MINNETONKA, Minnesota, May 15 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by economist Martha Njolomole: * * * If not tax credits, what should legislators do about childcare? Something must be done about the high cost of childcare in Minnesota. But as I have illustrated in a previous article, solutions like tax credits fail to address why costs are high in the first place. So, what  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on May 18, 2026: * * * Chairman Lee Applauds Senate Confirmation of ENR Nominees Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, released a statement after the Senate confirmed an additional 49 of President Trump's nominees this week, three of which came out of the ENR Committee. Under Lee's leadership, t  more

LONDON, England, May 18 [Category: Environment] -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: * * * Greenpeace activists fly 'Stop the Billionaire Takeoff' message ahead of Kelcy Warren's Waterford airport takeover ceremony * County Kilkenny, Ireland -Greenpeace International activists flew a 'Stop the Billionaire Takeoff' message near Kelcy Warren's Irish estate Castletown Cox in County Kilkenny to call attention to this Big Oil b  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSFR) -- Kansas State Historical Society has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects connected to the Kaw Nation, according to a notice published by the National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The notice states that KSHS identified human remains representing at least 129 individuals of Native American ancestry and 640 associated funerary objects tied to sites across Kansas, with   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 18 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Regional Pulse Crops Diagnostic Lab at Montana State serves northwestern U.S. * A laboratory at Montana State University that provides seed testing for pathogens affecting pulse crop productivity and trade invites growers in Montana and neighboring states to share samples for testing or reach out for diagnosis.  The Regional Pulse Crops Diagnostic Laboratory at MSU, which opened in 2014, is the only labor  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * SCHNEIDER, FITZPATRICK REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNTIES * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to encourage institutions of higher education to expand study abroad opportunities to nontraditional locations for America  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Sends Two Voting Discrimination Cases Back to Lower Courts * The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it has vacated and remanded voting discrimination cases from Mississippi and North Dakota to be considered in light of the horrendous Callais decision. In both cases, the Supreme Court was asked to examine the right of individuals to sue unde  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release: * * * Supreme Court Sends Voting Rights Case Back to the Eighth Circuit * WASHINGTON -Today the U.S. Supreme Court voided the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's previous erroneous decision in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians et al. v. Howe, a voting rights case in North Dakota that had stripped private individuals of the ability to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Right  more

CROOKSTON, Minnesota, May 19 -- The University of Minnesota Crookston campus issued the following news: * * * University of Minnesota Crookston Names Megan Bell, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Business, Arts, and Education The University of Minnesota Crookston has officially named Megan Bell, Ph.D., as the Associate Vice Chancellor (AVC) for the Business, Arts, and Education (BAE) division. Bell, who has served in the role in an interim capacity since August 2025, will begin her permane  more