RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues to Protect Funding for Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers * North Carolina's rural counties would be the hardest hit. Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule that would have devastating consequences for North Carolina's healthcare workforce and leave many rural residents without primary care.  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 14 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * A Fire in Africa Warns the World's High Peaks Professor Meredith Kelly helped trace a mountain wildfire to conditions unseen in 12,000 years, a finding with implications for high-elevation regions worldwide. * When Meredith Kelly arrived in the Rwenzori Mountains in June 2012, she walked into the aftermath of a fire that, as a new study in Nature she co-authored now shows, had no precedent in 12 mi  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces $27.5 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in California * San Francisco - Today, EPA is announcing $27.5 million in funding to protect California from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA's unwavering commitment to advancing cooperative federalism and Making America He  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces $27.5 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Nevada * San Francisco - Today, EPA is announcing $27.5 million in funding to protect Nevada from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA's unwavering commitment to advancing cooperative federalism and Making America Healthy Ag  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces $6.2 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in American Samoa * Pago Pago - Today, EPA is announcing $6.2 million in funding to protect American Samoa from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA's unwavering commitment to advancing cooperative federalism and Making America   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Announces $6.2 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Guam * Today, EPA is announcing $6.2 million in funding to protect Guam from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA's unwavering commitment to advancing cooperative federalism and Making America Healthy Again. This funding wi  more

RENO, Nevada, May 20 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news: * * * Faculty member opens up about mental health and finding his stride * Daniel Trugman is an associate professor in the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. He recently decided to share one of the darkest times in his life with the hope that his story will encourage others to seek help. "I can see the same struggles that I have in a lot of students, so I felt compelled to share what I've learned," Trugman said. Like  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following remarks at the markup of seven pieces of legislation, including the Campaign Finance Transparency Act and Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act: * * * Today, the Committee on House Administration will consider 7 pieces of legislation. I want to begin with the Campaign Finance Transparency Act. Three years ago, this Committee initiated an investigatio  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 21 -- KnowledgeWorks issued the following article: * * * Policy Resources for Education Innovation Empowering states to turn policy flexibility into real innovation and transformation KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Many states already have significant policy flexibility to support learner centered innovation but lack practical tools to help leaders operationalize those opportunities * KnowledgeWorks' innovation guides and policy primers translate policy flexibility into clear, acti  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 20 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Land-based origins of life explored in UCSC-led special issue of 'Astrobiology' * For scientists seeking to understand the origins of life on Earth, a central debate is land versus sea: whether life began in hot springs or other chemically dynamic environments on land, or in deep-sea hydrothermal vents.  A new special issue of the journal Astrobiology, titled "An Origin of Lif  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Lee, Scott Introduce Legislation to Help Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crew Access Mental Health Services * Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) introduced the Combat Action Recognition and Evaluation for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews (CARE for RPA Crews) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would create a formal status identifier for remotely piloted aircraft   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * NV Energy Takes Steps to Meet Nevada's Growing Energy Needs, But Plan Leans on New Gas Over Lower-Cost Solutions Nevada's largest utility 's resource plan raises concerns about whether the state is prepared for rapid load growth while keeping costs in check for residents CARSON CITY, NV - Nevada's largest utility, NV Energy, filed its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the state'  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * On the Senate Floor, Cortez Masto Condemns Republicans' Move to Throw Billions at Out-of-Control Federal Immigration Enforcement * FTP for TV stations of her remarks is available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) denounced the Republican reconciliation bill that will hand another $70 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 [Category: Political] -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * Over 440 Civil Rights, Faith, and Labor Organizations Call Department of Justice Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center a "Naked Attempt to Weaponize the the Criminal Justice System to Silence Speech" * National Coalition Urges Congress to "Put a Stop to It" Ahead of House Judiciary Committee Hearing on SPLC The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * SIGNED: Cortez Masto's Bill to Protect the Water Supply for More Than One Million Nevadans * Washington, D.C. - President Trump signed into law U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's (D-Nev.) legislation to allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to construct a new water pipeline to provide water delivery redundancy for over one million Nevadans. The Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lat  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 20 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news: * * * Study: Hospital Wastewater Reveals Drug-Resistant Fungus Strains Months Before Patients Show Symptoms * A new UNLV-led wastewater surveillance study brings scientists one step closer in the global race to detect and deter skyrocketing cases of a potentially deadly drug-resistant fungus that puts hospital patients at risk of serious blood, heart, or brain infections. Candida auris present  more

RENO, Nevada, May 20 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news: * * * The Mountain Picassos: Basque Arborglyphs of the Great Basin * Lertxundia is defined as "A group of," or "a grove of aspen trees" in Euskara, the Basque language. Lertxundia is also home to a unique type of cultural art, Basque arborglyphs. Artistic rubbings of these arborglyphs are now one of the latest additions to the permanent collection of the Jon Bilbao Basque Library. In 2022, University Libraries donor   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 19 [Category: Health Care] -- The Vision Council posted the following news release: * * * The Vision Council Opens Registration for the 2026 Lab Leadership Forum * ALEXANDRIA, VA - May 19, 2026 - The Vision Council today announced that registration is now open for the 2026 Lab Leadership Forum, the organization's signature event for optical lab members. The Lab Leadership Forum will be held September 16-18, 2026, at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. De  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on May 20, 2026: * * * Treasury Disrupts Sinaloa Cartel Narco-Terrorist Fentanyl Trafficking Operations Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned more than a dozen individuals and entities, comprising two distinct networks, linked to the terrorist Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl trafficking activities. Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles (Ojeda Aviles)   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 20 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news: * * * UNLV, Nellis Air Force Base Collaborate to Preserve Base's History * The 99th Air Base Wing History Office launched a collaboration with UNLV to digitize its collection of more than 50,000 newspaper pages, with some articles dating back to the base's earliest days in World War II. The digitization project addresses the need to save a fragile and irreplaceable archive of newspapers, some   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 21 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on May 20, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Sues U.S. Department of Education Over Student Loan Rule Limiting Access to Student Loans for Professional Degree Programs Coalition challenges unlawful rule that could restrict access to advanced education and worsen workforce shortages * Attorney General Jay Jones today joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against th  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The White House issued the following news on May 19, 2026: * * * Congressional Bills H.R. 972, H.R.2066 and H.R. 2815 Signed into Law On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 972, the "Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act," which expands the boundaries of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, and directs the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management to grant rights-of-way to the Southern Neva  more