CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 21 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: By Elaina Russell Zac Gillman ('15), an alumnus of the College of Business at Austin Peay State University (APSU), made the list of rising leaders inducted into the inaugural Leaders USA class by the Obama Foundation this summer. The business management graduate was one of 100 professionals selected from diverse backgrounds and organizations to join the highly competitive program to strengthen leaders'  more

TEMPE, Arizona, Sept. 21 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: David Muir, the award-winning anchor and managing editor of "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir," will receive the 40th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, Arizona State University officials announced today. Muir, who is also co-anchor of ABC's "20/20," will be recognized during the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism luncheon on Feb. 8, 2024, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. Reg  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following remarks on Sept. 19, 2023, by Thea D. Rozman Kendler, assistant secretary for export administration, to the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative: * * * Thank you all for being here & for participating in this 2d day of the Export Control and Human Rights Initiative (ECHRI) Plenary, focusing on the roles of industry and civil society. I am thrilled to be here with you to talk ab  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12244) on the Armed Forces compensation during a lapse in appropriations on Sept. 21, 2023, by military manpower specialist Kristy N. Kamarck and defense budget specialist Brendan W. McGarry: * * * Armed Forces Compensation During a Lapse in Appropriations Compensation for members of the Armed Forces (i.e., Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard) is funded thro  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: This week, Governor Josh Shapiro implemented automatic voter registration (AVR) for eligible Commonwealth residents obtaining driver licenses and ID cards at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver and photo license centers. Editorial boards across the Commonwealth are applauding this commonsense step and the Shapiro Administration's commitment to ensu  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 20 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Vernon Freeman, School of Dentistry Making it to dental school is tough. Making it through dental school is even harder. Doing so as a "Dreamer" - an undocumented young immigrant - is truly defying the odds. This past May, Laura Choque earned her D.D.S. from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Dentistry, but her journey to the field began years ago in her native Peru. At age 9, she and her   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement issued the following testimony by Todd Bensman, a senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and an ex-manager of the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division at the Texas Department of Public Safety, involving a hearing on Sept. 14, 2023, entitled "Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border": * * * Chairman McClintock and Ranking Member Jayapal, and members of the subcommi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, who serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the HELP Committee's passage of his bipartisan Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0, legislation to continue funding the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First) through Fiscal Year 2033, with an in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace issued the following news release: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace announced today that Penny Pritzker, former U.S. secretary of commerce, will be stepping down as chair of its Board of Trustees to serve as U.S. special representative for Ukraine's economic recovery, and announces that Catherine James Paglia has been elected as chair to complete Pritzker's term. Pritzker stated, "The Carnegie Endowment is amo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of State announced today that the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will hold its quarterly meeting on September 26, 2023, at American University in Washington, D.C. The board will welcome a new member, meet with university officials, students, and scholars, and speak with the current Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows at American University, whose exchange is part of the Fulbrig  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society issued the following agency statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Judge Andrew Hanen of the Federal District Court in Houston, Texas recently ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was unlawful and an overstep of Executive authority by then President Barack Obama in 2012. To strike-down DACA as unlawful, without any direction on how the government moves forward with an immigration solu  more