WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Jordan Sekulow, executive director at the American Center for Law and Justice, has issued a public comment on the Department of Labor's proposed rule entitled "Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations in the Department of Labor's Programs and Activities: Implementation of Executive Order 13831". The comment was written and posted on Feb. 18, 2020: * * * The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) submits the following comments, on behalf of itself and its memb  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- The Broadway League issued the following news release on Feb. 20: The Broadway community mourns the loss of multiple Tony Award(R) winning producer Margo Lion, who died on January 24, 2020 at age 75. To commemorate her life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of the Jujamcyn Theatres (the Al Hirschfeld, August Wilson, Eugene O'Neill, St. James, and Walter Kerr Theatres) where Ms. Lion often collaborated and worked; as well as the American Airlines,  more

ST. CLOUD, Florida, Feb. 20 -- The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association issued the following news release: WISPA has announced that FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly and U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey will be keynote presenters at WISPA's WISPAmerica 2020, Thursday, March 19, 2020, starting at 11 am (CST) in Dallas, Texas. WISPAmerica is an annual three-day event for the WISP ecosystem, featuring more than 60 interactive sessions on a wide range of WISP issues, including policy and regul  more

ANTIGONISH, Nova Scotia, Feb. 12 -- St. Francis Xavier University issued the following news release: David MacNaughton, former Canadian Ambassador to the United States, will deliver the keynote address in this year's Allan J. MacEachen Annual Lecture Series in Politics at StFX. Mr. MacNaughton will deliver a talk entitled, "Difficult Choices for Canada in a Chaotic World," at the event, which takes place Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at StFX's Schwartz Auditorium. All are welcome to attend.   more

MERCED, California, Feb. 21 -- The University of California Merced campus issued the following news: Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will give a speech on the future of civic engagement as part of UC Merced interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom's speaker series. Villaraigosa was the first Mexican American in more than 130 years to serve as mayor of Los Angeles. Formerly speaker of the California State Assembly, he advocated for working families, the environment, health care and fund  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: Majorities of Americans think that at least one current 2020 candidate would be a good president (78%), has good ideas for solving the country's problems (66%) and is talking about the issues that they personally care about (64%). Most U.S. adults also say they have a good idea about what the candidates stand for (74%) and that it makes a real difference to them who is e  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 17 -- The New York State Assembly issued the following news release: * * * - Includes Critical Investments in SUNY & CUNY, Eliminates the TAP Gap, Rejects the Proposed Tuition Increases, Establishes Support for Non-Tuition Expenses * * * Speaker Carl Heastie announced the Assembly's State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020-21 proposed budget would build on the Assembly Majority's longstanding commitment to supporting high quality, public education for all. The proposed plan would   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 20 -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release: Less than three days before Latinos will play a key role in the outcome of the Nevada caucuses on February 22, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund released its profile of the Latino electorate in Nevada along with the state's key Congressional race to watch. According to NALEO Education  more

BERKELEY, California, Feb. 20 -- The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Energy Sciences Network issued the following news: * * * - Giuntoli retires from Berkeley Lab later this month * * * On January 20, 2009, Patty Giuntoli was sitting in a human resources office at Berkeley Lab watching President Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Like him, she was starting a new job in public service too. Giuntoli was going to be the new director of infrastructur  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 21 [TNSfinancialresearch] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Feb. 20: New scientific findings released today in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, show that expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands and Papahanaumokuakea marine national monuments did not cause overall economic harm to the Hawai'i-based longline tuna fishing fleet. The results of this study, which was supported by the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project, represent  more