ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 31 -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association issued the following news release: * * * The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) encourages travelers to celebrate American Indian culture throughout the country. For more than one hundred years, Native and non-Native Americans have sought out a permanent designation on the national calendar to honor America's earliest residents: the American Indian and Alaska Native people. * One  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., D-California, issued the following news release: Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Marybel Batjer, 63, of Sacramento, has been appointed chair of the California Complete Count Census Committee. Batjer has served as secretary of the California Government Operations Agency since 2013. She served as cabinet secretary in the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2003 to 2005, chief of staff   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The White House issued the following proclamation on National Veterans and Military Families Month: During National Veterans and Military Families Month, we salute the brave and dedicated patriots who have worn the uniform of the United States, and we celebrate the extraordinary military families whose selfless service and sacrifice make our military the finest in the world. Our Nation's veterans represent the best of America. Generation after generation, men and women h  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy will host a special exhibit of the late senator's career and a commemorative lecture with former U.S. Ambassador Ira Shapiro this week to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Wednesday marks a decade since the construction of the center and the establishment of the Modern Political Archives, which houses the papers of a number of Tennessee's prominent 20th-century  more