LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 22 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * 'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award * A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student project that investigated the overcrowding, understaffing and other multilayered issues confronting Nebraska's prison system took home the College Journalism Award at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards on May 20. Eleven College of Journalism and Mass Communications students develop  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 22 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * Andy McEwen, Pamela Stuerke and Jackie Wilmes receive UMSL Hero Awards * This month's Hero Awards recipients are (from left) Andy McEwen, the budget and financial planning lead in Finance and Operations; Pamela Stuerke, an associate professor in the Department of Accounting in the Ed G. Smith College of Business; and Jackie Wilmes, office manager and executive assistant in UMSL Global.  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Bell Introduces Legislation to Expand Affordable Housing and Revitalize Communities * Washington, D.C.- Today, Representative Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) introduced the Vacancy to Value Act of 2026, legislation aimed at helping communities redevelop vacant and underutilized federal properties into affordable housing, economic development projects, and vital community facilities. The legislation would estab  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSLrpt) -- State Employment and Unemployment April 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - May 22, 2026 (18 pages) * * * Unemployment rates were lower in April in 3 states, higher in 2 states, and stable in 45 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nineteen states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 6 states had decreases, and 25 states and the District had little change. The n  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Employment Increases In 32 States And D.C. Between April 2025 And April 2026; 32 States Add Construction Jobs From March To April Texas and Louisiana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Lag; Florida and New Mexico Lead in Monthly Gains, While New Jersey and Maine Have the Biggest and Steepest   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2026-009) on May 14, 2026, entitled "Firm-Worker Matches: Experience or Inspection Goods?" Here are excerpts: * * * We propose a novel empirical strategy to infer the extent to which firm-worker matches are inspection or experience goods. We argue that the informative content of the signals that firms and workers receive about the productivity of their match before entering an   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 22 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kehoe Places Four Constitutional Amendments on August Primary Election Ballot * Governor Mike Kehoe announced that he has signed proclamations placing Amendment 1, Amendment 2 (HJR 23/3), Amendment 4 (HJR 3), and Amendment 5 (HJR 173/174) on the August primary election ballot. The primary election will take place on August 4, 2026.  "With several significant issues set to appe  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Announces Staff Traveling Office Hours Across Iowa * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) staff will hold traveling office hours in 32 counties from Monday, June 1, to Friday, June 12. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below. NOTE: Senator Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be re  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 21, 2026: * * * Judiciary Democrats Expose How GOP Court-Packing, Corruption, and Extremism Have Broken the Supreme Court, Undermined Trust Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, led   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

MARYVILLE, Missouri, May 22 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: * * * Cemetery survey project helps students develop research skills, community connections Northwest Missouri State University student Sam Miller hadn't heard of Rose Ann Wilson when she began her U.S. history honors course this spring but is more familiar with her now after completing a unique survey of local cemeteries. During a visit in March to the Ohio Cemetery in Burlington Junction,   more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, May 22 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * SDSU's Wingman tops NASA's Blue Skies contest * AI-enabled safety glasses designed by a group of South Dakota State University engineering students so impressed judges at a NASA contest that State students repeated as champions at the Gateways to Blue Skies competition at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The glasses are designed to assist aircraft mechanics, but they could be applie  more

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, May 22 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Sheep, Stage Lights, and Scripture * by Rich Stratton, Assistant Director of Public Relations A Childhood Dream Takes Root Long before Abigail King set foot on the stage at Cedarville University, she was already dreaming of a life that would combine her greatest loves: animals and theatre. Even as a little girl growing up in sunny Florida, she imagined a future where the joy of performance could meet the c  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * T&I Committee Approves BUILD America 250 Act The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, following a 14-hour legislative markup today, approved H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 - a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill that invests in America's roads, bridges, transit, rail transportation, and highway an  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued the report 'Precipitation-Based Flood-Inundation Maps for the East Fork Little Blue River and Tributaries at Lees Summit, Missouri, 2024' by Allison A. Atkinson, Scientific Investigations Report 20265017, prepared in cooperation with the City of Lees Summit, Missouri, in 2026. The report describes a flood-inundation map library built for a 2.95-mile reach of the East Fork Little Blue River and its tributaries in Lees Summit, Miss  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 22 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Ready to fire Seanez lab evaluates spinal cord stimulation * Spinal cord stimulation has been used alongside physical therapy to help patients improve movement after spinal cord injury. More recently, using high-frequency waveforms in non-invasive stimulation has become popular to reduce discomfort during spinal cord stimulation. But incorporating this technology can dramatically increase the   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ways and Means Committee Continues to Expand Health Care Access for Seniors in Rural and Underserved Areas Committee-approved bills expand Medicare coverage to tests and treatments administered by local pharmacists and new home dialysis supports, independent physicians will benefit from stabilized Medicare reimbursement. * The Ways and Means Committee   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ways and Means-Approved Policies Fight Fraud In Critical Safety Net Programs New anti-fraud guardrails prevent theft of taxpayer-funded benefits in Medicare, TANF, and unemployment insurance. * Ways and Means Republicans advanced anti-fraud legislation after months of hearings that revealed the extent of fraud and mismanagement in vital programs like   more