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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Sunday January 11, 2026 ( 9 items )  

AAFA Affirms Public Health Value of Vaccines As Nearly Everyone Is High Risk or Lives In Community With High Risk Individuals
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 10 -- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * AAFA Affirms Public Health Value of Vaccines As Nearly Everyone Is High Risk or Lives In Community With High Risk Individuals Leading health advocacy organization says vaccines are safe, effective, and save lives * Washington D.C. -- On January 5, 2026, under Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy's leadership, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent  more

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: As Gov. Walz Ramps Up Civil War Talk, He Gets the History of the Last One Wrong
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * As Gov. Walz ramps up civil war talk, he gets the history of the last one wrong By John Phelan With a year of his political career remaining, Gov. Walz is, unfortunately, determined to do as much damage as he can on his way out. Today, giving a press conference on the fatal shootin  more

Consumer Technology Association: CES 2026 - The Future is Here
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 10 -- The Consumer Technology Association issued the following news release: * * * CES 2026: The Future is Here Article Summary The global innovation stage delivers unprecedented momentum, redefining what's possible across every industry, and revealing how tech shapes every part of our lives * CES 2026, the most powerful tech event in the world, is wrapping up four days of innovators showing up. The largest post-pandemic CES welcomed more than 148,000 attendees fr  more

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: "How Data Revisions and Uncertainty Affect Monetary Policy"
RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following economic brief (No. 26-01) in January 2026 by Thomas A. Lubik and Jacob Titcomb entitled "How Data Revisions and Uncertainty Affect Monetary Policy". Here are excerpts: * * * Most macroeconomic data are subject to frequent and regular revisions. A prime example is quarterly GDP, which is published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Typically, at the end of the first month after the refere  more

George Mason University leads phase 2 clinical trial for pill to help maintain weight loss after GLP-1s
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Jan. 9 -- George Mason University issued the following news: * * * George Mason University leads phase 2 clinical trial for pill to help maintain weight loss after GLP-1s * GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have transformed obesity treatment, but maintaining weight loss after the medications stop remains a challenge. George Mason University is leading a new clinical trial that may help people sustain their results. The university is one of six research sites acro  more

George Mason University: Global residency empowers Costello MBA student's entrepreneurial dreams
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Jan. 9 -- George Mason University issued the following news: * * * Global residency empowers Costello MBA student's entrepreneurial dreams * When Supreet Singh immigrated to the United States from India in 1999, it was to join her husband, Jaspreet, whom she had met through an online dating site. The couple married in Fairfax, Virginia-the same city where Jaspreet graduated from George Mason University years earlier. Knowing Supreet's ambition to build on her master's degr  more

George Mason University: Graduate Success Fellows program empowers students to support peers
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Jan. 9 -- George Mason University issued the following news: * * * Graduate Success Fellows program empowers students to support peers * Being a graduate student isn't easy-it can be difficult to balance an academic workload, teaching, and a job, all while adapting to a new environment. Rather than facing these challenges alone, graduate students now have a new resource to help them navigate the graduate school experience: Graduate Success Fellows. The Graduate Success F  more

Read New NCFR Journal Research From Late Dec
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 10 -- The National Council on Family Relations issued the following news: * * * Read New NCFR Journal Research from Late Dec Keep up with the latest research from NCFR's three scholarly journals -- Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR). >>Sign up for email alerts of new journal content. Visit the Wiley homepages for JMF, FR, and/or JFTR and look f  more

What They Are Saying: Advocates, Unions, Child Care Leaders, Elected Officials, Educators and Parents Applaud Governor Hochul's Plan to Deliver Universal Child Care for New York Children Under Five
ALBANY, New York, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Advocates, Unions, Child Care Leaders, Elected Officials, Educators and Parents Applaud Governor Hochul's Plan to Deliver Universal Child Care for New York Children Under Five * Following Governor Kathy Hochul's announcement to deliver universal childcare for children under five years old across the state, leaders in the child care space, advocates, unions, elected offici  more