WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Protect Washington's Trail * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined her colleagues in reintroducing the Washington's Trail -1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility test to designate Washington's Trail as a national historic trail.   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Class of 2026 Ivy Day Ceremony * For more than 150 years, Penn's annual Ivy Day celebration has involved each graduating class unveiling their one-of-a-kind Ivy Stone in a meaningful location on campus. The joyful occasion includes the Ivy Day Ceremony, held on Saturday of Alumni Weekend each year, which recognizes outstanding fourth-year students for their leadership and service to the Penn  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved an application to expand Subzone 247A on behalf of Wabtec Transportation Systems, LLC in Erie and Grove City, Pennsylvania. The approval notice was published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2026. The application was originally docketed on February 23, 2026, after submission by the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, the grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 247. The request sought both an expansion  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will grant Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Virginia, access to confidential business data submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The transfer of information is necessary for the contractor to fulfill a federal IT support agreement, according to a regulatory notice published on May 12, 2026. Science Applications International received the authorization under the Geospatial, Analytics,  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission has issued a public notice announcing several proposed AM and FM radio station community-of-license changes involving stations in Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Public comments on the proposals must be submitted to the FCC by July 13, 2026. The filing includes a proposal from Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta LLC to relocate station WJZA(AM) from Hapeville to North Decatur. Another  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a consumer finance brief on May 5, 2026, entitled "Changing Jobs in the Current Market - Survey Data on Employee Job Searching." Here are excerpts: * * * Between December 23, 2025, and January 12, 2026, the Consumer Finance Institute (CFI) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia collected survey data to investigate job searching activity among U.S. adults who are cu  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSinfo) -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following information collection: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend for three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance for its Funeral Industry Practice Rule ("Funeral Rule" or "Rule"). The current clearance expires on May 31, 2026. Title: Funeral Industry Practice Rule, 16 CFR part 453. OMB Control Number: 3084-0025. Type of R  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, titled 'Glass Property-Composition Models Update for use in Direct Feed High-Level Waste Flowsheet Development' and authored by Xiaonan Lu, John D. Vienna, Pavel Ferkl, Dongsang Kim, Jos Marcial, Jincheng Bai, Dewei Wang, Jarrod V. Crum, James J. Neeway, and Nicholas A. Lumetta, with report number PNNL-38953, Rev. 0 / EWG-RPT-058, Rev. 0, says the latest modeling work is meant to support direct-feed high-le  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 16 -- Marywood University posted the following news: * * * Marywood University Celebrates 108th Annual Commencement Ceremony * More than 930 graduates, including those from August, December, May, and international cohorts, will take part in Marywood University's 108th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 1 p.m., Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza, in Wilkes-Barre Twp. President Lisa A. Lori, J.D. will confer degrees on undergraduate, graduate, an  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 12 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following news: * * * PFT Releases Building Condition Analyses of Schools Targeted for Closure The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3) on Tuesday released analysis and alternative recommendations for public schools that are scheduled to close starting in 2027. Led by PFT Director of Environmental Science Jerry Roseman and informed by input from PFT members, the reports found inconsistencies  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 14 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news: * * * Pitt Law announced a $1M commitment to establish the Greg and Ellen Jordan Fund for Business, Banking and Financial Regulation The University of Pittsburgh School of Law has announced a $1 million commitment from alumnus Greg Jordan (LAW '84) and Ellen Jordan to establish the Greg and Ellen Jordan Fund for Business, Banking and Financial Regulation. The fund will provide support for strategic in  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by FERC2222.org and cusln.org, titled 'FERC Order 2222 & DER Policy and Implementation Report January 2026' and identified as PNNL-38952, examines progress in distributed energy resource integration while highlighting unresolved gaps in communication rules between utilities and aggregators. The report outlines regulatory and market developments tied to FERC Order 2222, which enables aggregated distributed energy resources to participate in wholesa  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news: * * * How science can escape the nostalgia trap You probably know that Einstein changed the face of physics with his theory of relativity in his 20s. What you may not know is that he spent his later career on a crusade against quantum mechanics, the model that would go on to drive the next century of advances in the field. New research from the University of Pittsburgh and University of Chic  more