WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46685) on Feb. 18, 2021, entitled "An Analysis of the Geographic Distribution of the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Before and After the 2017 Tax Revision (P.L. 115-97)" by economics specialist Mark P. Keightley: SUMMARY Policymakers may be interested in the mortgage interest deduction (MID) because it is associated with homeownership and is one of the largest tax benefits available to homeowners in terms  more

DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, Feb. 20 (TNSJou) -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release: A joint team of researchers from Radiation Oncology at Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), Dartmouth Engineering, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Department of Surgery have developed a method to convert a standard linear accelerator (LINAC), used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to a FLASH ultra-high-dose rate radiati  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 20 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: There's a saying among energy wonks about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: It's never seen a pipeline it didn't like. But the commission's new chair could make that adage a thing of the past. The independent commission known as FERC, pronounced like a kid-friendly version of the popular expletive, was established by Congress in 1977 to regulate the United States' energy landscape. FER  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund issued the following news release: Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ people to public office, urged Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee to appoint state Senator Donna Nesselbush to the position when he vacates it to become governor. He will ascend to the governorship after current Governor Gina Raimondo - who was nominated by President Joe Biden for U.S. Secretary of Commerce - is c  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: Seeking to accelerate land conservation in the eastern U.S. to counter climate change and its impacts, the Open Space Institute (OSI) today announced the launch of its $18 million Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund (ALPF), which will focus, in part, on protecting key forested sections of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. This first-of-its-kind fund is aimed specifically at protecting some of t  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2021: A Phase 3 clinical trial showed a new medication that interferes with part of the immune system that causes inflammation was more effective than treatment with glucocorticoids ("steroids" such as prednisone) in keeping patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, a disease that causes the destructions of the body's small blood vessels, in   more