ALBANY, Georgia, May 22 -- Albany State University issued the following news: * * * Albany State University Foundation Appoints Dr. W. Anthony Neal as Executive Director The Albany State University Foundation has appointed Dr. W.Anthony Neal as Executive Director, effective June 1, 2026. Dr. Neal will serve as the Foundation's chief advancement officer. In this role, he will guide Foundation strategic planning, board development, endowment growth, and financial oversight while cultivating rel  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSRep) -- The Federal Reserve issued the following white paper (No. 2026-1438) in May 2026 by Sai Ma entitled "Attention Allocation and Belief Distortions". Here are excerpts: * * * Using microdata from the Michigan Survey of Consumers, we study how within-household reallocations of attention across news affect inflation expectation bias, measured relative to a real-time, machine-learning full-information benchmark. Shifting attention toward unfavorable (favorable) econo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 22 -- Texas Southern University posted the following news: * * * Joseph Carter Appointed 2026-2027 Student Regent * Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed seven student regents to their respective universities, including Texas Southern University. Joseph Carter was appointed for a term effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027. Carter is a native of Detroit, Michigan. He is a student leader, researcher and public servant. He's a political science major with a minor  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America Helped a Chinese Military Company Raise Billions of Dollars Select Committee Subpoenas Found the Banks Failed Due Diligence While Helping CATL Raise Billions of Dollars * A new Select Committee on China investigation found JPMorga  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Matt Hall Wants to Tax Your Weekend As working families try to find a way to afford a three-day weekend amid spiking gas prices, MAGA Matt Hall is trying to raise taxes on services Michiganders rely upon and recreational activities. This week, House Republicans passed bills to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations -- and their concept of a plan to make up the gap relies on raising taxes b  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Michiganders Cut Family Time as Mike Rogers Says They'll Be "Fine" with Skyrocketing Gas Prices As out-of-touch GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers dismisses concerns about rising costs, new reporting shows Michiganders are being forced to cut the time they planned to spend with family this Memorial Day weekend, citing skyrocketing gas prices. Rogers has repeatedly "downplayed the impact of the   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Mike Rogers Is "Fine" With Skyrocketing Gas Prices as Michiganders Reconsider Memorial Day Travel Plans While out-of-touch GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers dismisses Michiganders' cost concerns, new reporting shows skyrocketing gas prices are "weighing on Michiganders" and forcing drivers to "reconsider Memorial Day and summer travel plans." Rogers has repeatedly "downplayed the impact of the   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 22 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Giving with gratitude: planned gifts support nursing, research, and patient care Support for nursing, prostate cancer research, and cerebral palsy treatment will make a lasting difference for patients. * After retiring from a business career in Nebraska, longtime Detroit Tigers fan Paul Hansen found he had more time to travel to Michigan to at  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi's Rhoshunda Kelly Elected CSBS Chair The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today announced the election of Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance Commissioner Rhoshunda G. Kelly to serve as the new chair of the CSBS Board of Directors. The election took place during the CSBS annual meeting, where new officers for 2026-27 were also installed. Chair Kel  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * Moolenaar Calls to Restrict American Investment in China's Biotechnology Companies Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent urging him to add biotechnology as a prohibited technology under the C  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: Rep. Barrett claimed enough campaign driving to circle Earth once -- and then some [Detroit Metro Times] * New reporting from the Detroit Metro Times exposed how Tom Barrett paid himself nearly $22,000 in campaign cash for mileage: meaning per the standard IRS mileage, Barrett claims to have driven " about 32,350 miles." Barrett's payments to himself over a span of just over   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Haley Stevens Introduces Bill to Stop USPS Plan Allowing Handguns Through the Mail * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11), alongside Reps. Mike Thompson, Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-04), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02), introduced the Keep Illegal Handguns Out of the Mail Act, legislation to stop the United States Postal Service from movi  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McDonald Rivet Helps Pass Bipartisan Funding for Roads and Bridges Through Committee * WASHINGTON- Today, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) released the following statement after passing the bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill through the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. "When the roads people drive on every day are   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Peters Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Transparency of Trump Tariffs for Michigan Businesses and Consumers Bipartisan Bill Would Require Public Release of Investigation Findings Used by Trump Administration to Implement Tariffs * U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen transparency requirements for tariff investigations conducted by the U.S. Department   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Bipartisan Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Resolution * WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Angus King (I-ME) to designate May as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month." The resolution promotes safe practices for the millions of motorcycle riders across America. "I know firsthand the   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Slotkin Joins Fight Against HUD Cuts to Housing Counseling for Homeowners and Renters This week, Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 19 of their Senate colleagues in calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to undo dangerous policy changes made in the recently announced notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for housing counseling, which would drasti  more

PASADENA, California, May 22 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Tuning Into Quantum Sounds * When a singer belts out a tune while a guitar player strums along, sound waves travel through the air, driving collective oscillations of the molecules within. Meanwhile, at the quantum level, something similar is going on. Atoms inside materials, everything from our bodies to metals and more, naturally jiggle around, creating tiny vibrational waves that ripple  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Complexity isn't subjective. The right amount results in new nanomaterial properties Graph theory can quantify complexity, defined as a mix of order and disorder. Nanoparticle structures with the optimal ratio have new or enhanced capabilities. Key takeaways * Nanomaterials can manifest new material properties when clusters of nanoparticle crystals are connected by more randomly distributed p  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 22 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Consumer confidence falls as gas prices, inflation worries climb Consumer sentiment fell for the third straight month as supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to lift gasoline prices, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Sentiment is now just below the previous historical trough seen in June 2022. The cost of living continues to be a first-order concern, with 57%   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International issued the following news release: * * * XPONENTIAL 2026 Generates More Than $10 Million in Economic Impact as Global Autonomy Industry Convened in Detroit World's largest autonomy event brought nearly 10,000 attendees, 600+ exhibitors and global industry leaders from 50+ countries to Huntington Place * DETROIT -- Nearly 10,000 attendees from across the drone, robotics, defense, manufacturing and aut  more