WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, in response to reports that Texas-based Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will allow Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas to move ahead with their lawsuit seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, Accountable.US President Caroline Ciccone released the following statement condemning the brazen use of judge shopping  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 17 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * More States Introducing Legislation for Phone-free Schools Written by Catrin Wigfall To help reduce classroom distractions, curb online bullying, and encourage face-to-face interactions among students, more states are introducing legislation on cell phone use during school. North   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 17 -- Clean Fuels Alliance America issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed the Department of Energy's release of the 45ZCF-GREET model for use in calculating carbon intensity scores and associated values for the Sec.45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit. Clean Fuels also appreciated USDA for issuing an Interim Rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofue  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 17 [Category: Media]-- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * CMS reports national health spending grew 7.5% in 2023, far outpacing inflation In 2023, the United States spent $4.9 trillion on health care, a growth rate of 7.5% in 2022 or about $14,570 per person, according to a CMS report from the National Health Expenditure Accounts Team. To put the 7.5% in context, consider that 7.5% is almost twice the growth rate in the Consu  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Jan. 17 -- Evangel University issued the following news release: Evangel University (EU) recently received a $7.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative to support rural churches across the U.S. The grant will fund efforts at the university's seminary, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (AGTS), to develop educational resources, internships, and an extensive resource hub connecting existing programs and l  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 17 [Category: Media]-- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * How to help your audience understand the unprecedented LA fires Following a disaster on the scale of the Los Angeles fires, journalists work to answer immediate questions about what happened and what people need to know to be safe. Hasty framing of immediate questions can miss important context. Media coverage of disasters follows predictable patterns, many of which ar  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 17 [Category: Media]-- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * U.S. gun violence worse than any other wealthy nation, costs the country billions It's a well-known and sobering fact that Americans die from gun violence at a higher rate than their counterparts in high-income nations. And compared to the entire world, the U.S. ranks at the 93rd percentile for overall firearm mortality, 92nd percentile for children and teens and 96th   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus issued the following news release: * * * Dunlap and her team hope their research at the site along Interstate 44 will offer insight on the potential for urban agriculture along interstate highways. * * * Aimee Dunlap, a nationally known cognitive ecologist in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is launching a multiyear study of behavioral patterns of the bee populations at an u  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Researchers are working with industry toward a clinical trial for blood cancer patients * * * Two new studies led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer. The studies -- both conducted   more