justice follows the absurd and flawed US$ 345 million judgment issued by the same court in  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 1 -- Greenpeace Australia Pacific issued the following news: * * * Greenpeace will not rest until justice is served Greenpeace International and Greenpeace organisations in the US filed on 27 March 2026 a motion for a new trial in North Dakota District Court. This demand for justice follows the absurd and flawed US$ 345 million judgment issued by the same court in Energy Transfer's SLAPP lawsuit against the Greenpeace parties returned on 27 February 2026. Energy Trans  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: HUD Renews Continuum of Care Funding for YWCA in Fargo & Abused Adult Resource Center in Bismarck * Senator Passed Legislation to Renew Homelessness Grants; Additional CoC Grants Reviews to Begin April 1 WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Continuum of Care (CoC) program has awarded two North Dakota organizations  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Minuteman III ICBM to Be Exhibited at North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum * ***Click here for photos. Click here for B-roll. GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck will soon be displaying a powerful tribute to the state's enduring role in America's nuclear deterrence. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today he has secured a decommissio  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by North Dakota Farmers Union President Matt Perdue from a March 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Increasing Domestic Consumption of U.S.-Grown Agricultural Products": * * * My name is Matt Perdue and I serve as President of North Dakota Farmers Union. North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) is the state's largest farm organization, representing 70,000 farm, ranch, and member families. I also   more

FARGO, North Dakota, April 1 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Inside the Bison Fund: Real investments, real responsibility, real experience In the finance world, experience matters. For students involved in the Bison Fund, that experience begins long before graduation. The Bison Fund is a student-run investment group where members don't just study financial markets, they actively manage them. Today, the group oversees more than $2 million in investment capit  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Planet Reimagined Executive Director Adam Met, New York, New York, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the Co-Location Energy Act (H.R. 5639): * * * Chairman Stauber, Ranking Member Ansari, and Members of the Committee and Subcommittee, My name is Adam Met. I am the Executive Director of Planet Reimagined, where we focus on solving energy and climate challenges wit  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 1 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Urges Congress to Pass Legislation Protecting Communities from Illicit Xylazine South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 40 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would classify Xylazine as a federally controlled substance and would help law enforcement stop the spread of   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 31 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Health leader named by Becker's as a top CIO to know * SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -Becker's Hospital Review has named Brad Reimer, Sanford Health senior vice president and chief information officer, to its 2026 list of hospital and health system CIOs to know. This is the fourth consecutive year Reimer has been named to the list. According to Becker's, the IT leaders feature  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 1 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news release: * * * Leadership under pressure: Yankey attends Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel Paul Yankey, Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Business, recently joined faculty members across the U.S. in Israel as part of the Jewish National Fund-USA's Faculty Fellowship Program, where he had the opportunity to meet Israeli leadership and observe how they shape and apply leadership in high-p  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 1 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * West Virginia joins bipartisan letter urging Congress to pass Combating Xylazine Act West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general today in a letter to Congressional leadership urging passage of the Combating Xylazine Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would classify the illicit use of xy  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Barbara Vasquez, board member of the Western Organization of Resource Councils and Western Colorado Alliance, Cowdrey, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the Co-Location Energy Act (H.R. 5639): * * * My name is Barbara Vasquez. I have served as a citizen scientist and advocate on local, regional and national environmental and public health issues for the past 25 ye  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 31 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy to deliver more than $130 million to Upper Midwest customers from nuclear energy tax credit * MINNEAPOLIS (March 31, 2026) - Xcel Energy is beginning to send more than $130 million in additional savings to its Upper Midwest customers from federal tax credits on the energy generated by the company's nuclear fleet. This brings the total savings to more than $330 million ov  more