WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site. Comment on CMS-2454-IFC: Clarifying "Household" for the SNAP Exclusion from the Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement Comment on Interim Final Rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services: Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals File C  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * List of Entities Providing Contributions to Trump Accounts for Kids John Kartch and Rachel Loren Americans for Tax Reform's tracker of Trump Accounts announcements has reached 93. As documented below at least 93 companies, foundations, individuals and states have announced contributions to the accounts or in the case of foster children, establishment of the accounts. Trump Accounts for kids were enacted   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Progressive Activist Oren Cass Unaware of Republican State Tax Cut Revolution American Compass chief economist unaware of red states cutting taxes: "I haven't researched at the state level on what Republicans have done." Dennis Hull In a debate with Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist this week, progressive activist Oren Cass urged conservatives to abandon their commitment to oppose tax inc  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * ATR Op-Ed in RealClearMarkets: Blocking Data Centers Means Blocking Progress for Everyday Americans Blake Reed In a new piece for RealClearMarkets, ATR's Director of Innovation Policy James Erwin makes the case that data centers are essential if we want to keep raising American living standards. He also argues that a lot of the opposition to them is based more on misconceptions than hard facts. Erwin star  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Joins USDOJ, Mississippi AG, SC AG, and State Partners to Launch Southeast Fraud Partnership * RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined U.S. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald and state officials from across the Southeast on Thursday to launch the Southeast Fraud Enforcement Federal-State Partnership to protect taxpayer dollars.   more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, July 28 -- 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 Catrin Wigfall: * * * Wrong-way growth across reading and math achievement levels Many parents assume their kids are doing well in school because report cards suggest they're on track. But grades don't always reflect how much students have learned. Grade inflation has only widened that discon  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 31 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy announces quarterly dividend payment to shareholders * NEW ORLEANS - Entergy's board of directors today declared a quarterly dividend payment of $0.64 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 1, 2026, to shareholders of record as of Aug. 13, 2026. Entergy has paid shareholders a cash dividend on its common stock continuously since 1988. About Enter  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 1 -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news: * * * Greenfield Farm Gift Celebrates a Family Legacy of Readers * OXFORD, Miss. - Oxford entrepreneur and University of Mississippi alumna Helen Graeber Overstreet has given $100,000 toward the development of the Greenfield Farm Writers Residency. This is a reader's gift, honoring a family legacy of readers through three generations of women. It honors Overstreet's mother, the late Helen Rebecca Philli  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of at least 100 Native American indi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of one Native American individual an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of three Native American individuals  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of at least three Native American individuals recovered from sandbar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of at least 10 Native American indiv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the inventory includes the human remains of at least four Native American individ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, is repatriating Native American human remains and associated funerary objects to affiliated Tribal nations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) after completing an inventory establishing cultural affiliation. According to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, the agency identified the human remains of at least five Native American individ  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 31 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU student team drives out competition in robotics design contest * Contact: Meg Henderson STARKVILLE, Miss.-Mississippi State students won first place in the Advanced Division of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' annual Robotics Student Design Competition, recently held during the organization's annual international meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. MSU's Maroon   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Economic State of Black Men and Boys in the United States - A report from Virginia State University - July 2026 (22 pages) - Authored by Wes Bellamy Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Black men and boys remain economically disadvantaged across several interconnected dimensions, including reading achievement, college enrollment, employment, earnings, household financial security, and intergenerational mobility. In several key areas the concern is no  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham will repatriate Native American human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act after completing an inventory that identified cultural affiliations with nine federally recognized tribes, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The inventory includes the remains of at least two Native American individuals and th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham will repatriate Native American human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act after determining a cultural affiliation with nine federally recognized tribes, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The inventory covers the remains of at least two Native American individuals and three associated funerary objec  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 1 -- The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law posted the following news: * * * Utah Law faculty updates: July 2026 * Each month, we share notable updates-including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments-from Utah Law faculty members. Associate Professor Daniel Aaron * Media appearances * Quoted in Associated Press, "Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah's automated refill program" (July 6, 202  more