WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: By Lydia Saad The government and immigration continue to stand apart from other issues when Americans are asked to name the most important problem facing the U.S. These two issues, mentioned in an April 1-9 poll by 23% and 21% of U.S. adults, respectively, are the only ones cited by more than one in 10 Americans, as they have been for all but one of the past 13 months.  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: As President Trump doubled down today on the Republican attack on health care - including a dangerous lawsuit in federal court that would scrap the Affordable Care Act and end protections for people with pre-existing conditions - a brand new poll confirmed that voters still don't trust Republicans in Washington to handle health care policy and strongly oppose their policies that would drive c  more

CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Boston College issued the following news: * * * - International Catholic higher education leader Isabel Capeloa Gil will address the graduates at the University's 143rd Commencement on May 20 * * * Isabel Capeloa Gil, a passionate leader in international Catholic higher education who believes global engagement can advance stronger values for a more equitable world, will address the Boston College Class of 2019 at the University's 143rd Commencement E  more

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, April 22 -- The University of the Virgin Islands issued the following news release: CNN political commentator, lawyer and former state legislator, Bakari Sellers will be the keynote speaker at the University of the Virgin Islands 2019 Commencement Ceremony. The University had selected MSNBC Television Host Joy-Anne Reid to give the keynote address, however; Reid discovered that she had a personal conflict and would be unable to participate in this year's ceremon  more

OSWEGO, New York, April 23 -- The State University of New York's Oswego Campus issued the following news release: A national education leader, a social marketing pioneer, a community-transforming philanthropist and the first mayor of the City of Framingham (Mass.) will all earn honorary degrees during SUNY Oswego's Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18. Speaking and receiving honorary doctorates in humane letters will be: * Dr. Mildred Garcia, president of the American Association of St  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Fox News Channel, a cable and satellite television news channel, issued the following news release: FOX News Channel (FNC) will present a town hall with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, IN on Sunday, May 19th, announced Jay Wallace, President and Executive Editor of FOX News and FOX Business Network. Moderated by FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace, the town hall will take place live from 7-8PM/ET in Claremont, NH and focus on the top   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 22 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * - Calls for Data and Results-Driven Government at First Cabinet Meeting * * * Governor Ned Lamont today convened the first cabinet meeting of his administration, where he announced his vision to implement a data-driven state government that is user-friendly, cost-effective, data-informed, and results-driven. The effort includes the deployment of a new, cross-agency performance manageme  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, April 23 -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Dr. Stephen L. Ondra '80, a former military surgeon and leading healthcare policy expert, will deliver Illinois Wesleyan University's Commencement address on Sunday, May 5. Illinois Wesleyan's Commencement ceremony will take place at 1 p.m., on the Kemp Commencement Plaza at State Farm Hall. Commencement will also be live streamed (www.iwu.edu/live). Dr. Ondra is currently the founder and CEO of  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, April 24 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news release: The 14th annual scholarship banquet of the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Hispanic Leadership Alliance is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7. Twenty Latinx seniors who have distinguished themselves as leaders and accomplished learners will receive scholarships to support their next steps into higher education. Fifty-two candidates applied for a 2019 Hispanic Leadership Alliance sch  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 24 -- Morgan State University issued the following news: Morgan State University President David Wilson has announced the appointments of Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Ph.D. as the university's new provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs and Patricia Williams Lessane, Ph.D. as the new associate vice president for Academic Affairs. Dr. Crumpton-Young will assume the permanent position now being held on an interim basis by Anna McPhatter, Ph.D., and Dr. Lessan  more

AMES, Iowa, April 22 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: As the race for the 2020 presidential election ramps up, so too will questions about voter attitudes in states that switched from blue to red in 2016. Iowa had more counties flip from Democrat to Republican than any other state, and the reason why had little to do with economic anxiety, according to a new Iowa State University study. Instead, the research shows rurality, education and race significantly predicted   more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 23 -- Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news: In recent days, media outlets have reported that armed militia groups, acting as border vigilantes, have been detaining migrants at gunpoint along the along the U.S.-Mexico border. On April 20, the FBI arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, the leader of the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), on charges of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The arrest came after the UCP posted a serie  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 22 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: In the grand tradition of European academia known as festschrift, colleagues and friends of a retiring academic gather to commemorate the gravity and legacy of the person's career with papers and talks. Robert Socolow has been to enough festschrifts to know that, after 48 years at Princeton of teaching, studying, contemplating, reframing, challenging, and often times expanding how scientists and society   more