RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 7 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * A Change in Culture: Mines Greek Life and Lost&Found Aim to Take Pilot Mentorship Program Nationwide * It started as an idea in the back of Whitney Bischoff's mind - how to harness the built-in brotherhoods and sisterhoods of Greek life to create a movement that reshapes how students support one another on campus. As student programs manager for Lost&Found, a statew  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 7 -- Gov. Larry Rhoden, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Rhoden to Make National Security Announcement * PIERRE, S.D. - Tomorrow, Governor Larry Rhoden will make an important national security announcement to advance his vision to make the defense industry South Dakota's "next big industry." Governor Rhoden will make the announcement at the Black Hills Defense & Industry Symposium on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 8:30 AM (MT) / 9:30 A  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 7 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Medical Laboratory Science Day, Spring Convocation planned by College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions * South Dakota State University's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions will hold its Medical Laboratory Science Day and Spring Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 15. Medical Laboratory Science Day celebrates students and faculty in the medical laborator  more

MERCED, California, April 7 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * UC Merced Sees Strong Gains in U.S. News Grad School Rankings * UC Merced saw broad gains in the U.S. News and World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings with graduate programs rising in national standing, reflecting the campus's growing academic and research profile. UC Merced's School of Engineering broke into the top 100 in the rankings, securing No. 99 in the Best Engineering Schoo  more