TOLEDO, Ohio, April 8 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * 'Becoming the Narrative': Upcoming Panel to Explore Fan Art and Representation * Anime and manga fans often do more than just follow stories -they actively participate in shaping them. The University of Toledo will host a panel discussion, "Becoming the Narrative: Fan Art, Community and Representation," from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, April 13, in Carlson Library Room 1005. Serving as a complement to the " Your M  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12766) on April 7, 2026, by telecommunications policy specialist Jill C. Gallagher: * * * 4.9 GHz Public Safety Band: Competing Views on Use During the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, public safety agencies could not communicate effectively with one another, partly because high call volumes exceeded the capacity of local public safety radio systems. The 9/11 Commission  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 8 -- West Virginia University posted the following news: * * * 8 WVU graduate students advance research with Foundation scholarship support * Eight West Virginia University graduate students are pursuing research and discovery to solve real-world challenges with support from WVU Foundation scholarships. The Office of Graduate Education and Life announced four doctoral students selected to receive the WVU Foundation Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship and four  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: * * * The 2026 State Minimum Wage Increases and Their Potential Costs and Consequences * At the beginning of every year, a handful of states raise their minimum wages, either automatically to keep up with inflation or because state legislation prompts the increases - and 2026 is no different. In a new insight, Labor Policy Analyst Emmet Bowling lays out this year's state minimum wage inc  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition Urging Court to Uphold Constitutional Safeguards Against the Tyranny of the Trump Administration * OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that California is leading a multistate coalition in filing an amicus brief that supports affirmance of a district court order that granted the New York Attorney General  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM first quarter 2026 oil and gas sales generate nearly $600 million * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management generated $592.7 million in total receipts from oil and gas sales held in the first quarter of 2026 - in line with the Trump administration's Energy Dominance initiative. These revenues reflect an ongoing focus on unleashing domestic energy, support  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * Chairmen Moolenaar, Smith Call on IRS to Examine CCP-Linked Organizations Potentially Violating their Tax-Exempt Status by Engaging in Political Activity Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China and Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) of  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 8 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * CMU Ranks No. 1 in 2026 U.S. News Graduate Rankings * Carnegie Mellon University secured six No. 1 rankings in the newly released 2026 Best Graduate Schools (opens in new window) rankings from the U.S. News & World Report. Carnegie Mellon ranks first for overall graduate computer science programs, tied with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University. Among computer scie  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Shri Thanedar Calls on Cabinet to Remove Trump from Office * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13) called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office in a letter to the 16 members of Donald Trump's cabinet. The letter cited Trump's recent threat to wipe out the entire Iranian civilization, as well as numerous other instances of unhing  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Names Georgia State Rep. Tanya Miller its 2026 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star * EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, named Georgia state Rep. Tanya Miller the winner of its 2026 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award. The award recognizes an outstanding woman serving in state or local office, who embodies the determination, civility, and commitment to commu  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN delivers stellar 2025-26 women's college basketball campaign * * NCAA DI Women's Basketball Tournament finished as the second most-watched on ESPN networks with 1.3 million avg. viewers * Second most-consumed Women's Tournament on record with 9 billion minutes of live games watched * Champ Week delivered continued growth * Regular season viewership up, m  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 9 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on April 8, 2026, by Christopher E. Baecker, Bexar County Taxpayer Association vice president: * * * Degrees of Seriousness on the National Debt Greater freedom is the answer. * We hit an ignominious milestone recently when the national debt crossed $39 trillion. Naturally, regular citizens have chimed in about what's to blame, who's at fault, what can be done, or whether it even matters. Th  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Government of, by and for people? Sure, but it needs more people to serve, U-M survey finds Abraham Lincoln famously spoke of a government of, by and for the people. Yet it's getting harder to find people to serve in government, according to a survey of local leaders across Michigan. The findings come in the latest installment of the Michigan Public Policy Survey conducted by the University of Michig  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, April 7 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Graduate health programs rank among top in the nation * Five graduate programs within The Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions at Central Michigan University are ranked among the top 150 nationwide by the U.S. News & World Report. In addition to being ranked among the top graduate programs nationwide, all five programs are ranked top in Michigan. * Audiology : #34 overall  more

NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news on April 8, 2026: * * * Haymarket Books and Mellon Foundation Announce Third Cohort of 'Writing Freedom' Fellows Twenty Writers Impacted by the Carceral System Recognized for Meaningful Contributions to Contemporary Literature * Haymarket Books and the Mellon Foundation today announced the third cohort of the Writing Freedom Fellowship, recognizing twenty emerging, mid-career, and established poets, fiction write  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 9 -- Hope College issued the following news: * * * Washington Honors Semester Hits 50-Year Anniversary, Announces Special Endowment Gift As Hope College celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Washington Honors Semester program, the college also recognized a significant donor gift that will help support the program indefinitely. The honors program is a long-standing experiential education program that includes a cohort of Hope College students who spend a full semeste  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The State of Scientific Publishing: Assessing Trends, Emerging Issues, and Policy Considerations" at 10 a.m. on April 15, 2026, at 2318 Rayburn House Office Building: Witnesses: * Mr. Carl Maxwell, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Association of American Publishers * Ms. Kate Travis, Managing Editor, Retraction Watch * Dr. J  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * How a Spartan found his path and now shapes the Pistons brand * For Detroit Pistons fans, the relationship with their team unfolds as much online as it does on the court. Spartan alum Tamar Davis is part of the team behind that connection, shaping how fans engage -from social media moments to fan-driven events. Davis is the brand manager for the Pistons and an integral part of making those interac  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * How MSU is teaching students to spot misinformation * You're scrolling through social media and see a photo of a public figure with a quote attributed to them. It elicits an emotional response -making you angry, happy or sad. Something, however, seems off. Would that public figure say such a polarizing thing? You dig deeper and quickly discover there are no references to the quote in any news outl  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur Delivers $19.2 Million Federal Investment for New Nuclear Training Safety Education Program * Oak Harbor, OH - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) visited the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant to announce a $19.2 Million federal funding investment from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the new Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development program to be administered at the Univer  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Marohang Limbu awarded HARP funding to advance understanding of Himalayan Indigenous rhetorics * Marohang Yakthung Limbu, professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures at Michigan State University, has been awarded Humanities and Arts Research Program large-scale development funding for his project "Documenting Matrilineal Civilizations and Ancient Himalayan Yakthung Histories: A St  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 9 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * Duggan Air Balls Post, Causing Him To Delete Another After deleting a social media post in February where he claimed to have support from multiple labor unions that have not endorsed his campaign for governor, Mike Duggan has now missed the net on another post--this time causing him to get called out by Michigan State University fans and once again hit the delete button. Whe  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * From simulation to practice for doctors A new way to advance pediatric spinal anesthesia training * For Ashlee Holman, M.D., innovation in education begins with a simple but powerful question: how do you prepare clinicians to do something well before they ever have to do it under pressure in clinical practice? As an Associate Professor of An  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * A night of two national titles for U-M, as scientists and basketball players both triumph Team from Frankel Cardiovascular Center wins the STAT Madness virtual tournament for their work to understand and prevent deadly aortic aneurysms * Just hours after the University of Michigan men's basketball team won their national tournament,   more

NEW YORK, April 7 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * More than 200 Organizations and Experts Call for an End to Trump's Threats of War Crimes and Call for Accountability * We the undersigned human rights, humanitarian, civil liberties, faith-based and environmental organizations, think tanks and experts are deeply alarmed by President Trump's threat regarding Iran that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if his demands are not met. Such langu  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * MSU research powers app to build early movement skills * Jacqueline Goodway began her research career over 35 years ago at Michigan State University, after coming to MSU from England. While completing her doctoral degree, she joined a College of Education initiative as a graduate assistant working in Flint Public Schools. Little did she know, this experience would change the course of her life's wor  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 8 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * MSU researchers expand the search for hormone-free endometriosis treatments * For the nearly 200 million women and girls worldwide who suffer from endometriosis, the introduction of hormone-free treatments would be a game changer. MSU researchers are working to make this happen. For many patients, each menstrual cycle brings days of excruciating pain that leads to missed work, school and social ac  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Stevens Tours Promess Inc.; Highlights Plan to Strengthen Michigan Manufacturing * Brighton, MI -Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens visited Promess Inc., a Brighton-based manufacturer, to meet with workers, tour the facility, and highlight her push to strengthen Michigan manufacturing, secure our supply chains, and support good-paying jobs. Promess builds automated assembly and pro  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Bemidji Board of Directors welcomes new members * Nikki Brink: Brink is the owner of an independent Little Caesars franchise in Bemidji. Prior to that she served as the Chief Operations Officer at First National Bank Bemidji. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Bemidji State University as well as a diploma from the Graduate School of Banking   more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Health to highlight workforce readiness at AI Summit * Sanford Health's chief transformation officer is joining leaders from Google and Augustana University for a one-day conference focused on preparing students for a world in which AI is increasingly ambient, but where human judgment, ethics and curiosity remain essential.  The Applied AI Summit: A Future-Ready Wor  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Peters Takes Bipartisan Action to Address Growing National Debt Peters Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Limiting Deficit Spending to 3 Percent of GDP * U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) helped introduce a bipartisan resolution supporting the goal of reducing our annual federal budget deficit to 3 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030. Years of imbalance between federal spending and reven  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 8 -- The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments issued the following news release: * * * Shared Prosperity in Southeast Michigan: 2018-2024 Income Gains Continue in Southeast Michigan, but Disparities Are Widening; New SEMCOG Application Evaluates Economic Gains and Losses Across Socio-Economic Groups Dive Deeper into the Data and the Shared Prosperity Application at the April 22 SEMCOG University Webinar * SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments,   more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 8 -- Stockton University posted the following news: * * * Spotlight On: Anthony Dissen * Galloway, N.J. -Anthony Dissen, assistant professor of Health Science at Stockton, was speaking to a group of nutrition and dietetics graduate students in Michigan about LGBTQIA+ health disparities when something clicked. "One of the students asked where they could learn more about the subject," Dissen said. "At the time, there wasn't a single resource that brought all of th  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 7 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Study links PFAS exposure to weaker immune response, raising water protection needs * New research finds that exposure to PFAS may weaken the immune system in adults, raising new concerns about the long-term health effects of these widely used chemicals. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a large class of human-made chemicals used in products ranging from nonstick cookware and stain  more

FLINT, Michigan, April 8 -- The University of Michigan-Flint posted the following news: * * * UM-Flint to host policy pitch competition April 16 at Flint Farmers' Market * The University of Michigan-Flint Master of Public Administration program will host its second annual Policy Pitch Competition at 5:30 p.m., April 16, in the Ramsdell room of the Flint Farmers' Market. The event is free and open to the public. Undergraduate and graduate students will present original, research-based polic  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * A "stemness checkpoint" helps control stem cell identity Building on the concept that blocking differentiation into specialized cell types maintains stem cells, USC and NIH scientists identify GSK3a as a checkpoint across diverse stem cell types. A study published in Cell Research advances a central idea in stem cell biology by identifying a chec  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 8 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * UToledo to Lead $39M Nuclear Workforce Initiative * The University of Toledo is a leader in the Great Lakes Partnership to Enhance the Nuclear Workforce, which recently received a $19.2 million investment from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the $39 million workforce initiative led by UToledo. The partnership will work to enhance the existing safety training pipelines for the light-water reactor w  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Walberg Honors Kalamazoo County Veteran * Yesterday, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) recognized Michael Fry of Fulton as the Veteran of the Month for April, presenting him with the Congressional Record containing his remarks honoring Michael's service to our nation. Michael Fry enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served from 2005 to 2018. Throughout his 13-year career, he was trained a  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 8 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: * * * Wayne State advances behavioral health crisis care through provider training * When crisis providers engage with someone in crisis, they may be seeing them on their worst day. It is critical that crisis providers have the skills to connect with the person and provide effective intervention. Whether they have days or decades of experience, they'll tell you that training is essential to prepare, and not all t  more

KALAMAZOO, Michigan, April 8 -- Western Michigan University posted the following news: * * * Western celebrates contributions of student employees with awards, appreciation week * KALAMAZOO, Mich.-Students are a driving force at universities; while conducting world-changing research and developing into the next generation of leaders, they also help keep institutions running through on-campus employment. Western Michigan University is celebrating the impact of its own student employees during  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 9 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Lethal frog fungus has origins in Brazil American bullfrogs may be the world's most well-traveled amphibians. New research shows that while in Brazil, the species picked up a unique strain of a deadly fungus--and helped it spread around the world. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused the decline or extinction of over 500 species of amphibian  more

ASHLAND, Ohio, April 8 -- Ashland University posted the following news: * * * WRDL to participate in Vinylthon programming April 18-19 * ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland University's award-winning, student-run radio station, WRDL, will be participating in the annual Vinylthon celebration on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19. "This year, WRDL will play 48 hours of only vinyl records and feature a retrospective on a million-selling, chart-topping special guest," previewed Derek Wood, faculty advisor a  more