LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Ask an Expert -- Small Actions Can Make a Big Difference in Fighting Food Waste * Stop Food Waste Day is April 29, a day intended to raise awareness and inspire action to reduce the amount of annual global food waste. In addition to being a global issue, food waste is also a very local issue. In fact, a large share of food waste happens right at home, often unintentionally, due to spoilage, overbuying or uncert  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Introduces Bill to Unleash Wyoming Coal Production * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to reduce barriers to coal leasing and unleash Wyoming coal production. The legislation extends the bonus payment period for coal mine leases from five to ten years, allowing coal companies to defer payment on a portion of their investment until after n  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 28 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Brain-computer interface based on Rice research wins FDA approval for first clinical trial * Motif Neurotech, a company commercializing technology based on research at Rice University, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin the first clinical trial of its therapeutic brain-computer interface (BCI) for treatment of treatment-resistant depression. The decision is a significan  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * College of Engineering Celebrates Faculty Promotions * The College of Engineering at Utah State University is recognizing faculty members who have earned promotions effective at the start of the 2026-27 academic year. The promotion and tenure process is highly demanding, reflecting years of sustained commitment, achievement and impact. These promotions honor excellence in teaching, research, outreach and servic  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 28 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hobbs Announces Statewide Initiative with Rasa Legal to Expand Second Chance Opportunities for Arizonans * Phoenix, AZ - Governor Katie Hobbs today announced an initiative with Rasa Legal, a mission-driven legal technology organization, to allow Arizonans to check their eligibility for record clearance for free across the state. Across Arizona, more than two million people have crim  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Groups Collaborate to Create Great Salt Lake Conservation Easement Landowner Resource * Utah State University's Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air is working with the Utah Association of Conservation Districts and the Great Salt Lake Sentinel Landscape program to create a conservation easement management guide for landowners. This resource will compile best practices for land management, owner  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Moore, Shaheen, Murkowski, Fitzpatrick, Dingell, Underwood, and Adams Introduce Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act * This April, during Sexual Violence Awareness Month, Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), and Alma Adams, PhD (D-NC-12)  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * More than 7,100 Degrees to be Awarded at 2026 Utah State University Commencement * LOGAN, Utah -Utah State University will honor the class of 2026 this week at the 139th commencement ceremony. USU is preparing to confer a total of 7,101 degrees and certificates to 6,335 students. The university commencement ceremony in Logan will begin at 7 p.m. April 29 in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. College convocations and   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Warns Local Leaders Against Bringing Deadly ICE Facilities Into Their Communities * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Tuesday sent letters to 21 local governments throughout the United States that are actively considering whether to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 28, 2026: * * * Drummond raises concerns over ESG policies at top credit rating agencies Attorney General Gentner Drummond is questioning the lawfulness of the three top credit rating agencies' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. Drummond and 22 other state attorneys general sent a letter last week to Fitch Ratings, Moody's, S&P Global Ratings and the Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump's FY27 Budget Secures Nuclear Modernization Projects at Minot AFB * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Minot Air Force Base is slated to receive a $230 million nuclear modernization facelift under President Donald Trump's proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget, zeroing in on support for the next generation of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) operations. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Moore's Bill to Support Wildfire Victims in Honor of Doug LaMalfa Passes House * WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives unanimously passed the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act, which included Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT) and Vince Fong's (R-CA) Doug LaMalfa Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act. Re-introduced in memory of the late Ca  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 29 -- The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * AI, medical ethics and the future of surgery on the agenda as major surgical conference heads to Perth The southern hemisphere's largest English-language multidisciplinary surgical meeting will return in 2026 when the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) brings its 94th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) to the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from Thursday 30 Apr  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on April 28, 2026: * * * Cruz, Schatz, Curtis, Schiff Introduce New Bill Giving Parents Control Over Kids' AI Chatbot Use U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), John Curtis (R-Utah), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today introduced the CHATBOT Act, legislation that would put parents, not Bi  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Stop Phubbing and Start Listening, Says Utah State University Extension Expert * Put down your phone. Don't look up the word "phubbing" right now. Go talk to a real person about it instead. Christina Pay, associate professor with Utah State University Extension, said that "phubbing," or phone snubbing, is the act of ignoring the person you are with by focusing on your phone. It is one of many digital distractio  more

STUTTGART-MOEHRINGEN, Germany, April 28 -- The U.S. Africa Command issued the following news release: * * * US, Royal Moroccan Armed Forces launch African Lion 26 in Morocco * AGADIR, Morocco - U.S. Africa Command's largest annual joint exercise, African Lion 26, officially begins today. The exercise is hosted across four nations including Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. The activities in Morocco will include approximately 5,000 personnel from over 40 countries and more than 30 U.S.-bas  more

LOGAN, Utah, April 28 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Yes We Can-oe: USU Engineering Students Take Top Honors at 2026 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition * Utah State University's Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers received top honors at the Concrete Canoe Competition for the 2026 Intermountain Southwest Student Symposium at the University of Utah on April 16-18. Rivaling against 13 other chapters, Utah State placed first in three ASCE and Amer  more