AMES, Iowa, June 16 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Cotton's roots trace to Yucatan Peninsula, where wild gene pool runs deepest * There's nothing like this in nature, Jonathan Wendel said as he showed a visitor in his Bessey Hall office the long white puffs billowing from a cotton boll - the protective flower capsule of the plant cultivated by humans for thousands of years. In the wild, cotton bolls are far smaller and hold darker, coarser and shorter fiber  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Texas awarded $200 million to better protect the Southeast Texas power grid from severe weather Funding from the state's Texas Energy Fund will help provide stronger service reliability at no additional cost to customers THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Entergy Texas has been awarded approximately $200 million through the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) Outside-ERCOT Grant Program to help streng  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Husch Blackwell Assists Swift Current Energy in Negotiating EPC Contracts for 122 MW Solar Project in Eastern Maine * Husch Blackwell's renewable energy team assisted Swift Current Energy in the negotiation and execution of the EPC contracts for the 122 MW Three Rivers Solar facility located in Hancock County, Maine. Three Rivers Solar recently reached financial   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * Justice Department Files to Intervene and Dismiss Lawsuit that Would Hamper America's AI Innovation and Security Yesterday, the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a motion to intervene and to dismiss a private citizen lawsuit seeking to power down a large artificial intelligence (AI) facility in Sou  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * Justice Department Files to Intervene and Dismiss Lawsuit that Would Hamper America's AI Innovation and Security Yesterday, the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a motion to intervene and to dismiss a private citizen lawsuit seeking to power down a large artificial intelligence (AI) facility in Sou  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 17 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on June 16, 2026, by knowledge management counsel Carole F. Wilder and shareholders Bruce J. Sarchet and Joy C. Rosenquist: * * * July is the New January - 2026 Each new year, employers in the United States are accustomed to hearing about all the laws that go into effect on January 1. State legislatures across the country, however, are active all year long, and as we have said before, July is the new Ja  more

CLINTON, Mississippi, June 17 -- Mississippi Christian University issued the following news: * * * MC School of Nursing gains Mississippi IHL approval for three new DNP tracks * The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning has given Stage Two approval for three Doctor of Nursing Practice tracks at the Mississippi Christian University School of Nursing. This approval will allow MC to admit students into its August 2026 cohort of the fully online programs. Mississippi consistently has app  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Hard Work, Low Pay: Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Trump's Economic Agenda A new fact sheet from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) finds that women make up a majority of the low-paid workforce -defined as working in one of the 40 lowest-paying jobs in the U.S. -and are being hit hardest by the Trump-Vance administration's cuts to basic needs programs. Using the most rec  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Awarded $2.6 million for Joint M.D./Ph.D. program New CREST Program Positions UAMS as Elite Training Center in South - The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help train joint M.D./Ph.D. students to become top-notch clinician-scientists. To be dispersed over five years,   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SEEK USDA ACTION TO PROTECT U.S. FARM-RAISED CATFISH FROM HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUSES * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) recently urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take action to mitigate the threat posed by two viruses to farm-raised catfish production in Mississippi and other states. Wicker and Hyde-Smith joi  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2026: * * * WTAS: Protect College Sports Act Supported by 20 Conferences and 228 Colleges Across 46 States More than 20 collegiate athletic conferences, representing 228 colleges and universities across 46 States, including historically black colleges and universities and current student-athletes, have publicly supported and praise  more