COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends President Trump's executive order on election integrity * Attorney General Alan Wilson joined Missouri and 10 other states in a motion to intervene to defend a presidential executive order that would allow access to resources that would verify voter-registration lists against lawfare from left-wing activists. On March 31, 2026, President Tr  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon, Tran Celebrate Bipartisan Small Business Legislation Signed into Law * Washington - U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02) and Derek Tran (CA-45) are celebrating their bipartisan legislation to continue intellectual property protections for small businesses being signed into law. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Foreign Interference Safeguard Act will extend small businesses' due   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 22 -- Banner Health issued the following news release: * * * Banner Health announces plans to expand OB-GYN services in Northern Colorado Expanded team of providers will deliver comprehensive maternity and women's health care * FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Banner Health announced plans Wednesday to expand its obstetrics and gynecology services in Northern Colorado through a strategic partnership. The initiative will grow the current team to 13 providers, with recruitment un  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release: * * * Big Seven Leaders Convene to Strengthen the Federal-State-Local Partnership * Oklahoma City, Okla. -As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, leaders of the nation's seven principal state and local government organizations convened April 20 in Oklahoma City for a historic State and Local Leadership Summit focused on the future of Am  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 21, 2026: * * * The Department of Justice Reaches a Proposed Consent Decree with Nebraska to Enjoin the State from Enforcing its Unconstitutional In-State Tuition and Scholarship Programs for Illegal Aliens Today, the United States filed a complaint against Nebraska and joined with the State in filing a proposed consent decree to permanently enjoin Nebraska laws that provide in-state tuition and   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 21 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Faculty, staff honors announced by executive vice chancellor's office * Awards coordinated by the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor have been announced for 2026. These honor faculty and staff who advance the missions of the university in teaching, research, and service. College Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize faculty with excellence in teaching. * Rick Alloway, associate professor, J  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Probes NNSA, Defense Department on Nuclear Modernization * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, questioned leaders of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Defense on nuclear modernization plans in the president's fiscal year 2027 budget request. Download video of Fischer's  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 20 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Holds First-Ever Open Media Cabinet Meeting Today, Governor Jim Pillen hosted a first-ever open cabinet meeting for members of the media. Held in the Governor's Hearing Room and streamed live, the session focused on core areas of his administration: taxes, kids, agriculture and Nebraska values. Agency leaders detailed operational successes, those achieved during the current legisla  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: At CSIS, Fischer Outlines Strategic Forces Priorities * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) joined strategic deterrence experts at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) to discuss consequential issues defining the future of U.S. strategic forces and her priorities as chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Watch the fu  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 21 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Leads Coalition To Defend Executive Order On Election Integrity * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In a fight for election integrity across our country, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway led a coalition of 12 states in a motion to intervene to defend a presidential executive order that provides resources to verify voter-registration lists  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 21 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska scientist proposes bold new definition of what counts as soil * How should soil and the field that studies it be defined? Experts disagree on what should be called soil, reflecting the tension between long-standing traditions and the field's changing frontiers. "Soil science has enormous, untapped potential," Nebraska's Aaron Lee M. Daigh said. "If we define our subject too narrowly, we arti  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 21 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * New website helps landowners track wildfire recovery, view history * Following historic wildfires that have burned nearly one million acres of Nebraska grazing lands this spring, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has launched a new online hub that integrates science, mapping and field-based documentation in one place. The resource -the first of its kind focused on working grasslands -is designed to   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11422) on April 20, 2026, by legislative attorneys Jared P. Cole and Whitney K. Novak: * * * Parental Rights and Student Gender Transitions at School: Legal Developments How public schools should treat transgender students has generated substantial debate, raising legal questions in contexts such as bathroom access, athletics participation, and pronoun usage. One particu  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 21 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Passion for helping youth discover engineering earns national award * Nosakhare Idiaghe is helping Lincoln-area youth discover engineering through hands-on learning in an after-school program. That focus on expanding access to STEM education has earned Idiaghe, a doctoral candidate in engineering education research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the 2026 Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Health Care] -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Physicians Committee Has Given Grants to Farmers Who Are Growing Health-Promoting Fruits and Veggies While Phasing Out Animal Agriculture * The Physicians Committee, a nonprofit public health advocacy organization with 17,000 doctor members, has given grants to assist farmers who are growing health-promoting foods like leafy greens and berries while phasing o  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 21 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * SDSU enhances rover reputation at NASA contest * South Dakota State University, which has built a name for itself in the building of lunar rovers and prototypes, has found success in one of NASA's longest-standing student challenges. An SDSU team consisting of five sophomores and one freshman finished second in the Human Exploration Rover Challenge at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center near NASA  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 21 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study finds high school journalism leading the way in financial literacy, even if business isn't part of curriculum * LAWRENCE -Journalism classes usually are not paired with business lessons. While there have been calls for increasing business knowledge in journalism, research from the University of Kansas has found that high school journalists are learning business skills even though they are not a core  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon: We're in a New Era of Cyber Warfare U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), Chairman of the Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the Cyber Posture of the Department of Defense. Chairman Bacon's Statement as Prepared  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause posted the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Groups Sue DOJ to Block National Voter Surveil-and-Purge Database * Common Cause and four individual members sued the Trump Administration to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans' confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters. The complaint argues that the DOJ's actions are unconstituti  more

NEW YORK, April 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Voting Rights Groups Sue DOJ to Block National Voter Surveil-and-Purge Database * Common Cause and four individual members sued the Trump Administration to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from illegally stockpiling millions of Ame  more