JONESBORO, Arkansas, May 7 -- Arkansas State University posted the following news: * * * A-State Partners with Epicenter Memphis on DRA-Funded EpicenterU Initiative Arkansas State University today announced a new partnership with Epicenter Memphis to launch EpicenterU: Students to Startups, a university-based entrepreneurship program supported by an approximately $800,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). Designed to build the next generation of innovators across the Delta regio  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends religious liberty at U.S. Supreme Court Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined a 20-state coalition to ask the U.S. Supreme Court, led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, to clear the way for a Northern Kentucky church to build an outdoor shrine on its property. In the Kentucky-led brief, the states urge the nat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 7 (TNSLrpt) -- Business Employment Dynamics in Mississippi Third Quarter 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - May 6, 2026 * * * From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Mississippi were 60,412, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 56,933, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Commends Pentagon for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program Expansion U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, (R-MS), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today commended Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon leadership for directing the department to increase the number of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs across the country, as stipulated in the Natio  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 6 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Jobs Increase In 33 States And D.C. Between March 2025 And March 2026; 31 States And D.C. Add Jobs In March Texas and Missouri Top Lists of 12-Month Gains, While California and Alaska Have Worst Job Losses; Ohio and Delaware Lead Monthly Gainers; Nevada Has Largest Monthly Decline  * Construction employment increased in 33 states and the Dis  more

CALGARY, Alberta, May 7 -- The Canadian Pacific Kansas City issued the following news release: * * * CPKC, CSX upgrade Southeast Mexico Express with dedicated train, faster transit times Calgary, Alberta and Jacksonville, Florida - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX:CP) (NYSE:CP) (CPKC) and CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) (CSX ) today announced upgrades to the Southeast Mexico Express (SMX) premium service featuring faster transit times with more origin and destination options for customers looki  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 7 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 6, 2026: * * * NAACP Asks Court for Emergency Action to Stop Illegal Air Pollution from xAI's Data Center Power Plant Instead of addressing its Clean Air Act violations, Elon Musk's company added even more unpermitted gas turbines to its illegal powerplant -- saddling nearby communities with harmful toxic emissions * Southaven, Miss. -- Today, the NAACP filed a request for a preliminary injunction to s  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 6 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * Excellence in teaching, advising honored with prestigious MSU faculty, staff awards Exceptional faculty and staff are being honored at Mississippi State with annual awards for outstanding teaching, mentoring and advising. "The quality of the people at the heart of Mississippi State sets our university apart," said Jeff Davis, executive director of the MSU Alumni Association. "Our core missions of  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 6 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Bonvenu Bank Award $100,000 in Pathway Fund Grants to Four Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Organizations BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through member Bonvenu Bank, has awarded $100,000 in Pathway Fund grants to four organizations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, whose w  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 6 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Bonvenu Bank Award $500K in Grants to Five New Orleans Area Nonprofits NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through member Bonvenu Bank, awarded $500,000 in Pathway Fund grants to five organizations in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area that will support resolving   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 7 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on May 6, 2026: * * * Carr Backs Federal Complaint Against Maryland School District's Secret "Gender Transition" Policies Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and 19 other attorneys general have sent a letter to the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education in support of a complaint against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Rockville, Maryland, alleging that the district pushed students to  more

NEW YORK, May 6 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news: * * * How Children's Literature Helped Empower Gay Youth in the 1800s * Long before young adult literature became a category, some writers were using stories for boys to imagine freer lives for queer youth. Eric L. Tribunella (Ph.D. '05, English ), a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, has long studied children's and young adult literature, gay literature, and the histo  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Provides Lifeline to Rural Communities, Including Six in Mississippi  * U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted bipartisan legislation she's joined to extend a federal health program that provides a financial lifeline to rural hospitals, including six participatin  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 6 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * Jackson Area Federal Credit Union Conserved * Accounts remain protected by Share Insurance Fund; Member Services Uninterrupted Alexandria, VA (May 6, 2026) -The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) today placed Jackson Area Federal Credit Union in Jackson, Mississippi into conservatorship. Member services will continue while NCUA works to resolve issues affecting the cred  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL Innovation Day for Industry Connects Researchers and Industry to Accelerate Naval Technology Transition The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) welcomed industry leaders, small businesses and technology partners to its 2026 Innovation Day for Industry, April 28. The event brought together government researchers and private-sector innovators to explore collaboration opportunities and accelerate the tr  more

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, May 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Health hospitals earn 'As' for patient safety * Several Ochsner Health hospitals across the Gulf South earned an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns grades to general hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Markey Spotlights How Trump's Reckless Policies are Skyrocketing Health Care Costs for Small Businesses, Families New data shows Trump's unaffordable policies are exacerbating the nationwide health care crisis * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today spotlighted new da  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 6 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Seton Hall Students at NJPAC for Governors Fireside Chat * Seton Hall University students from the South Orange and Newark campuses attended a fireside chat with Governor Mikie Sherrill at NJPAC in Newark. Governor Sherrill reviewed her 100 days so far with NJ.com political reporter Brent Johnson on April 29. Students in attendance were Lizi Shcherbakovi, the president of the Political Science Student  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13212) on May 5, 2026, by natural resources policy specialists Anna E. Normand and Nicole T. Carter. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: FY2027 Appropriations Congress generally funds and provides related policy direction to the civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in annual Energy and Water Development appropriations acts and the  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, May 7 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Rich Gentry Named Dean of School of Business Administration Entrepreneurship and innovation leader to guide school's next chapter * The University of Mississippi named Rich Gentry the next dean of its School of Business Administration, pending approval by the board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Gentry joined the university in 2010 and serves as professor of management, chair  more