TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 20 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Intervenor States seeking to keep the Biden administration from using shadowy gamesmanship to manipulate the president's most vulnerable political liability in an election year: the border crisis. The Biden administration, on multiple occasions, used these tactics i  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 19 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 18, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-5063-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/18/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-630-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Vincent Rodriguez d/b/a Rodriguez Underground Construction Date Filed: 03/18/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 20 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 19, 2024: * * * 24-DPAX-638-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Consolidated Communications d/b/a Everfast Fiber Networks Date Filed: 03/19/2024 * * * 24-DPAX-637-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Johnson County Waste Water Date Filed: 03/19/2024 * * * 24-DPAX-63  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Twelve University of Kansas graduate students from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses will present their innovative research March 21 at the state Capitol. Legislators and the public will be able to hear from the students about the potential public and economic effects of their research during the 21st annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit. Their research covers a broad range of topics, includ  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 20 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Reported crimes were down last year at the University of Kansas' Lawrence campus, according to statistics released today by the KU Police Department. KU Police took reports of 514 criminal offenses on campus in 2023, which is a 1.2% decrease from the 520 criminal offenses taken in 2022. When looking at the 10-year average of 596 criminal offenses, the 2023 number is 13.8% below the average numbe  more

COSTA MESA, California, March 20 -- Orange Coast College issued the following news release: Orange Coast College culinary arts students took first place at the 2024 American Culinary Federation's Western Regional Student Team Competition in Overland Park, Kansas on March 12. OCC's Hot Food Team is the first team to compete for OCC since 2018. The competing five-member team consists of Team Captain Claire Arredondo, Blanca Granados, Morgan Downie, Genisis Mascareno, and Monique Robinson, with t  more

ELON, North Carolina, March 20 -- Elon University issued the following news release: Elon University has selected Sarah Bunnell as the new director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) following a national search. Bunnell will lead the team at the center, which promotes effective, evidence-based and inclusive pedagogies and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She begins the new role on July 1. "Dr. Bunnell brings a long record of strong teaching, scholarship,  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 20 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on March 19, 2024: On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 24 states in warning the Department of Labor (DOL) that its proposed rule to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the National Apprenticeship System exceeds congressional authority, illegally promotes racial-discrimination, and is antithetical to the American ideal of equality. "Americans fought for   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 20 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2023 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. She will give a talk on her work in international education during an award presentation and reception at 4 p.m. April 9 in the Kansas Union's Big 12 Room. The award recognizes Najafizadeh's extensive collaboration and connection with internati  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Public health communicators have tried numerous methods to encourage people to accept COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters. And while some messages were ineffective, new University of Kansas research discovered a specific type of narrative message -- a conversion message -- can directly improve attitudes and indirectly reduce resistance among people who have never been inoculated for COVID-19. The experim  more