WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has released two new oat germplasm lines to shore up the cereal crop's defenses against its most devastating fungal disease, known as "crown rust." The team specifically created the oat lines so that they can be crossed with elite commercial varieties to fortify them with new genetic sources of resi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. SEHSD-WP-2024-25) on Sept. 12, 2024, entitled "A Decade of Change: Health Insurance Coverage of Working-Age Adults by State in 2013, 2019, 2023." The paper was written by Kelly Holder, Caitlin Carter and Douglas Conway. Here are excerpts: * * * 1. Introduction Signing up for health insurance coverage is often a complex process and requires the applicant to meet specific eligibility criteria. Some employers  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. C2020BR-12) on Sept. 19, 2024, by Population Reference Bureau and the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census Data Products and Dissemination Team entitled "Disclosure Avoidance and the Supplemental DHC: How PHSafe Works." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This is the seventh in a series of briefs describing disclosure avoidance methods used to protect the confidentiality of respondent information in 2020 Ce  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 16 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release: Bismarck, ND - (October 15, 2024) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today asked the U.S. District Court in North Dakota to temporarily stop the Biden-Harris administration from implementing a regulation that would give Obamacare to illegal aliens. The regulation, set to take effect on Nov. 1, would make more than 200,000 deferred action for childhood arrival (DACA) recipients eligible for taxp  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 16 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson co-led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in sending a letter today to the head of the Department of Homeland Security urging him to protect the upcoming elections by verifying the immigration status of any registered voter upon request. "The 16 undersigned state attorneys general write to raise grave concerns that by failing   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Henry McMaster today was joined by nine other Republican governors in filing an amicus brief in United States v. Skrmetti supporting Tennessee's Help Not Harm Law that prohibits physicians from performing or providing gender-reassignment surgeries, puberty-blocking drugs, and cross-sex hormones to minors. The case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this term. "  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Kristi Noem and nine fellow governors submitted an amici curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court for the United States v. Skrmetti case. This case regards the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that, similar to South Dakota's "Help Not Harm" law, bans harmful, irreversible medical procedures on vulnerable minors. "South Dakota's kids are our future, and I w  more