POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 9 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * Alumni Spotlight: ISU Athletes in the NFL * With seven home games scheduled in the ICCU Dome, there are plenty of chances to see the Bengals in action this fall. But it wasn't so long ago, before the dome, and before ISU was officially a four-year institution, that Bengal football looked a little bit different. Football at the Academy of Idaho began in September 1902, when the school was barely one year old.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Aug. 7, 2026, by Rachel Jacobson, lead researcher of state climate policy on the State Fiscal Policy Team: * * * States Began Scaling Back Expensive Subsidies for Data Centers in This Year's Legislative Sessions, But More Work Is Needed Economic development shouldn't compromise a state's ability to collect revenue for essential services. In this year's state legislative sessions, some states so  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar: Senate Passes Delay of Hemp Ban, Giving Time to Find Long-Term Solution and Not Ban Hemp in Minnesota * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the Senate passed a bipartisan bill that includes her provision to delay the federal hemp ban, based on the bipartisan Hemp Planting Predictability Act she introduced with Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). The Senate also rejecte  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, with 120 co-signers issued the following letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: * * * Here is the text of the letter: July 27, 2026 The Honorable Eric Scott Turner Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20410-0001 RE: Proposed Rule "Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions" FR  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing and Competitiveness released the following written testimony by Drew Endy, co-director of degree programs for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at the Stanford University, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Measuring What Matters: Science, Standards, and Strategic Competition": * * * BIOLOGY IS A STRATEGIC DOMAIN Unlocking biology as a general-purpose technology could add up   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Tina Smith's Statement on Voting Against the Confirmation of Attorney General Todd Blanche * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of the President's nominee to be the next Attorney General, Todd Blanche: "Todd Blanche has clearly demonstrated that he lacks the integrity to be Attorney General. He demonst  more