WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Nan Aron, president of the Alliance for Justice, has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: * * * Chairs Rodriguez and Bauer, and distinguished members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. It is wonderful to be here with so many dear friends and champions of justice whom I have worked with over the years. My name is Nan Aron. Over forty years ago, I founded   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Melanie Israel, policy analyst in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule entitled "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing Regulations, and Improving Health Insurance Markets for 2022 and Beyond Proposed Rule". The comment was written on July 28, 2021, and posted on July 29, 2021:   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Heritage Foundation has testified before the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S. The testimony was presented on July 20, 2021: The comment was co-signed by John G. Malcolm, vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director and Ed Gilbertson and Sherry Lindberg Gilbertson, senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. * * * Co-Chairs Bauer and Rodriquez and distinguished members of the P  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 4, 2021, entitled: "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The notice was issued by Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator, Wage and Hour Division. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published July 22, 2021, at 86 FR 38816, is extended. Comments must be received on this notice of proposed rulemaking on or before August 27, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CO  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSEve) -- The National Building Museum issued the following news release: As the United States approaches the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the National Building Museum announces the new exhibition The Towers of the WTC: 51 Years of Photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara. Located in the Museum's second-floor galleries, the exhibition will open on September 4, 2021, and be   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSPol) -- The National Italian American Foundation issued the following news release: On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors and the Italian American community, we send our heartfelt condolences to the family of Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO president, who passed away Thursday at the age of 72. Trumka received the NIAF Leonardo da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award in Service to the American Worker at the Foundation's 44th Anniversary Ga  more