PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- ACA Connects issued the following news release: Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly will address the ACA Connects 27th Annual Summit on March 18, 2020, in Washington D.C., at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, addressing hundreds of communications executives who are in the forefront of the effort to deploy broadband networks and close the digital divide in rural America. "It is a distinct pleasure to welcome back FCC Commissioner O'Rielly to the ACA Co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * - Sixteen-member group of law enforcement officials has nine months to study array of topics affecting police * * * Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday swore in 16 members of a new national commission to study crucial issues in law enforcement, which aims to follow in the footsteps of a similar commission formed in 1965 that launched such concepts as improved training f  more

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Kentucky, Jan. 19 -- Campbellsville University issued the following news: Dr. William H. Turner, professor, writer, speaker and consultant, will speak at the Campbellsville University Martin Luther King Jr. chapel service on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 10 a.m., 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville, Ky. According to his website, during his professional career, Turner studied and worked on behalf of marginalized communities, "helping them create opportunities in the larger world while n  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Occupational Safety Health Review Commission issued the following news release: Amanda Wood Laihow and Cynthia Attwood join the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission after being sworn-in to serve their respective appointments as Commissioners. Both nominations by President Donald J. Trump were confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 9, 2020. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Laihow was Chief Counsel to current OSHRC Chairman James J. Sullivan, Jr., serving as   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 22 -- The Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the following news release: It's time once again to "get ready to match the stars" with a new edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game. The side-splitting parody of the '70s game show has set the rafters ringing with laughter since its debut in 2004. The show the L.A. Times calls, "witty, ribald ... an adventure in surrealist era bending" returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two hilarious shows o  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University and its Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum have announced that Vice Adm. Dr. Jerome M. Adams, Surgeon General of the United States, and Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, chair of the history department at Harvard University, will each headline one of more than a dozen major events in observance of the 2020 Black History Month at Marshall University and in the Tri-State area. In announcing t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * - Tour To Include Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston Starting June 2021 * * * The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has announced a five-city tour next year of the portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively, that will launch during the summer of 2021. Next year, in mid-May 2021, the Obama portraits, commis  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 24 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts praised President Donald J. Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a new rule that rolls back President Barack Obama's 2015 rule pertaining to the Clean Water Act. The 2015 rule had stretched the bounds of the EPA's authority beyond its constitutional scope by expansively defining "Waters of the United States " (WOTUS). "Thank you to President Trump and his t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, applauded the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement that it may withhold funding from California if the state continues to require all insurance companies to cover elective abortion. HHS determined that California is in violation of federal law--known as the Weldon Amendment--which prevents federal fund  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 116-200) on the America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (S. 2302), which amends title 23 of the U.S. Code, to authorize funds for federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. The report was advanced by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, on Jan. 8. Excerpts of the report follow: General Statement and Background Legislation authorizing Federal investment in our nation's highways d  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Jan. 25 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its programming lineup for the spring 2020 semester. Guests include award-winning scholars, a New York Times bestselling author, leading political strategists, global experts on spycraft in the 21st century and the Belgian ambassador to the United States, to mention but a few. "This semester, we bring a full slate of world-class exp  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 25 -- Virginia Department of Education Superintendent of Public Instruction James F. Lane issued the following memo: TO: Division Superintendents FROM: James F. Lane, Ed.D., Superintendent of Public Instruction SUBJECT: Black History Month Resources As our nation observes Black History Month, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is pleased to provide school divisions with Black History Month resources that honor African Americans and celebrate their achievemen  more