RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center posted the following news: * * * AFPC welcomes new commander, command chief JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - The Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) welcomed its new commander and command chief during a joint assumption of command and change of responsibility ceremony here, June 30, 2026.  Lt. Gen. Jefferson J. O'Donnell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, presided over the morning ceremony whe  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 2 [Category: Health Care] -- Banner Health posted the following news release: * * * Banner Health receives $6 million grant to accelerate early detection of Parkinson's * SUN CITY, Ariz. - Banner Sun Health Research Institute has been awarded $6 million over three years through a grant awarded by Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), to support the development of biomarkers to help  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 1 -- Creighton University posted the following news: * * * Why the Constitution calls America "a more perfect Union" * If something is perfect, how can it become more perfect? It's a question many people have asked about one of the Constitution's most recognizable phrases: " to form a more perfect Union. " As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, those four words offer an opportunity to revisit not only what the Founders wrote, but what they i  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Paycom for Disability Discrimination * Federal suit alleges software company fired employee rather than providing reasonable accommodation for a food allergy OKLAHOMA CITY -Paycom Payroll, LLC, an Oklahoma software company specializing in payroll and human capital software, violated federal law when it failed to provide effective reasonable accommodations to an employee with  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 2 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following insight on July 1, 2026: * * * Employer Checklist for July 2026 Here are the top 10 workplace compliance items you should tackle in July 2026, based on the latest labor and employment law updates: * Catch up on recent SCOTUS rulings. During the final days of its 2025-2026 term, the Supreme Court issued some key decisions that will affect the workplace. The Court vastly expanded the presidential power to remove memb  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 2 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on July 1, 2026: * * * Carr Joins Multistate Effort to Defend Commonsense Voter ID Laws Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief in support of Indiana's voter ID law and the rights of states to enact critical election integrity measures. "The majority of Americans support commonsense voter ID laws. It's not partisan. It's about protecting the integrity of our elections," sai  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 1 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Pillen Approves Permanent Regulations for Medical Marijuana Today, Governor Jim Pillen approved permanent regulations for medical marijuana as drafted by the state Medical Cannabis Commission. His action comes one day after Attorney General Mike Hilgers affirmed that the regulations met statutory and constitutional authority. The regulations will be filed with the secretary of state's o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 2 -- NRC Health, a provider of customer intelligence in healthcare, issued the following news: * * * HUB26 Healthcare Experience Conference: Workforce Engagement Across Generations Healthcare teams now span four and even five generations. Leaders manage employees who grew up decades apart. Each group brings different expectations, habits, and communication styles to the table. This reality shapes daily work. It affects communication, trust, and healthcare employee en  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 30, 2026: * * * ICYMI: DNC Trains Organizers, Registers Voters, and Mobilizes Volunteers During Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action In case you missed it, the DNC hosted a successful Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action in which Democrats throughout the country held more than 200 on-the-ground events, engaged thousands of volunteers, trained 150 new organizers, and had nearly 10,000 conversa  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Republican Attorneys General Association issued the following news on July 1, 2026: * * * ICYMI: RAGA Wins for Women's Sports Twenty-seven attorneys general went to bat for female athletes across America. On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor -- affirming that states may protect sex-based categories in sports and uphold the promise of Title IX. This is the most significant victory for women's sports in a generation, brought by Republican attorneys gener  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Weather Conditions Affect Renewable Energy Output Key Takeaways  1 There is an increasing likelihood of a "super El Nino" this year, which could significantly impact electricity generation from weather-dependent wind, solar, and hydroelectric power. 2 El Nino is a natural climate cycle, but with rapidly increasing amounts of electricity generated by wind and solar because of st  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Sara Jacobs Led 54 Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Delayed DACA Renewals * Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) led 54 of her colleagues in demanding answers from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on extreme delays in processing renewal applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In a letter to USCIS Director Joseph Edlow, the lawmakers emphasized that  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 1, 2026: * * * Smith: USMCA Renewal Pause Is a Path to Stronger Enforcement * Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Trade, released the following statement regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Joint Review. "Since its creation, USMCA has been the gold standard for modern trade agreements, deliver  more