OAKLAND, California, Feb. 21 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general urging Congress to pass legislation that will hold Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) accountable for their unfair and deceptive practices that drive up the costs of prescription drugs. PBMs act as middlemen between pharmacies, drug manufacturers, health insurance plans, and cons  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 21 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Brian Kinnear has joined the firm as partner in its Intellectual Property practice group in the firm's Denver office. Kinnear focuses his practice on patent prosecution and counseling where he manages the patent portfolios for Fortune 100 companies, start-ups, and businesses in between. In addition, he is frequently brought in to assist  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general, today called on Congress to take decisive action to reform the way pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) conduct business. A PBM is a third-party company that functions as an intermediary between insurance providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, ostensibly to reduce the cost of prescriptio  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Feb. 20 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University assistant professor of engineering is working to develop a framework that better predicts disease progression and complications from drug interactions than traditional methods like animal testing. Davood B. Pourkargar, assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, has received a $245,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 20 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: A Florida man is under arrest after being charged with election fraud in Kansas. George Andrews, 30 of Dade City, Florida, was arrested on Feb. 10 for forging signatures on petitions to make "No Labels" an officially recognized political party in Kansas. "The arrested individual was part of a scheme to defraud Kansas voters by placing their forged signatures on petitions. In Kansas, we take electi  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 20 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Feb. 19, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-576-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Emergency Suspension of Operating Authority of Imran Express Inc Date Filed: 02/19/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-577-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Emergency Suspension of Operating Authority of Baraka Enterprises Inc Date Filed: 02/19/2024 * *  more

EMPORIA, Kansas, Feb. 20 -- Emporia State University issued the following news: The Kansas Small Business Development Center will be offering a Business Resiliency Bootcamp at Emporia State University on March 14, 2024. The Kansas SBDC Lead Center at FHSU was recently awarded a $100,000 federal grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to create a series of workshops to help small businesses in rural Kansas most affected by persistent drought. In August 2023, the Governor of Kansas de  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Feb. 21 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Eight distinguished members of the Northwest Missouri State University family will be honored during the annual Northwest Alumni Awards Banquet for dedicating their time, talent and service to the University as well as for accomplishments in their chosen fields. The Northwest Alumni Association is hosting its 2024 banquet on Saturday, April 13, at the Agricultural Learning Center, located nor  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is leading a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to engage in meaningful debate and reform of the current practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The bipartisan letter, authored by the Attorneys General of Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arkansas, demands Congress take decisiv  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 21 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to engage in meaningful debate and reform of the current practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). "Pharmacy benefit managers are failing Tennessee families. Current PBM practices consistently hurt patients and pharmacists," Attor  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: New research from the University of Kansas might resolve a mystery in the "aging process" in species -- or, how a species' risk of going extinct changes after that species appears on the scene. For years, evolutionary biologists believed older species lacked any real advantage over younger ones in avoiding extinction -- an idea known as "Red Queen theory" among researchers. "The Red Queen theory is that  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The way people interact with the built environment can influence whether they feel comfortable in a space or if they feel they belong among people who gather there. But the people who design learning spaces and those who use them might not feel the same about them. A new study from the University of Kansas finds that students and classroom designers had different perceptions of the masculine and feminine   more

MACOMB, Illinois, Feb. 21 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - Western Illinois University has named Professor Holly Nikels as the interim associate provost for budget, personnel and research, effective Feb. 16. As the associate provost, Nikels serves as the WIU/UPI (University Professionals of Illinois) contract administrator and the University grievance officer; oversees budget, Academic Affairs personnel, facilities and unit goals and the sum  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS Serengeti's 'breathtaking' mammal migration shaped by grazers' diets (https://www.science.org/content/article/serengeti-s-breathtaking-mammal-migration-shaped-grazers-diets) By Elizabeth Pennisi | Science Magazine Each April, some 200,000 zebras begin their journey 800 kilometers northward   more