ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 21 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Ameren, a provider of electric power services, posted the following news release: * * * Ameren Illinois and Illinois State University partner to power the next generation of energy engineers * New lab to provide students with hands-on experience to prepare for jobs in renewable energy, microgrid technology and grid modernization NORMAL, Ill. (Aug. 21, 2026) - Ameren Illinois and Illinois State University are advancing energy workforce d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following news: * * * Norquist and Kudlow: Help the Middle Class by Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains ATR President Grover Norquist appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss ending the inflation tax on capital gains. Transcript: Norquist: "The government creates inflation, the government shouldn't profit by the inflation they create by raising taxes on people who own crypto, or the more than fifty percent of peopl  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 20 [Category: BizFood/Beverage] -- Anheuser-Busch, a brewing company, issued the following news release: * * * Anheuser-Busch Invests $13 Million in Baldwinsville, NY Brewery, Expands Local Manufacturing Skills Training * LEADING AMERICAN MANUFACTURER CONTINUES TO DELIVER ON $600 MILLION COMMITMENT, FUELING PRODUCTION OF MICHELOB ULTRA AND ADDING CUTWATER PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES Key Facts: * * Anheuser-Busch announces $13 Million investment in Baldwinsville, NY b  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease * The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an innovative blood test with underlying technology invented at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The test, known as PrecivityAD2, was developed and validated by C2N Diagnost  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Housing may shape death risks for low-income older renters Brown School study finds subsidized senior housing may help offset health risks associated with isolation - For low-income older adults, where they live may affect how long they live, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The study, forthcoming in the September print issue of the journal Social Science &   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 21 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * Institutional support advances UMSL faculty collaboration with South African colleagues * Associate Professor Alina Slapac (far left) led a Collaborative Online International Learning - or COIL - workshop with Karen Collett (second from left) for University of the Western Cape faculty members during her three-week trip to South Africa this spring. Slapac and Collett, an associate prof  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 22 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * Lou Douglas Lecture connects lived experience, research and education This September, the Lou Douglas Lecture Series at Kansas State University will bring together an internationally known autism advocate, autism practitioner-scholars, community members and students around a shared question: How can communities work together to create environments where neurodivergent people can learn, work and thrive? Ker  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Liberty In Action Weekly: Education Freedom Forever! * The stakes could not have been higher. Out-of-state special interests were spending millions of dollars in an attempt to defeat Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program, which provides education opportunity to 100,000 students in the state. But thanks to the Goldwater Institute and its allies, the nefarious anti-school cho  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * The Supreme Court Should Keep Federal Regulators Out of Your Home * Every day, millions of American adults enjoy drinks made with whiskey, gin, rum and other spirits. But while the drinks are perfectly legal, anyone who dares to distill their own spirits at home is committing a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison-all because home-based distilleries are harder for th  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Aug. 22 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: * * * With Northwest pride, Woolsey family hopes to support, inspire future educators through scholarship A Kansas City-area family with strong ties to Northwest Missouri State University has enhanced a scholarship established in their name to assist students who are pursuing education degrees at the University. The recently renamed Woolsey Future Educators Scholarship is open to first-time  more