IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 8 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * 13 CLAS students earn prestigious Fulbright awards for 2026-27 * Thirteen University of Iowa students have been selected from more than 10,000 applicants nationwide to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2026-27 academic year. The recipients will represent the U.S. Department of State around the world, teaching English, serving in community organizations  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Attorneys General in 21 states submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressing concerns about the agency's Draft Guidance for Industry on flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems premarket applications. The letter highlights escalating risks posed to youth by flavored e-cigarettes and urge the FDA to reconsider its regulatory approach aimed at balancing youth protection with adult smoking cessation benefits. The letter strongly cr  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 8 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * AG Nessel Secures Preliminary Injunction Protecting USDA Funding * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a coalition of 21 attorneys general secured a preliminary injunction on Friday temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing certain conditions on funding received through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, grants, cooperative agreements and mutual in  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Arrington Testifies on Reconciliation Package Funding ICE and CBP * Washington, D.C. - Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) testified before the House Rules Committee in support of the Secure America Act to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Click HERE to watch. Remarks as Delivered: Democrats reneged on funding the gov  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Waves the Red Flag on Youth Exposure to Tobacco Marketing in Formula 1 * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 (F1) regarding tobacco industry and nicotine sponsorship. Despite F1's 2006 policy prohibiting cigaret  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, June 8 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Leads Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 To End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships * Attorney General Charity Clark today led a coalition of attorneys general from 18 other states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including n  more

ALBANY, New York, June 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Wins Case Protecting Immigrant Workers * June 8, 2026 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today won her lawsuit against the Trump administration for imposing an illegal $100,000 fee on all new applicants for H-1B visas, a critical program that allows highly-trained immigrants to temporarily work in the United States. H-1B recipients fill essenti  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL URGES FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products, including nicotine pouches, and terminate all existing sponsorsh  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 8 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * New bipartisan report finds that Americans share the same struggles despite deep political divides * As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, a major new bipartisan report aims to get consensus on a fundamental question: How are we really doing as a country? The new "State of the States" report, released by the State of the Nation Project at Tulane University, analyzed more than three  more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, June 9 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by policy fellow Bill Glahn: * * * DOJ moves to strip 17 of citizenship You know that one of them had to be from Minnesota. From a U.S. Dept. of Justice press release, "Justice Department Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex Offenders, Fraudsters, Drug Dealers, and More."   more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, June 6 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Bill Glahn: * * * Exposing the hidden habeas files Recently, I've had the opportunity to dig into the secret case files of dozens of illegal alien habeas corpus cases filed in federal court in Minnesota. The hidden files reveal a judicial system far more broken than you can imagine. The habea  more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, June 9 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by economist John Phelan: * * * The federal budget crisis In every year since 2001, the federal government has spent more money than it collects in taxes. As Figure 1 shows, while federal revenues have increased from $2.0 trillion in 2001 to 5.2 trillion in 2025 -- a rise of 163% -- outlays ha  more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, June 9 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by policy fellow Josiah Padley: * * * The no-class-required test that gives students immediate college credit Prospective college students should know that there are simple, affordable tests available that can allow them to test out of many basic college courses. The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP ex  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 8 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news: * * * Composer Oswald Huynh Named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow * When Oswald Huynh BA '19 composes, he often begins with the stuff of memory: a fragment of language, a family story, a cultural inheritance, a sound that seems to hold more than one meaning at once. That approach has helped make Huynh a closely watched young voice in contemporary classical music. Now it has earned him one of the nation's most prestigiou  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following news on June 8, 2026: * * * CRC News: Daily Wire investigation of suspicious Ohio NGO began at the Capital Research Center In January, CRC's Parker Thayer reported peculiar behavior by an Ohio-based immigrant services NGO. The Daily Wire's Luke Rosiak read the report & pulled in Parker to help develop a major government waste investigation. - On January 19, Capital Research Center investigative researcher Parker Thayer p  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following memorandum: * * * The Case Against Chuong Vo * "Derek Tran is the kind of leader Orange County families deserve. An Army veteran, small business owner, and son of Vietnamese refugees, Derek understands the struggles working families face because he's lived them. In Congress, Derek is fighting to lower costs, support veterans and law enforcement, protect seniors, and defend the opportunities that helped  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Department of the Interior announces $461 million for parks and outdoor recreation across America Investments will leverage more than $900 million for parks, trails and outdoor recreation projects nationwide. - The Department of the Interior today announced the distribution of more than $327 million in formula grants and $134 million in competitive grants   more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 8 -- Texas Southern University posted the following news: * * * Dr. Rodney D. Smith Named Senior Vice President and Chief Administration Officer at Texas Southern University * Texas Southern University has named Dr. Rodney D. Smith as Senior Vice President and Chief Administration Officer (CAO). A nationally recognized higher education leader and visionary administrator, Dr. Smith is leading implementation efforts for Ascend 2030, Texas Southern University's strategic pl  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized revisions to a federal air quality plan governing nitrogen oxide emissions at U.S. Steel's Keetac taconite facility in Keewatin, Minnesota, establishing updated emission limits for the plant's indurating furnace under Best Available Retrofit Technology requirements for regional haze control. The final rule, effective July 8, 2026, modifies portions of the 2013 Federal Implementation Plan that applies to taconit  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 9 -- Fredrikson and Byron, a law firm, issued the following news on June 8, 2026: * * * Fredrikson Announces its Debut on Am Law 200 Fredrikson today announced its appearance on the Am Law 200, ranking 145 among the largest law firms in the United States by gross revenue. While qualified for ranking by lawyer size for well over a decade, Fredrikson submitted firm revenue requirements this year to be officially evaluated for the ranking. "Fredrikson's deliberate   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 9 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING FORMULA 1 TO END TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCT SPONSORSHIPS Attorney General Anne Lopez today announced Hawaii is co-leading a coalition of attorneys general from 18 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nic  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 9 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: * * * History Is Made: Indiana Allows Counselors to Practice Across State Lines As part of the historic interstate Counseling Compact agreement, Indiana is the latest state that can now start granting privileges to licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines. Currently, other states that can grant these privileges include Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio, Louisiana and Georgia, w  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 8 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * How Thomas Jefferson's Quran became test case for religious liberty * In 2007, when Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison became the first Muslim elected to Congress, he chose to place his hand on a two-volume Quran that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson. The gesture brought attention to a largely forgotten chapter of American history: one where Islam provided both a foundation for the new nation's gove  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 8 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * June 1 - 7, 2026 DES MOINES, Iowa (June 8, 2026) -Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week duri  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Justice Department Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex Offenders, Fraudsters, Drug Dealers, and More The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 17 individuals accused of serious offenses--including sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and distributing drugs wholesale without a li  more

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, June 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: * * * Mayo Clinic study shows AI can reveal brain tumor risks without costly genetic testing * Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can analyze routine pathology slides to help classify meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, and predict a patient's risk of tumor recurrence. The study, published in The Lancet Digita  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 9 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Effort Urging Formula 1 to End Tobacco and Nicotine Product Sponsorships Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general from 19 states and jurisdictions in calling on the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine prod  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 9 -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news: * * * MDA Awards More Than $1.3 Million to Expand Farm to School Programs Grants and cost-share funding support local food purchases in schools and childcare settings statewide * The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has awarded more than $1.3 million to schools and early care providers through its Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Farm to School and Early Care grant   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 6 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Walz Signs $1.2 Billion Infrastructure Bill Today, Governor Walz ceremonially signed a $1.2 billion infrastructure bill alongside St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, legislators, labor leaders, and advocates. Governor Walz signed the bill at the Third Street Bridge construction site in St. Paul, which was funded through infrastructure bills signed into law in 2020 and 2023. Photos from the Gove  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 6 -- The Minnesota Office of the Governor issued the following news release: * * * Governor's Office Announces Appointments The Office of the Governor today announced the following appointments to the Board of Animal Health, Board of Nursing, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Advisory Group, Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, Minnesota Competency Attainment Board, Plumbing Board, and the State Rehabilitation Council for t  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 3 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news: * * * Minneapolis Fed welcomes 2026-2027 class of Institute visiting scholars This is the 10th cohort of researchers hosted by the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute - The Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute announced the visiting scholars selected to conduct research while in residence at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis for 2026-2027. Institute visiting scholars will res  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 7 -- Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Kendall Qualls Also Can't Name One Disagreement with Donald Trump For the second time in less than a week, both Kendall Qualls and Lisa Demuth couldn't name a single policy that they disagree with Donald Trump on - In an interview yesterday, Kendall Qualls was asked whether there was anything that he disagrees with Donald Trump on. He couldn't name anything. HOST: "Are t  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 8 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * National Nurses United and 325+ Organizations Call For Passage of Medicare for All * (Washington, DC) -Today, National Nurses United (NNU) and over 325 organizations, including labor unions, advocates for seniors and people with disabilities, women's rights organizations, and more, released an open letter making the case that now is the time for Medicare for All, addressed to   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 8 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses put Beacon Kalamazoo on 'RED ALERT' status * Kalamazoo registered nurses, who are members of Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) and its parent union National Nurses United (NNU), will hold a rally and community event on Saturday, June 13 to demand long-term solutions to maintain services at Beacon Kalamazoo Hospital and advance nurses' Vision for a Healthy Society. Bea  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center posted the following news release: * * * Resistance Training Appears to Restore Physical Strength, Immune Health in Frail or At-Risk Cancer Survivors * BUFFALO, N.Y. -Cancer survivors significantly improved their strength and immune health after completing a 10-week resistance training program as part of a pilot study led by Shernan Holtan, MD, Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at Roswel  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Stauber Reacts to House Oversight Findings that Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison Knew of Fraud and Failed to Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) made the following statement after the House Oversight Committee released a report titled, "The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion." The bombshell report expose  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft Adds 3 Partners in Denver, Expanding Environmental, Business, Financial Services, and Litigation Capabilities * Taft, one of the nation's fastest-growing law firms, continues the strategic growth of its Denver office with the addition of partners Robert Botts, Jr., Zane Gilmer, and Selena Samale. The group joins Taft from Stinson and brings significant experience in energy, envi  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Week of June 8, 2026 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Fully Funding ICE and CBP Officers After four years of chaos at the border under President Biden, President Trump and Republicans delivered the most secure border in modern history, with illegal crossings plummeting to record lows. Yet for more than 100 days, congressiona  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, June 8 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Two NAU environmental science and policy master's students receive national conservation scholarships * Northern Arizona University's School of Earth and Sustainability and the Wyss Foundation have named environmental science and policy graduate students Taylor Hartness and Tia Hatton as 2026-2027 Wyss Conservation Scholars. The prestigious program supports innovative graduate-level education to advanc  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel released the following testimony by Anthony J. Tata, Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness, from a May 20, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Warren, and distinguished members of the Personnel Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today, along with my Personnel and Readiness (P&R) colleagues. In his Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Bud  more

DULUTH, Minnesota, June 9 -- The University of Minnesota Duluth Campus issued the following news: * * * Neutrinos 101 Understanding the universe's smallest particles. Alex Messenger Every moment of your entire life, billions of particles called neutrinos have been flying through your body. You can't see them and can't feel them. In fact they are so miniscule that they almost never interact with the atoms that make up your cells and tissues, the atoms that make up the screen you're reading t  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 2 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news: * * * Weigand named SVP and general auditor at Minneapolis Fed Kreg Weigand has been named general auditor and a senior vice president by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In this role, he will lead the Bank's internal audit department, which is charged with evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the organization's risk management, internal controls, and   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Emmer Reacts to Bombshell Congressional Report Pinning Walz, Ellison for "Fraud Explosion" * House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) released the following statement in response to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's new report exposing Tim Walz and Keith Ellison's refusal to act on knowledge of widespread fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, resulting i  more