WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * ABA Elects Officers, Board for 2026-2027 * WASHINGTON -- Members attending the American Bankers Association's annual convention in Salt Lake City have elected new ABA officers and directors to serve on ABA's board for the 2026-2027 association year. The new officers are: CHAIR: Catherine Owen, executive chair, Eagle Bank & Trust Company, and chair and CEO, State Ho  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 28 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: * * * Alabama joins FTC in Suing Dollar General for Charging Consumers More than Advertised for Many Products Suit alleges Dollar General has generated millions of dollars by regularly and repeatedly charging more at the register than advertised October 27, 2026 (Montgomery, Ala) - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 19 states in fil  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 27 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues Dollar General for Illegally Overcharging Customers * Dollar General is often using higher prices at the register than listed on the shelf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Download Attorney General Jackson's video here. RALEIGH - North Carolina has the second-highest number of Dollar General stores in the country - ove  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Housing Breakthrough Opens New Opportunities for Cities to Expand Affordable Housing * Rep. Mike Flood joins NLC's CitiesSpeak podcast to discuss how local leaders helped shape the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and what communities should do next. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act now law, cities, towns and villa  more

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, Oct. 27 -- Mid-Plains Community College posted the following news: * * * Future Caregivers Start Their Journey at MPCC Broken Bow * For three Sargent High School students, a Nursing Assistant class is about much more than learning the skills needed for a job. It's a first step toward careers centered on caring for others. The young men are taking the class at the MPCC Broken Bow Community Campus while still in high school, gaining hands-on experience and discovering  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Guthrie Op-Ed: Republicans Are Ending the Healthcare Fraud Free-for-All Oct 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following op-ed, authored by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, appeared in the Washington Examiner last week: "For too long, fraudsters have been treating programs funded b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Agricultural Leaders and Market Participants Join CFTC Chairman Selig in Overland Park, Kansas for AgCon 2026 October 27, 2026 WASHINGTON -- Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Risk Management Center at Kansas State University co-hosted the 2026 Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon) in Overland Park, Kansas. The two-day conference brought togethe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Engineering] -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers posted the following news: * * * IFPTE Backs Pro-Worker Candidates for 2026 U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Elections * The 2026 Congressional elections come at a pivotal moment in American history and will have a monumental impact on working people and union members throughout the United States. All 435 seats in House of Representatives, plus 6 nonvoting delegate  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 27 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance posted the following news: * * * Nationwide equips 67 fire departments with grain entrapment tools and training * The danger inside a grain bin is not always visible - and when hidden hazards give way, entrapment can happen in seconds. Flowing grain can pull a person under, or a crusted or bridged surface can collapse without warning and bury the occupant. These risks have resulted in more than 150 reported grai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice/Echelon Insights Poll: Voters Rank AI Regulation Far Behind Cost of Living, Want One National AI Standard * Echelon Insights survey of 3,644 likely voters also finds broad, bipartisan support for consumer-focused antitrust. WASHINGTON - Heading into the final week of the midterms,   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 28 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey Sues Dollar General with FTC and Bipartisan State Coalition for Exacerbating the Affordability Crisis with Bait and Switch Pricing Practices Suit Alleges Dollar General Has Generated Millions of Dollars in Revenue by Repeatedly Overcharging Cash-Strapped Consumers in Stores Nationwide October 27, 2026 TRENTON - Advancing efforts to drive down costs for New Jerse  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 28 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond sues Dollar General for charging consumers more than advertised OKLAHOMA CITY (Oct. 27, 2026) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has sued Dollar General Corporation for engaging in deceptive pricing practices that routinely charged customers more at the register than the prices displayed on shelves, price tags and advertisements. Drummond, the Federal Trade Commis  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: * * * STATEMENT: Trump Administration Lies to Floridians After Gutting Rural Health Care October 26, 2026 Washington, D.C. -- The Trump administration recently announced misleading "rural health investments" in Florida, conveniently leaving out any mention of the catastrophic health care cuts Donald Trump and Republicans made that have ravaged Florida's health care system and left rural communities in the dust. Last year, Don  more

LYONS, Nebraska, Oct. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The Center for Rural Affairs posted the following news release: * * * Rural advocates honored by Center for Rural Affairs * Rhea Landholm, media and marketing manager, rheal@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext. 1025 LYONS, NEBRASKA - The Center for Rural Affairs has announced recognition of outstanding people and businesses building strong and vibrant rural communities. "Each year, we honor the rural champions who help us accomplish so much for r  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: * * * Storytelling through objects * Xuan Pham uses art to explore identity, displacement, vulnerability and the hope of collective understanding. Xuan Pham says academia found her through art. Pham grew up in an immigrant family with parents who had little exposure to higher education and grandmothers who could not read or write. After arriving in the United States from Vietnam as a child, Pham struggl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Announces New Members and Reappoints Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board * Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced appointments to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). Secretary McMahon reappointed Tennessee Representative Mark White to serve as Chair of the Board. Secretary McMahon also appointed several new mem  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 28 -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Engineering students develop custom gaming controller for spinal cord injury patient October 27, 2026 For Dylan Huntbach, video games are an important source of entertainment and a social outlet, especially during Iowa's long winters. But after a cervical spinal cord injury over a decade ago limited his mobility and hand function, many video games became difficult or impossible to play   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 28 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * October 27, 2026 Stoller earns NASA fellowship to advance work on cooling powerful electronics By Karl Vogel | Engineering Truman Stoller, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is among 45 students nationwide selected by NASA to receive a 2026 Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship. It is the third time in 12 years the award has been   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * A $1.15 million USDA-funded project could transform dairy nutrition through precision feeding technology Led by a multi-university team, the project will use real-time robotic milking data to create self-learning feeding systems tailored to individual cows, building on decades of research by Virginia Tech's Mark Hanigan. By Julie Shlisky 27 Oct 2026 A four-year, $1.15 million USDA-funded project brings artific  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 28 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * October 27, 2026 Young retires after 45 years at Nebraska By Elise St. Clair | Nebraska Forest Service Lola Young, business associate at the Nebraska Forest Service, will retire Nov. 2 after 45 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Fall garlands, plaques, clocks, cherished gifts, photographs and a number of giraffes adorn Young's office just one month before her retirement. The decorations ref  more