FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 12 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Fairfax County School Board Adopts New Cell Phone Policy and Updates to Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R) Document for School Year 2026-27 * On Thursday, May 7, the Fairfax County School Board approved changes to the FCPS Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R) regulation. The SR&R outlines expectations for student behavior, parent/guardian engagement, and adult responses. With a focu  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 12 -- California State University San Francisco State University posted the following news: * * * A dozen students chosen to represent SFSU colleges at Commencement * Undergraduate Speaker Orlando Mayen-Castaneda B.S., Physics (Astrophysics) Orlando Mayen-Castaneda grew up listening to his mother's stories about the night sky. Now he aspires to pursue a career as a bridge between the stars and community. A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) pr  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 12, 2026: * * * More than 1,000 LA firestorm survivors have accessed CalAssist Mortgage Relief What you need to know: More than 1,100 disaster survivors have signed up for Governor Newsom's recently expanded CalAssist mortgage relief -- providing a full year of mortgage payments up to $100,000. * Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the state had reached a major milestone in its  more

DOVER, Delaware, May 13 -- Gov. Matt Meyer, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 12, 2026: * * * Delaware Receives Highest Bond Ratings Governor Matt Meyer announced today that the State of Delaware will sell $446 million of bonds on May 13, 2026, after once again receiving the highest possible AAA/Aaa ratings from all the nation's leading rating services. Delaware's bonds have now received unanimous top ratings from Fitch, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings for 26 years consecu  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: Extremist Carey Coleman Caught Telling Teachers' Unions to "Go to Hell" * New OH-13 GOP nominee attacked the over 91% of Ohio public school teachers who belong to a union at his own campaign launch Just days after the Ohio primary, which fell on National Teacher Day, extremist radio host Carey Coleman is heading into the general election dogged by on-camera remarks from his   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 -- Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, R-Georgia, issued the following statement on May 12, 2026: * * * Lt. Governor Burt Jones Commends "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access Act" Becoming Law Today, Lt. Governor Burt Jones issued a statement in support of a priority for the 2026 Legislative Session - the "True Patriotism and Universal Student Access Act" - being signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp. "I want to thank Governor Brian Kemp for signing this priority into law  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

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Providence high schoolers find connection, guidance, confidence through dedicated mentors at Brown * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -More than a decade later, Ernest Lilavois Jr. still reflects on choices he made as a teenager at Providence's Mount Pleasant High School -and how differently things might have gone if he'd had a mentor. "If I'd had someone guiding me earlier, I think I would have made b  more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- Susquehanna University posted the following news: * * * Faculty win awards for scholarship, teaching, advising Susquehanna University announced faculty awards for research, teaching and advising at its 168th Commencement. Awards were presented to John Bodinger de Uriarte, professor of anthropology, the John C. Horn Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Creative Activity; Anjee Gorkhali, associate professor of finance and analytics, the Donald D. Housley   more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, May 12 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * The combined power of cutting-edge research and authentic connection * The following story originally appeared as an online exclusive for the W&M Alumni Magazine. - Ed. On April 17, William & Mary celebrated the recipients of the 2026 Plumeri Awards for Faculty Excellence. Nine faculty members and one former athletics staff member received the awards, which are accompanied by a $20,000 stipend to pursue res  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 13 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news: * * * CCM welcomes visiting arts administration faculty member Quanice G. Floyd Floyd begins her new appointment as Visiting Professor on June 1 By Curt Whitacre, 513/556-2683, whitaccp@ucmail.uc.edu UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras has announced the appointment of Quanice G. Floyd, EdD, as CCM's new Visiting Professor of Arts Administration. Her faculty appointment officially begins on June  more