COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- Ohio State University issued the following news: A collection of essays by author Jerald Walker, published by The Ohio State University Press, is a finalist for this year's National Book Award for nonfiction. Walker's "How to Make a Slave and Other Essays (https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814255995.html)" is one of 25 finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature. The five f  more

BARTON, Australia, Oct. 7 -- The National Farmers' Federation issued the following news release: Tonight's Federal Budget recognises the fundamental role agriculture and the regions are poised to play in Australia's COVID-19 recovery and affirms the Government's support for the farm sector's goal to achieve $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030. "In what is arguably the most important Budget of a generation, tonight Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has outlined a pragmatic but bold spending agenda  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R40504) entitled "Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis". Here are excerpts of the report issued on Oct. 6 and written by Thomas H. Neale, specialist in American National Government: The 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that presidential and vice presidential candidates gain "a majority of the whole number of Electors appointe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following joint news release on Oct. 7: The Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston and Minneapolis will come together today to host the first in a series of seven virtual events examining the impacts of structural racism in the U.S., titled Racism and the Economy. Presidents Raphael Bostic of Atlanta, Eric Rosengren of Boston, and Neel Kashkari of Minneapolis will host the series launch with a roster of economics,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (EL16-92-001, EL16-92-003) involving New York Independent System Operator: "I dissent from today's order because it once again perverts buyer-side market power mitigation into a series of unnecessary and unreasoned obstacles to New York's efforts to shape the resource mix. Buyer-side market power mitigation should be all about and   more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 8 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: Harold Alfond Foundation Investing $240 Million to Bring Transformative Change to the University of Maine System 8th largest gift ever to an institution of public higher education follows the University of Maine System's first-in-the-nation transition to a unified accreditation Orono, Maine -- The Harold Alfond Foundation's historic investment in Maine and its people includes a $240 million commitment t  more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 8 (TNSMon) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release on Oct. 7: The Harold Alfond Foundation's historic investment in Maine and its people includes a $240 million commitment to the University of Maine System to bring transformative change to the state's largest educational, research, innovation and talent development asset. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is the largest ever to a public institution of higher education in New Englan  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: ISO New England has issued its 2021 Annual Work Plan, outlining major priorities and activities for the year that are designed to improve upon existing ISO systems, practices, and services to New England. Notable initiatives within the plan, which includes feedback from stakeholders, focus on innovation for reliability and the clean-energy transition across markets, planning, operations, and software structure  more

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 8 -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news: The new medical office building located on the campus of Stephens Memorial Hospital (SMH) in Norway and will be named the Bob & Sandy Bahre Health Center. The naming of the building, in honor of the late Bob Bahre and his wife Sandy, is in recognition of their generous support over the years to the hospital and the community. Bob and Sandy are longtime supporters of Stephens Memorial Hospital, a testame  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSRep) -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release on Oct. 7: Today, Gov. Phil Scott (R) announced that he will allow S. 54 -- legislation to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis sales -- to become law without his signature. With this move, Vermont joins the 10 existing U.S. states that have laws regulating and taxing cannabis for adult use. Gov. Scott's statement is available here: https://governor.vermont.gov/sites/scott/files/documents/S.54%20Lette  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 7 -- The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities' Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development issued the following news release: A $7.5 billion new investment in national transport infrastructure will boost the national economy, deliver safer roads and create thousands of jobs as part of the Federal Coalition's COVID-19 economic recovery plan. The funding to be delivered in Tuesday's Budget builds on a series of inf  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 7 -- The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities' Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development issued the following news release: The New South Wales economy will be boosted, roads will be safer and thousands of jobs created, with a $2.7 billion investment into transport infrastructure from the Federal Coalition as part of our COVID-19 economic recovery plan. The latest funding injection builds on a series of statewi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release: NOAA is announcing funding of 17 new research projects around the country to better understand and predict harmful algal blooms (HABs) and improve our nation's collective response to them. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) allocated $10.3 million to harmful algal bloom research in fiscal year 2020 for work that will take place over t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Oct. 7: U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel - which directly oversees the Dept. of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration - sent a letter today to HHS Secretary Alex Azar raising serious concerns over the agency's decision to allow laboratory-developed tests, or LDTs, for COVID-19 to be used throughou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 7: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over his decision to overrule career scientists at the Food and Drug Admin  more

BANGOR, Maine, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued this statement commending the Harold Alfond Foundation on giving a total of $500 million to the University of Maine System, The Roux Institute at Northeastern University, the University of New England, Thomas College, FocusMaine, Colby College, Waterville Creates! and The Jackson Laboratory: "This transformational $500 million gift to Maine's colleges and universiti  more