FAIRFAX, Virginia, May 14 -- George Mason University issued the following remarks delivered by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin during the spring commencement ceremony: * * * Rector Meese - Mike. Members of the Board of Visitors. President Washington. Provost Vinze. Faculty, specifically Star Muir-marshal, thank you so very much. Distinguished guests, friends and family, and most importantly, graduates of George Mason University. Welcome. And I'm so honored to be with you here t  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 15 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser: Commuting Tina Peters' prison sentence 'mind-boggling and wrong' * May 15, 2026 (DENVER) -Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement regarding the governor commuting the sentence of convicted former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters: "Gov. Polis' commutation of Tina Peters' sentence is mind-boggling and wrong as a matter of basic justice. S  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Crow Denounces Decision Granting Clemency to Tina Peters * WASHINGTON -Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO) released the following statement denouncing the decision to grant clemency to convicted felon Tina Peters: "Tina Peters undermined a free and fair election. She authorized illegal access to election systems, promoted baseless conspiracy theories, and intentionally misled Coloradans. Tina Peters sided  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Education Commission of the States issued the following report on March 31, 2026 by Heena Kuwayama and Lauren Bloomquist entitled "Governors' Top Education Priorities in 2026 State of the State Addresses." Here are excerpts: * * * In their 2026 State of the State addresses, governors across the country celebrated student achievement and highlighted opportunities for continued student success. For the first time since Education Commission of the States  more

LOUISVILLE, Colorado, May 15 -- EDUCAUSE issued the following report on March 23, 2026 by Kristen Gay and Nicole Muscanell entitled "2026 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Steady through Change." Here are excerpts: * * * In higher education, students are having to navigate shifting technology needs and workforce expectations, as well as increasing cybersecurity and privacy threats. These changes are reshaping institutional priorities and strategy and redefining how learning and caree  more

LOUISVILLE, Colorado, May 15 -- EDUCAUSE issued the following report on April 6, 2026 entitled "Student & Faculty Technology Studies." Here is the abstract: * * * This is a collection of all the EDUCAUSE student technology use studies, from 2004 to the current year. This collection also includes faculty technology use and community college faculty and student technology use studies. * * * Access the full report at: https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/10/educause-student-and-facult  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule approving revisions to the Montana State Implementation Plan involving sulfur dioxide emissions requirements for the Western Sugar Cooperative facility in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. The rule was published May 14 in the Federal Register and becomes effective June 15, 2026. The action approves revisions submitted by the State of Montana on September 25, 2025, concerning Exhibit A of the 1998 Wes  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

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- PNNL-28549, Grid Impacts of Hyperloop Technology in the United States, was published in March 2019 and studied how conceptual Hyperloop systems could affect the electric grid. The report concludes that Hyperloop's pulsing power demand would likely create voltage and frequency disturbances unless compensation equipment or energy storage is added. The study modeled at-scale Hyperloop systems in California, Colorado, Ohio, and San Francisco, using assumed passenger   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management issued a notice proposing reinstatement of terminated competitive oil and gas lease TXNM139423 in McMullen County, Texas, following a petition submitted by Sea Eagle Ford LLC, Denver, Colorado. The notice, published May 12 in the Federal Register, states that the lessee timely filed a petition for reinstatement under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and paid all required rental amounts accruing from the lease  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by shareholders Zoe M. Argento, Philip L. Gordon and Alice H. Wang: * * * Colorado Amends its Artificial Intelligence Law, Substantially Reducing Obligations on Employers At a Glance * Colorado's amended AI law (S.B. 26-189) significantly scales back employer obligations from the prior version and delays the effective date to January 1, 2027. * The law applies to automated decision-mak  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following technical note on May 7, 2026, by Enrico Lucon and Allen Eckhardt entitled "Third Charpy Interlaboratory Comparison Between NIST and Anand Testing Machine Services LLP." Here are excerpts: * * * This document reports the results of the third Charpy Interlaboratory Comparison between NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA) and  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * One Trainset, Three Testing Stages, and a Big Step Forward for Amtrak Cascades * A new era for passenger rail arrived in Seattle, marking a major milestone as Amtrak moves closer to introducing a new generation of modern, accessible, and passenger-focused train service in the region. The first trainset represents a new generation of rail travel, designed to elevate the experience and strengthen   more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 12 -- Space Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Space Foundation Announces Winners of National Space Day Competition and Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, announced the winners of the 2026 National Space Sustainability Competition and the recipient of the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award during the premiere of its National Space D  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 16 -- The University of Colorado posted the following news: * * * In Photos: Spring Graduates Celebrate Meeting Their Moment at Commencement * At CU Denver, Dania Morelli discovered her love for designing human-centered spaces and landed a job as a technical designer at one of the world's largest architecture firms, Gensler. Angel Lupian Alvarez found his confidence and is heading to an internship at one of the "big four" accounting firms. And, Layla Blair discovered he  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

TULSA, Oklahoma, May 17 -- The University of Tulsa posted the following news: * * * UTulsa celebrates Class of 2026 at commencement ceremonies * The University of Tulsa feted more than 1,100 graduates during 2026 commencement ceremonies in the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. Of those, 706 bachelor's degrees were conferred upon undergraduate students who directly benefit from UTulsa's unique CaneCareers Job Placement Guarantee. Many graduates will soon start job  more