KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 18 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * Counting the overlooked 'hidden homeless' * KINGSTON, R.I. - May 18, 2026 - A person asking for change on the corner or living in a makeshift dwelling outside is easy to identify as homeless or unhoused. But there's a segment of the population without permanent housing that goes unnoticed. Molly Richard, assistant professor of public health in the University of Rhode Island's College of Health  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, May 18 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * FCPS Students Win Special and Category Awards at the 2026 International Science and Engineering Fair * Nine students from Fairfax County Public Schools won awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) that took place last week in Phoenix, Ariz. Bennett Huang and Jason Pan of Langley High School were the recipients of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists Award, whic  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 18 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Phil Scott Establishes Vermont AI Economic Task Force * Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Phil Scott today signed Executive Order 04-26 establishing the Vermont Artificial Intelligence Economic Task Force, positioning the state to use its scale, institutional networks, and tradition of fast coordination to adapt to AI more quickly and deliberately. The Task Force will assess how artificial i  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Moore, Sanders, Omar, McGovern Lead More Than 100 Colleagues in Helping End Child Hunger Through Universal School Meals * Rep. Gwen Moore, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. McGovern introduced legislation to end child hunger in the United States. The Universal School Meals Program Act of 2026 would offer free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to every student in America  more

ITHACA, New York, May 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * New low-THC hemp fiber cultivar flourishes in NYS climate * The director's office at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, will soon be fitted with new flooring, made from a just-released hemp fiber cultivar bred to grow especially well in the state's climate and latitude - developed at Cornell AgriTech by Cornell researchers and grown on Cornell farms. Ursa Alta - tall bear in Latin, named for Cornell's mascot  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, May 18 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: * * * New Thiel College Dean of Students brings experience in student success and leadership * GREENVILLE, Pa.-Thiel College has appointed DaVaughn M. Vincent-Bryan, Ed.D. as Dean of Students, effective July 1, 2026. Vincent-Bryan joins Thiel from the University of Pittsburgh, where he has served since 2022 as the inaugural Director of Student Involvement. In that role, he led a division supporting more tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on May 18, 2026: * * * Sanders, Takano Introduce Legislation to Expand Overtime Pay to Nearly 30 Million Workers As President Trump and congressional Republicans tout so-called "No Tax on Overtime" while simultaneously denying the right to overtime pay for more than 4.3 million workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Membe  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 18, 2026: * * * Sanders, Takano Introduce Legislation to Expand Overtime Pay to Nearly 30 Million Workers As President Trump and congressional Republicans tout so-called "No Tax on Overtime" while simultaneously denying the right to overtime pay for more than 4.3 million workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Effort to Rein in Defense Department's Use of Fast-Tracked Contracts to Help Build ICE Warehouses * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led 15 of his colleagues in calling for new language in the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) appropriations bill to tighten control and oversight of the Department of Defense's (DOD) use of fast-tracked contract vehicles for domestic immigration enf  more