AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 5 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news on Aug. 5, 2021: There's just one day left in Greg Abbott's irregular special legislative session, and Texas Democrats haven't wasted a minute in pushing for progress on voting rights. In the last month, Texas Democratic lawmakers in D.C. have put the struggle for voting rights protections in national headlines, rallied a massive, growing coalition for voting rights that includes a broad swath of federal legislators,   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

PATERSON, New Jersey, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chairman of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) of $142,650.91 to the Passaic Fire Department and $148,786.36 to the Englewood Fire Department. Administered by DHS, the AFG program provides direct support to elig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNSPer) -- The American Council for Capital Formation issued the following news release: The American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research (ACCF-CPR) announced today that two respected economists and experts on retirement policy have joined the organization's Board of Scholars. Alicia H. Munnell is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences at Boston College's Carroll School of Management and also serves as the director of the Center for Retir  more