WASHINGTON, June 18 -- AARP issued the following news release on June 17, 2026 with United Way Worldwide: * * * AARP and United Way Worldwide Expand 211 Caregiver Program to 10 New States - Increasing Support for Millions More Family Caregivers Expansion into additional 211 call centers brings the program to 32 states and Puerto Rico, reaching 50% of the total U.S. population, and accessible to an estimated 36 million family caregivers - Millions more family caregivers across the country no  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 18 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends the First Amendment rights of pro-life Americans Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined a 20-state friend-of-the-court brief in support of the First Amendment right of the Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford, Illinois, at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  The PCC of Rockford holds to a traditional Christian teaching on human life and  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso for The Washington Post: The Hoover Dam let energy flow. Congress should take the hint. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today published an op-ed in The Washington Post about recently-introduced permitting reform legislation called the Let America Build Act. Senator Barrasso's legislation aims to streamline the permitting process and lower ene  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 18 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news: * * * Colorado and Wyoming Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Coordination on Inter-State Carbon Storage Efforts By Camille Norton, NASEO On May 4, 2026, Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the states regarding the permitting of inter-state carbon storage efforts. Specifically, this MOU high  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 19 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * Dean Appointed for UW School of Computing Junhua Ding, the founding chair and Reinburg Endowed Professor in the University of North Texas's Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science, has been selected as the inaugural dean of the University of Wyoming's School of Computing. The appointment, effective Friday, Aug. 1, was approved this week by UW's Board of Trustees. Ding has a 25-year career in   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following information collection: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, plans to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to analyze the effects of a program to suppress populations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets from rangeland in seventeen states of the western United   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 18 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State filmmaker earns regional writing award * Montana State University film major Trent Pietsch photographed Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Bozeman, Mont. MSU photo by Colter Peterson BOZEMAN -Trent Pietsch sat alone in his watch tower. As he waited for incoming training flights on a naval base in Texas about 13 years ago, 19th century philosophers Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche kept hi  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * The Nature Conservancy Expands Cheatgrass Research Project Into Teton County * The Wyoming Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is expanding its cheatgrass early detection project into Teton County, adding to the conservation capacity in the Jackson area and bringing additional scientific tools. The project, previously centered in Fremont County, will broaden its reach within th  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 19 (TNSLrpt) -- State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - A report from Rand - June 18, 2026, (119 pages) - Preethi Rao, Lawrence Baker, Federico Girosi, Elaine Li, Rose Kerber, and Christine Eibner Here are excerpts: * * * On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21), a massive budget reconciliation package with implications for many sectors of the U.S. econom  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hageman Introduces Resolution Demanding Transparency in Children's Content Ratings * Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced a resolution calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize America's television content ratings system, so parents have the information they need to make informed viewing decisions for their children. Representatives J  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, June 12 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jackley Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress To Continue Legal Services for Veterans, Rural Communities South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined a bipartisan coalition of 40 Attorneys General in urging Congressional leaders to continue funding Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the nation's largest funder of civil legal aid for   more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, June 18 -- Tarleton State University posted the following news: * * * Staley's 7.1 Sets Ford Wyoming Center Arena Record * STEPHENVILLE, Texas -Travis Staley made a historic statement in Wednesday night's performance of the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. The Tarleton State University tie-down roper posted a 7.1-second run, the fastest time recorded in competition at the Ford Wyoming Center. The time vaulted the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * The Wildfire Prevention Act Protects Communities and Improves Forest Health * "My bill will set real standards to increase thinning, prescribed burns, tree removal, and grazing. It will allow agencies to sell more timber. It will cut unnecessary red tape and streamline management." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today highlighted how the Wildfire Prevention Act wil  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 19 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * University Trustees Name New Dean of UW-Casper Angela Pool-Funai, the assistant provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate School and Office of Research at Fort Hays State University, has been selected to lead the University of Wyoming's branch campus in Casper. The appointment, effective Monday, Aug. 3, was approved this week by the UW Board of Trustees. "We're excited that a seasoned higher  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 19 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Faculty Members Receive Ellbogen Foundation Grant for 'Second Act' Performance Project University of Wyoming faculty members Dan Fetsco, an associate lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Matthew Greenberg, an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, have received a $50,000 grant from the Ellbogen Foundation to support "Second Act," a multidisciplinary pe  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Releases New Publication Exploring Production of Low-Carbon Hydrogen from Wyoming Coal Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a new modeling study exploring the production of low-carbon hydrogen by using Wyoming's coal resources. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Conversion and Management, the article, titled "Unlocking Wyoming's coal resources for low-carbon hydro  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 19 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW's Surovell, Colleagues Defend Findings at Famous South American Archaeological Site University of Wyoming Professor Todd Surovell knew that a paper he and colleagues published in March in the journal Science would shake the world of archaeology. That has indeed been the case, as their study -- showing that the famous Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile is only 4,200-8,200 years old, not 1  more