WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The American Academy of Nursing issued the following news release: The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) will officially designate five incredible nurse leaders as Living Legends at the Academy's Transforming Health, Driving Policy conference, to be held virtually October 29-31, 2020. Through their academic, practice, policy, and social contributions to advance health, these influential change agents have made a lasting impression on the trajectory of the profession a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following issue brief entitled "Reckoning With Conservatives' Bad Faith Cost-Benefit Analysis" co-authored by government lawyer Todd Phillips and Sam Berger, vice president of democracy and government reform: Introduction For the past 40 years, the process by which the U.S. government issues new agency rules and regulations has been largely premised on demonstrating that the benefits of any regulation "justify" the costs. This  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 20 -- CNN, a pay television channel owned by CNN Worldwide, a unit of the WarnerMedia News and Sports division of AT&T's WarnerMedia, issued the following announcement: For the second straight night, CNN was #1 among adults 25-54 and younger viewers 18-34, topping all the networks including MSNBC, NBC, ABC, FNC and CBS News during NIGHT 2 of the Democratic National Convention's virtual convention. CNN once again also surpassed the three broadcast networks (NBC, ABC and CB more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41360) entitled "Abortion and Family Planning-Related Provisions in U.S. Foreign Assistance Law and Policy" by Luisa Blanchfield, specialist in international relations, on Aug. 21: Summary: This report details legislation and policies that restrict or place requirements on U.S. funding of abortion or family planning activities abroad. The level and extent of federal funding for these activities is an on more PR

PATERSON, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $16,152.58 CARES Act grant to the Englewood Fire Department. Rep. Pascrell has been in contact with DHS advocating for Englewood to receive this award. Funding for the award was provided through the CARES Act Assistance more PR

PATERSON, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $227,272.73 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC). The funding will be used by TVAC to purchase a new emergency vehicle in its continued service to the greater Teaneck area. "Our state's response a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Green Building Council issued the following news release: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Informa Connect are proud to announce that Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will headline the 2020 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. Figueres will deliver the keynote address during the opening session on Tuesday, November 10. This year's virtual Greenbuild experience more PR