MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 8 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Coalition Seeks Court Approval for Settlement With Ascend, Citron, and Mayne Pharma Over Conspiracy to Inflate Generic Drug Prices * Attorney General Charity Clark today joined a coalition of 45 states and territories seeking court approval of three settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and Mayne Pharma to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturers engaged  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 8 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City posted the following news release: * * * Kansas City Fed First Vice President Kim Robbins named Federal Reserve's chief payments executive * KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City announces that Kim Robbins, first vice president and chief operating officer, has been selected chief payments executive of Federal Reserve Financial Services, effective Nov. 16. In this role, Robbins will assume leade  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees posted the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Minnesota's Trina Swanson for Election to U.S. House * Join the 150,000 AFGE members who have already made the switch to E-Dues. Contact: Tim Kauffman 202-374-6491 tim.kauffman@afge.org EAGAN, Minn. -- The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Trina Swanson for election to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Welcomes CMS Administrator Dr. Oz to Blair * Yesterday, Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) joined Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz for a tour of Memorial Community Hospital and Health System, a critical access hospital in Blair. During the tour, Smith and Oz met with hospital staff to discuss the challenges facing rural healthcare providers and opport  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City posted the following news release: * * * Tenth District Energy Activity Continued to Grow in Q3 * The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the third quarter Energy Survey today. According to Cortney Cowley, assistant vice president and Oklahoma City Branch executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Tenth District energy activity continued to grow, and six-month expectations remained expansionary. "Te  more