Wednesday - September 16, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Minnesota

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Academic Excellence Attracts Distinguished New Faculty at Yeshiva University
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- Yeshiva University issued the following news: * * * Academic Excellence Attracts Distinguished New Faculty at Yeshiva University Sep 8, 2026 As Yeshiva University begins the 2026-27 academic year, it is welcoming an exceptional group of new faculty whose work spans Jewish scholarship, neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, engineering, fintech, marketing, law and social work. Their backgrounds include research and fellowships at Cambridge  more
AEI Review Finds Limited Evidence That Guaranteed Income Pilots Raise Employment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute issued 'What Can We Learn from Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots in the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects,' by Kevin Corinth and Hannah Mayhew. Issued Sept. 11, 2026, the report reviews guaranteed basic income experiments conducted from 2017 through 2025 and finds that employment effects across published randomized trials clustered near zero, while the largest studies showed moderately lower employment consistent with p  more
Coast Guard, Michigan State Police rescue missing hiker from Lake Superior island
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard, Michigan State Police rescue missing hiker from Lake Superior island * CLEVELAND -The Coast Guard and Michigan State Police rescued an injured, ailing man Saturday after he went missing in Isle Royale National Park on Sept. 5. With the assistance of good Samaritan backpackers, Michigan State Police troopers and K-9 units located Craig Berg, 70, who was reported  more
FCC Warns Derycom Certification Services Over Falsified U.S. Operations, Unauthorized Device Approvals
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued an official citation to Derycom Certification Services Inc. for submitting false information about its corporate location and approving radio frequency equipment outside its authorized technical capacity, according to agency records in Federal Communications Commission DA 26-970 (File No.: EB-SED-26-00041408). The Enforcement Bureau cited the entity for violating agency rules that require accurate disclosures and strict adhere  more
Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states * Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in two states -Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada; West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California -will ho  more
Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15 * Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration's retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an af  more
Rand Report: How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 8, 2026, entitled "How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies." Here are excerpts: * * * State policymakers want to align postsecondary education and workforce development systems, yet limited research systematically examines how states do so. This report presents a first-ever analysis of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans submitted by U.S. states and territorie  more
University of Minnesota: Pioneering the Future of Aging
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 9 -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: * * * Pioneering the future of aging September 9, 2026 The University of Minnesota is pioneering groundbreaking aging research aimed at helping people not only live longer but also live healthier lives. Scientists are translating discoveries made in the lab into real-world solutions to help revolutionize how we age. In celebration of Healthy Aging Month this September, the University is spotli  more
USDA Reports Growth in Tile Drainage, Limited Use of Water-Quality Controls
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued Economic Information Bulletin 301, 'Tile Drainage Systems Management and Conservation,' by Daniel Szmurlo, Benjamin M. Gramig, Steven Wallander and Jane Frankenberger. Issued in September 2026, the report finds that U.S. cropland drained by subsurface tile systems grew by about 18 million acres between 1980 and 2022, while use of practices that limit nutrient pollution from those systems remai  more