ELKHART, Indiana, Dec. 17 -- The Church World Service issued the following news release: CWS welcomes the introduction to the Senate of the bipartisan International Violence Against Women Act of 2019, S. 3037, which prioritizes U.S. Government action on the scourge of violence against women. The bill recognizes the debilitating psychosocial impact of gender-based violence for women and girls, and its broader implications for their families and communities. It lays out strategy for U.S. agencie  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 16 -- The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice issued the following news release: EdChoice, a national nonprofit organization that promotes state-based educational choice programs, announced Indiana businessman Fred Klipsch as Chair of its Board of Directors. Klipsch is the former owner of Indianapolis-based Klipsch Audio Technologies and has been an EdChoice board member since 2011. Dr. Patrick Byrne, the founder of Overstock.com, has stepped down from his le  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: Giant Eagle, which operates 474 stores across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Maryland, announced that it intends to be free of single-use plastics in its operations by 2025. As part of this commitment, the company will eliminate all single-use plastic bags by 2025, beginning with a six-month pilot project at several stores in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Giant Eagle plans to make reusable bags available for 99 cents  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news: The IACLEA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Indiana University Deputy Superintendent Wayne James will serve as Director-at-Large in place of Chief Yvonne Meyer who stepped down from the Board in November. IACLEA President John Vinson, Ph.D., appointed Superintendent James to fulfill the remainder of Chief Meyer's current term, which concludes fol  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 16 -- The International Safety Equipment Association issued the following news release: Patrick Delvernois from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, has won the 2019 Daniel K. Shipp Scholarship, presented by the ISEA. Mr. Delvernois is studying at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), with a GPA of 3.85, and has one year remaining in his degree for Safety, Health, and Environmental Applied Sciences at IUP. Mr. Delvernois served as the secretary and is currently serving as  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 17 -- The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies issued the following news release: The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies hailed today's House passage of legislation reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for seven years as part of broader spending legislation. "Today's vote will not only help protect our economy from the threat of terrorism, but also help communities across America continue to grow and flourish," said Jimi G  more

NEW HARMONY, Indiana, Dec. 21 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * - New device along the Wabash River will help track water quality trends. * * * Sitting atop a bridge spanning the Wabash River in New Harmony is a small contraption producing big data. It's the super gage, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and its partners are counting on it to provide data useful for improving water quality in Indiana's largest river. The gage, an invention of the United States Geolog  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 18 -- The Lumina Foundation issued the following news release: * * * - Telephone interviews with 42,190 American adults who have attended college without completing a degree reveal that competing demands of work, time and money are the greatest barriers for returning to school, and employers are viewed as the most probable path back * * * A new report released by Lumina Foundation, Strada Education Network, and Gallup finds that American adults without college deg  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 21 -- The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing issued the following news: * * * - Grant will be presented at NAHN's 44th annual conference, 16-19 July 2019, in Reno-Tahoe, Nevada, USA * * * Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is proud to announce Linda Maldonado, PhD, MN, BSN, as the 2019 recipient of the Sigma/National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Collaborative Research Grant. Maldonado is an Assistant Profess  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Dec. 17 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: In the fifth day of an unfair labor practice strike at Fort Wayne's United Natural Foods, Inc. [NYSE: UNFI] distribution center, Teamsters Local 414 members this morning extended pickets to Hopkins, Minnesota and Green Bay, Wisconsin. UNFI is under investigation for violation of federal labor laws in Fort Wayne. More than 700 Teamsters Local 120 members at the Hopkins facility and 150   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 20 -- The United Steelworkers issued the following news release: The United Steelworkers (USW) filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana to protest Alcoa USA Corporation's terminating life insurance benefits for approximately 8,900 union-represented retirees. Alcoa informed the retirees by letter on Dec. 4 that it would eliminate life insurance coverage effective Dec. 31, 2019. The company included with the letter a check equal to a fraction of the face  more