SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Nov. 19 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Oklahoma v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of five medical associations and pro-life groups. The case involves a Biden-Harris  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The National Governors Association issued the following statement on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Vice Chair Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt released the following statement urging the immediate passage of FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Upon an immediate return to the regular order of business and as deliberations continue for the must pass FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: Gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 35 states and the District of Columbia in 2022, the most recent year for which data are available, a new analysis from the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reveals. That year, gun deaths (including gun suicide, homicide, and fatal unintentional shootings) outpaced motor vehicle deaths (both occupant and pedestrian) in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 19 -- The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators issued the following news: AAMVA congratulates Idaho on successfully implementing AAMVA's State-to-State (S2S) Verification Service Driver History Record (DHR) and Delaware, Florida, Idaho, and Oklahoma for successfully implementing the Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) solution to connect to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH) on November 17, 2024. All migration activities have c  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 18 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Oklahoma State University Beef Extension team featured OSU distinguished alumna Minnie Lou Bradley in a Rancher's Thursday Lunchtime Series webinar in October. Bradley was the first woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from OSU's Department of Animal Husbandry (later named Animal and Food Sciences) in 1953. She was also the first woman to compete on the OSU livestock judging team, earning high indiv  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 18 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $412,610 grant for research aimed at better understanding why some people develop arthritis while others don't. Using existing human blood samples, physician-scientist Matlock Jeffries, M.D., will develop a predictive model that he hopes will begin to address that mystery. In the process, he also expects  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 18 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Spears School of Business is building a reputation of sustained success in the prestigious Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Case Competition. A team of four students in Oklahoma State University's business analytics and data science master's program (MS BAnDS) placed third in the eighth annual competition. Debanik Chakraborty, Kusuma Lanka, Moumita Sen and Sunanda Sen won $10,000 in the Nov. 14 finals.   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 18 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Cowboy Racing at Fall Frenzy 2024 There was no limit to the amount of mud at the annual Fall Frenzy Race. Baja and Bullet Racing Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Competition Hub Baja and Formula SAE teams joined together for the offroad based, annual Fall Frenzy Race on Nov. 9, bringing together over 120 students from OSU, the University of Oklahoma, Kansas S  more