WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSPer) -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: Seven scholars joined the Georgetown Law faculty over the summer: five whose work will center around classroom teaching as well as their own research projects, and two who are leading clinics -- including the latest addition to the Law Center's clinical program, the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic, which launches in the spring semester. These professors' arrival comes just as Georgetown  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Michele Cavallo, president, and Jerri Evans, legislative chair, of Business and Professional Women of St. Petersburg-Pinellas Inc., Florida, has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written on Aug. 16, 2021, and posted on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking to increase the minimum wage for federal cont  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Billy Long, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: As the horrible and troubling events in Afghanistan continue to unfold following President Biden's decision to withdraw all military personnel, Congressman Long issued the following statement: "Former President Barack Obama famously once said 'elections have consequences,' and man oh man has the November 2020 election ever proven him right," Congressman Long said. "Obama's former Secretary of Defense Robert  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Zoe Caras, research associate at the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, New York, has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written and posted on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 per hour in 2022 and index it to inflation. Restaur  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. He was a cosponsor of the law that enlarged the number of Special Immigrant Visas for translators and others who worked with the American military. "What is happening in Afghanistan today is tragic. It is a dire humanitarian crisis. The   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Wendy Pollack, director of the Women's Law and Policy Initiative at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, Illinois, has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written on Aug. 13, 2021, and posted on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Houston Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson is stepping down as director of the University of Houston Law Center's Criminal Justice Institute. Guerra Thompson has been succeeded by Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman and Associate Professor David Kwok, who serve as co-directors. "I thank Professor Guerra Thompson for her leadership and 18 years of se  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Terry L. Fromson, managing attorney at Women's Law Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written on Aug. 13, 2021, and posted on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 per hour in 2022 and index it to   more