WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * All Interested Parties Invited to ASTM Organizational Meeting on Standards Development for Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing Systems The proposed activity is intend  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute posted the following statement: * * * API Pennsylvania Statement on Gov. Shapiro's Proposed 2026-27 Budget HARRISBURG, PA, February 3, 2026 -- American Petroleum Institute Pennsylvania (API PA) Executive Director Stephanie Catarino Wissman today issued the following statement in reaction to Governor Josh Shapiro's 2026-27 budget plan: "In energy-rich Pennsylvania, natural gas is critical to our economy and essential to  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a consumer credit working paper in Feb. 2026 by Satyajit Chatterjee, Dean Corbae, Kyle Dempsey and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull entitled "Credit Scores and Inequality across the Life Cycle." Here is the abstract: * * * Credit scores are a primary screening device for the allocation of credit, housing, and sometimes even employment. In the data, credit scores grow and fan out w  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a consumer credit working paper in Feb. 2026 by Satyajit Chatterjee and Burcu Eyigungor entitled "Explaining Contract Heterogeneity in the Credit Card Market." Here is the abstract: * * * Administrative data are used to establish patterns in contract terms, usage, and default rates of anonymized individual credit card accounts. The canonical heterogeneous-agent macro mo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-444) on the Accreditation for College Excellence Act (H.R. 2516). The report was advanced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, on Jan. 13, 2026. The House passed the bill on Jan. 22, 2026, and it has been received by the Senate, but not referred to a committee. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose H.R. 2516 amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Feb. 6, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Rob Bresnahan Earns Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Endorsement In case you missed it, majority maker Rob Bresnahan earned the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen's endorsement. This endorsement comes shortly after Bresnahan became the first Republican ever to earn the IBEW Local 163's endorsement. "NEPA workers know that Rob Bresnahan has their back. While political   more

EASTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- Lafayette College issued the following news: * * * Astrophysicist, folklorist Moiya McTier to present John L. Hatfield '67 Lecture A doctor of the universe and the first Black woman to graduate from Columbia's astronomy Ph.D. program, Moiya McTier will discuss her path to becoming an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator * Moiya McTier grew up in a log cabin in rural Pennsylvania without running water or TV, which means she had plenty of time   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 [Category: Media] -- The National Association of Broadcasters posted the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * NAB Leadership Foundation Announces Class of 2026 for the Media Sales Academy and Technology Apprenticeship Program The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) today announced the Class of 2026 participants for its two flagship collegiate programs, the Media Sales Academy (MSA) and the Technology Apprenticeship Program (TAP). These workforce development initiativ  more