WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer, Kim Introduce Legislation to Ensure American Export Security * American competitiveness in the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race is at the forefront of national security policy discussions as well as top of mind for investors across industries. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is at the center of it all, quietly shaping American exports. Housed at the Department of Commerc  more

FARGO, North Dakota, June 18 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * DSU and NDSU sign partnership to expand advanced practice nursing education and fill workforce gaps * "Through this collaboration, we're able to maximize the state's investment without duplicating programs, which I think is really important in today's landscape of higher education," said NDSU President Marshall Stewart. "It allows us to more deeply focus on outcomes such as adding providers and bui  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following information collection: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture, plans to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to analyze the effects of a program to suppress populations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets from rangeland in seventeen states of the western United   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 19 -- Fredrikson and Byron, a law firm, issued the following news on June 17, 2026: * * * Lynn Linne Receives MSBA Distinguished Service Award; Jennifer Pusch and Dylan Saul Elected to Tax Section Leadership Fredrikson shareholder Lynn S. Linne was honored by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) Tax Law Section at the Annual Judges Conference on June 10, 2026, in St. Paul. Linne, a member of the Section Council since 2017, was presented with the 2026 Jack Ca  more

ESPOO, Finland, June 18 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Nokia Corp. posted the following news release: * * * Nokia, t3 Broadband and Aureon partner to deploy hyperscale-class AI connectivity with ultra-high-capacity optical network Summary bullets * Nokia and t3 Broadband partner with Aureon to deliver up to 100 Tb/s of AI-ready connectivity in the initial deployment with the ability to scale up to 400 Tb/s. * New optical route connects a North Dakota data center to the Chicago metro  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 19 (TNSLrpt) -- State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - A report from Rand - June 18, 2026, (119 pages) - Preethi Rao, Lawrence Baker, Federico Girosi, Elaine Li, Rose Kerber, and Christine Eibner Here are excerpts: * * * On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21), a massive budget reconciliation package with implications for many sectors of the U.S. econom  more