POCATELLO, Idaho, May 12 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Art and Science: Graduate Uses Life, Educational Experiences to Broaden Opportunities * Blom's path began four years after high school, when she went to the University of Idaho to study creative writing and art. In her junior year, she realized that creative writing wasn't quite what she was expecting. She loved art, but didn't want to have to try to sell it all the time. So Blom left U of I and moved to Ar  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson supports overturning Biden-era rule on sex stereotypes * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 10-state friend-of-the-court brief to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a challenge to a Biden-era DHHS rule regarding discrimination based on "sex stereotypes." The McComb Children's Clinic alleges that the rule impo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- Consumer Price Index, West Region April 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - May 12, 2026 * * * Area prices were up 0.8 percent over the past month, up 3.5 percent from a year ago * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West region advanced 0.8 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The all items less food and energy index increase  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 12 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute: HB645 Would Make State Government More Accountable * The Buckeye Institute testified (see full text below or download a PDF ) before the Ohio House Finance Committee on the policy in Ohio House Bill 645, which, if adopted, would make state gover  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * Coalition of Conservation Groups Ask Court to Halt Construction of Stibnite Gold Mine * Boise, ID -A coalition of local and national conservation groups filed a motion preliminary injunction last Friday to halt Perpetua Resource's pending construction of the Stibnite Gold Project: an open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in the headwaters of the South Fork of the Salmon River. The motion asks to halt  more

LEWISTON, Idaho, May 13 -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: * * * First LC State master's graduate has plan to address nursing shortage When it comes to nurse retention in Idaho and the U.S., Ann Leung is determined to find a solution. This spirit of leadership within nursing is exactly what Lewis-Clark State College, which has produced some of the top nurses in the northwest since 1965, is hoping to foster. Leung is the first student to graduate from LC State's M  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 12 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Opens On the Edge: The Abstract World of Frederick Hammersley * NORMAN, Okla. - The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma is pleased to present On the Edge: The Abstract World of Frederick Hammersley, on view through September 6. The exhibition traces the artist's dive into abstraction as a new way of creating art through shape, color, and intuition. Fre  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Smokejumper and Union Leader Sam Forstag for U.S. Representative * AFGE says Forstag knows our issues as well as any candidate ever has, and will advocate for us as passionately as any lawmaker ever could AURORA, Colo. - The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Sam Forstag   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Medical Group Management Association issued the following letter on May 11, 2026: * * * The Honorable Roger Marshall, MD U.S. Senate, 479A Russell Senate Building, Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Greg Murphy, MD U.S. House of Representatives 407 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable John Joyce, MD, U.S. House of Representatives 2102 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Bob Onder, MD, JD U.S. House of Represen  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Barrasso, Lujan Suicide Lifeline Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing their bipartisan legislation Monday night to increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by assessing challenges to transmitting geolocation information. "The 988 Suicide and Crisis   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Lujan, Barrasso Suicide Lifeline Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) applauded the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing their bipartisan legislation Monday night to increase the efficiency of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by assessing challenges to transmitting geolocation information. "The 988 hotli  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, May 11 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals icy origins of mysterious Uranus ring * MOSCOW, Idaho - Scientists have confirmed that one of Uranus's faint outer rings is made primarily of water ice -a surprising discovery that is reshaping what researchers know about how some of the planet's rings formed. Matthew Hedman, a professor of physics at University of Idaho, contributed to the study by analyzing telescope data to help deter  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, May 11 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * U of I Commencement Ceremonies to honor more than 2,400 spring and winter graduates * MOSCOW, Idaho - More than 1,800 students are eligible to graduate this spring at University of Idaho's Spring Commencement Ceremonies, alongside more than 600 Winter 2025 graduates invited to participate. Ceremonies begin Saturday, May 16, and continue across the state through Wednesday, May 20. All ceremonies will be   more

TACOMA, Washington, May 12 -- The University of Puget Sound posted the following news: * * * University of Puget Sound Professor Launches Study of Neural Connections During Aging * University of Puget Sound Assistant Professor of Biology Elisa Frankel has launched a new research program focused on synapses, the vital connections between brain cells, following a successful grant proposal to the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The project investigates the molecular mechanisms that help synapses  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 13 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Interprofessional Education Workshop Looks at Opioid Patient Care The University of Wyoming's College of Health Sciences recently hosted its annual Interprofessional Education Forum in the Wyoming Union, including students from the Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education Program, the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, the UW Division of Social Work and the UW School of Pharmacy. The event, officially titled "Opi  more