COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 13 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends the Second Amendment from legal attacks * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson is joining a 22-state friend-of-the-court brief supporting the constitutional right to obtain firearms without undue burden or expense. "As the state's top prosecutor, I want to ensure our communities are as safe as possible," Attorney General Wilson s  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 13 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Amends TikTok Lawsuit Asserting Risk of China Access to Iowans' Data * DES MOINES -Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has added more violations of Iowa's consumer protection laws to her lawsuit against TikTok. The state asserts the social media giant uses dangerous, addictive features to cause children to become hooked on the app and hides the truth ab  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * B&G Foods Teamsters Ratify Strong Contract * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (STOUGHTON, Wis.) - Members of Teamsters Local 120 at B&G Foods in Stoughton, Wis., have overwhelmingly ratified a strong new contract just weeks after authorizing a strike. The three-year agreement delivers a 19 percent wage increase  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Port Neal Welding Company * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Port Neal Welding Company of Woodbury County. Throughout the 119 th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "For over 30 years, Port Neal Weldi  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rising Grocery Prices and Republican-Backed Cuts to Food Assistance Pose "New Risks for Republican Senate Candidates" [AJN] In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is highlighting how rising grocery prices combined with Republican cuts to SNAP food assistance are driving "skyrocketing rates of food insecurity," and creating a "liability for Republican ca  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 13 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * April 6 - 12, 2026 DES MOINES, Iowa (Apr. 13, 2026) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each wee  more

AMES, Iowa, April 13 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Link between pollinators and diverse landscapes is a two-way street * AMES, Iowa - Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators - the butterflies, birds, bats, bees and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring pollen from male anthers to female stigma. Previous research has shown diverse landscapes draw more pollinators, as a wider   more

NEW YORK, April 14 -- Marymount Manhattan College issued the following news: * * * The Message Man: Ferraro Award Winner Matt Corridoni '13 Helps Political Campaigns Connect Forty years after Geraldine Ferraro '56 became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major political party, Kamala Harris mounted her own barrier-breaking run as the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket. And one MMC alum has a connection to them both: Matt Corridoni '13. Corridoni served as a nati  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Delivers $209M for Iowa Hospitals * IOWA - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks has helped deliver a $209 million investment to strengthen rural hospitals across Southeast Iowa through the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)-with Iowa becoming the first state in the nation to access these funds. This initial investment will help stabilize small-town   more

ROLLA, Missouri, April 13 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers inducts new members * Fourteen professionals with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers during an induction ceremony held April 9 in Rolla. The academy recognizes outstanding alumni for their professional achievement and success. It also provides support and experien  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 13 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford leaders join panel discussions at Becker's meeting * The four-day conference takes place April 13-16 in Chicago. Sanford Health's Tommy Ibrahim, M.D., MBA, MHA, executive vice president and chief transformation officer and Brad Reimer, chief technology and digital officer, will join executives from the nation's top health systems. Ibrahim will join a keynote panel   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 13 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig and INREC Launch Nitrogen Soil Sampling Project to Help Farmers Save Money, Benefit Water Quality * Residual nitrogen data coupled with N-FACT help farmers optimize fertilizer application rates, delivering monetary and environmental benefits DES MOINES, Iowa (Apr. 13, 2026) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and the Iowa Nutrient Research & Education   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on April 13, 2026: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Port Neal Welding Company Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week:   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Calls for Full Funding of Drug Trafficking Prevention Program * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), released the following statement asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to robustly fund the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, which works with state and local law enforcement offices across the U.S. to foster collaboration, share resou  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Appeals Court Affirms That Iowa Can Remove Explicit Material From School Libraries * In June 2025, America First Legal (AFL), alongside co-counsel Jonathan Mitchell of Mitchell Law PLLC, filed an amicus brief in Penguin Random House, LLC, et al v. John Robbins, et al, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to uphold a law that allowed   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Continues Fight to Protect Children Online * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in introducing the Child Predators Accountability Act to ensure abusers who include children in the production of sexually explicit content are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law  more

ORLANDO, Florida, April 13 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * UCF's Kathleen Richardson Receives 2026 Otto Schott Research Award * Trustee Chair of Optics and Photonics and Materials Science and Engineering Kathleen Richardson has been awarded the 2026 Otto Schott Research Award -one of the most prestigious honors in glass and materials science. Presented by the SCHOTT Group and the Ernst Abbe Fund, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to resear  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Iowa College of Law issued the following news: * * * James Toomey publishes trio of articles examining personal identity, parent-child relationships, and guardianship law The papers will be featured in forthcoming editions of the Northwestern University Law Review, Boston College Law Review, and Emory Law Journal. Written by: Blake Etringer Associate professor James Toomey published a trio of new papers this semester that will be featu  more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, April 14 -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news: * * * Historic Sandusky, Potter Lecture Fund present 'The Black Boatmen of Central Virginia' Richmond historian and author Viola Baskerville will present the lecture on Thursday, May 7. * Historian and author Viola Baskerville will present "The Black Boatmen of Central Virginia" on Thursday, May 7, at Historic Sandusky. The free lecture, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will be held at Sandusky's visitor cen  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 14 -- The University of Iowa of issued the following health care news: * * * Wife donates kidney to husband with UI Health Care's first robotic living donor nephrectomy Lynette Marshall and Jeffery Ford demonstrate generosity, love, and gratitude after transplant surgery at UI Health Care * Some people give and some people take. But Lynette Marshall and Jeffery Ford share. From their compassion for community to a seemingly innate sense of philanthropy, the couple's ma  more