WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by Sean Rowen: * * * Left-Wing Montana Activists Prepare Push for Regressive Cigarette Tax Hike Left-wing advocacy groups are already laying the groundwork for a cigarette tax hike during Montana's 2027 legislative session, reviving a proposal that would raise costs on consumers, burden small businesses, and disproportionately impact lower-income Montanans. According to local reports, left-leaning advocacy groups   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation issued the following action in the Federal Register. * * * The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provides funding for the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP) for fiscal years 2025 through 2031, and, as a result, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this rule to establish OCCSP for 2025 and future program years. The rule specifies the eligibility criteria and payment calculat  more

COMMERCE, Texas, July 3 -- East Texas A&M University (formerly the Texas A&M University Commerce campus) issued the following news release: * * * Lions Compete with Top Collegiate Riders at 2026 CNFR * Two members of the East Texas A&M University Rodeo team showed their skills among the nation's elite riders at the 2026 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming. Jill White and Carlee Martinez qualified for the CNFR after finishing the 2025-26 season ranked first and second, r  more

HAMILTON, Ontario, July 4 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere, researchers find The earliest Indigenous populations in the Americas had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and McMaster found. - New research led by archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and McMaster University reveals  more