WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Jeffrey Cummings to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: "We applaud the Senate's confirmation of Judge Jeffrey Cummings to the U.S. District Court for the   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The National Futures Association issued the following news release: NFA issued Decisions against Transamerica Asset Management Inc. (Transamerica), an NFA Member commodity pool operator located in Denver, Colorado, and its former employee, Quynh Pham Keiser, resolving charges brought against them by NFA's Business Conduct Committee (Committee or BCC). The BCC Decisions are based on a Complaint issued by the Committee and separate settlement offers submitted by Tr  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: Acclaimed author, Nic Stone, will keynote the Saturday general session during the 2023 AASL National Conference. Stone's appearance is made possible by Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Full conference information and programming can be found at national.aasl.org. "School librarians know firsthand that   more