Albuquerque, N.M. – – September 18, 2026 -- TXNM Energy and Blackstone Infrastructure have filed a motion with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) seeking to submit a revised merger application that raises total customer and community benefits to $300 million, more than doubling direct rate credits from the original proposal.

Cincinnati – September 18, 2026 -- Advantage Technical, a Staffmark Group company, announced that Evan Nedwick, a contract professional placed with Ford Motor Company, has been named a 2027 National Staffing Employee of the Year All-Star for the Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific sector by the American Staffing Association (ASA).

McLean, Va. – September 18, 2026 -- ID.me and Plaid have launched a partnership allowing government agencies to verify a benefits claimant's identity and confirm their linked bank account belongs to them before disbursing funds, addressing a gap that contributed to $5.6 billion in unemployment insurance improper payments in fiscal year 2025.

Bloomington – September 18, 2026 -- R3 Continuum, a provider of workplace behavioral health and organizational resilience solutions, has appointed Brett Hart, Ph.D., as Chief Clinical Officer, tasking him with leading clinical strategy, innovation and outcomes measurement as the company scales its workforce behavioral health offerings.

Palo Alto – September 18, 2026 -- Delos Data has raised more than $100 million from Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, Capricorn's Technology Impact Fund, Matter Venture Partners and IAG to fund its Delos Nonstop AI infrastructure line, the company said, alongside the launch of two new products aimed at agentic AI workloads.

Cleveland – September 18, 2026 -- Tiger Pistol has been badged as a TikTok Channel Sales Partner within the Marketing Technology category of the TikTok Marketing Partners Program, extending its automated local advertising platform to short-form video on the platform.

Tulsa, Okla. – September 18, 2026 -- Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) has named the winners of its 2026 Alliance Coal Scholars Program, bringing cumulative awards under the initiative to $627,000 distributed to 283 college-bound students and teachers since 1997.

Crystal Springs, Mississippi – September 18, 2026 -- Hitachi Energy will build a $528 million transformer manufacturing facility in Gallman, Mississippi, marking the company's largest single U.S. investment to date and pushing its total American manufacturing commitment to roughly $1.5 billion.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 18, 2026 -- First Student and Con Edison have completed the first phase of an electric school bus infrastructure project in New York City, cutting charging infrastructure construction costs by 13% through a trenchless deployment method.

San Diego – September 18, 2026 -- Lytx Inc. has launched the Lytx 360 Hub Kit, a hub and auxiliary camera system that adds up to eight HD camera views around a vehicle's sides, rear, cargo area, and blind zones, extending its fleet video platform beyond forward-facing monitoring.