WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The American Studies Association issued the following news release: Voting in the ASA Election is now completed. The following members have been elected to three-year terms that shall last from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2023. President-elect Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut Council Courtney R. Baker, University of California at Riverside Ronak K. Kapadia, University of Illinois at Chicago Marisol LeBron, University of Texas at Austin Nitasha Sharma  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following blog: Some 80,000 Michiganders are in danger of becoming uninsured beginning May 31 due to the state's new policy of taking Medicaid coverage away from people who don't meet a work requirement, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced last week. These data show Michigan is poised to experience the same harmful results from its work requirement policy as other states. In Arkansas, more than 18,000 people   more

GREENFIELD, New Hampshire, March 5 -- The Crotched Mountain Foundation issued the following statement on coronavirus: Crotched Mountain Foundation is following guidance from the CDC and New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) in regards to proper precautions and preparedness measures that are being taken. We will continue to follow updates and work with the CDC and DPHS as information regarding COVID-19 progresses. On the Crotched Mountain School Greenfield campus, under the g  more

DERRY, New Hampshire, March 3 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * - Group Urges Pageant Organizers to Get Out of Bed With New Hampshire Trapping Association * * * Following accounts that Miss New Hampshire organizers reportedly forced pageant winners to wear fur coats provided by the New Hampshire Trapping Association--which has sponsored the pageant for more than two decades--PETA sent a letter calling on the pageant to stop awarding winne  more

HERNDON, Virginia, March 2 -- The National Student Clearinghouse issued the following news release: * * * - Top-to-Bottom Gap Narrows - California, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah Make Significant Improvements * * * New data described in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's Completing College State Report shows a rise in the overall college completion rate in 43 out of the 45 states, for which data are available over the last five coh  more