BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 (TNSPer) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today announced that Dr. Susan M. Collins will be its next president, CEO, and participant in national monetary policymaking on the Federal Open Market Committee. Collins currently is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan - a role the university asked her to take on in 2020. She is a  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 10 (TNSPer) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: Eben Sypitkowski has been named director of land management for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Maine, a conservation organization with a 65-year history in the state. Mr. Sypitkowski, a forester by training with expertise in forest management, biology, and ecology, currently serves as park director for Baxter State Park, headquartered in Millinocket. In his new role, Mr. Sypitkowski will manage   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 10 (TNSPer) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Provost Susan M. Collins, former Ford School dean, has been named president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She also will participate in national monetary policymaking on the Federal Open Market Committee when she begins her new role July 1. Collins has served as the University of Michigan's provost since January 2020 and had announced earlier that she wo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 9 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news release: The thought of developing a neurodegenerative disease is not on most young people's radar but that is precisely what happened to Edwin Rivera who diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at just 37 years of age after he developed muscular stiffness on his left side and a slight tremor. He was initially treated with a class of medications called dopamine agonists but then transitioned to the gold-s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2022: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that the City of Boston is launching the two-year fare-free program on MBTA bus Routes 23, 28, and 29 on March 1, 2022. This program extends the highly successful fare-free Route 28 pilot program and eliminates fares on two other crucial bus routes. Fare-free buses enable all-door boarding, which eases congestion and speeds up bus service. Riders will still hav  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 9, 2022: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a committee hearing to examine the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2021--legislation Ranking Member Capito reintroduced in July 2021--and the STRANDED Act of 2021. Last week, Ranking Member Capito and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a committee hearing to examine the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2021--legislation Ranking Member Capito reintroduced in July 2021--and the STRANDED Act of 2021. Last week, Ranking Member Capito and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) were joined by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Congressman Jim Langevin (RI-02) in introducing the First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act (H.R.6660/S.3607), to posthumously award America's first integrated military unit with the Congressional   more