CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, June 2 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Agricultural Groups Call for End to Countervailing Duties on Phosphate Fertilizers Author: Bryan Goodman Sixty-five state and national groups, including the National Corn Growers Association, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick today calling on him to end countervailing duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco to ease the pain felt by farmers as fertiliz  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 (TNSLrpt) -- Productivity By State 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - (14 pages) * * * Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector increased in 42 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Hours worked increased in 33 states. The District of Columbia experienced the highest growth in labor productivity, an increase of 5.2  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Launches Nationwide Framework to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Interim Final Rule with Comment (IFC) requiring that certain adult Medicaid applicants and enrollees must, as a condition of Medicaid eligibility, meet an 80 hours per month work requirement,   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Five Key Moments: Working Americans Share The Personal Benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts At a recent Ways and Means Committee Tax Subcommittee hearing on how the Working Families Tax Cuts benefit hardworking Americans and small businesses, Republican witnesses - an adoptive father, small business owner, restaurant server, and steelworker - shared  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 27 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Institute for Justice Tells Wisconsin: Forming an LLC Doesn't Make Cookies Dangerous Across Wisconsin, home bakers are getting bad advice from the state government, which is telling them to stop selling their foods through a business entity, like an LLC. Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to Gabe Johnson-Karp, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, urging the Depa  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 2 -- The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Mina Sedrak selected to co-lead national committee advancing cancer care for older adults Dr. Mina Sedrak, director of the UCLA Center for Cancer and Aging and director of Cancer Control and Survivorship Research at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been selected to serve as co-chair of the Cancer in the Older Adult Committee for The Allian  more

LYONS, Nebraska, June 1 [Category: Sociological] -- The Center for Rural Affairs posted the following news release: * * * New resource helps Wisconsin communities plan for wind and solar decommissioning * Lyons, Nebraska - Demand for reliable, affordable electricity is driving wind and solar energy development across Wisconsin. As more projects are proposed and built, local communities have an opportunity to proactively plan for what happens when those facilities reach the end of their opera  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hour for Red Willow and Hayes Counties * Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) announced today that his staff will hold a mobile office hour for constituents in Red Willow County on Monday, June 8, 2026, and Hayes County on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. These office hours are an opportunity for constituents to meet directly with a member of Smith's staff about federal issu  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 2 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * 129 Huskers receive stipends for summer research projects The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 129 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,640   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 29 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Jones named Fulbright Specialist at University of Agder in Norway By Kait Van Loon, Journalism and Mass Communications Valerie Jones likes a challenge. When she received a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2022, people told her it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she thought, "Is it?" Jones, who is the interim associate dean for research and faculty affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Col  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on June 1, 2026: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads coalition to stop activist groups from blocking permitting process before it begins A federal appeals court recently handed activist groups a powerful new tool: the ability to sue and halt any federal permitting project before the responsible state agency has even had a chance to review it. West Virginia Attorney General   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Rural Hospitals Across America Welcome Senate Passage of Welch-Supported Legislation to Extend Rural Hospital Program * Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) provides lifeline to rural communities BURLINGTON, VT - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, shared that over a dozen rural hospital leaders from Vermont and  more