ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 17 -- The Amalgamated Transit Union issued the following news release: In an aggressive Get Out the Vote effort on the ground for the critical Georgia Senate runoff races on January 5, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is rolling out an ATU Ossoff-Warnock Express Bus. Emblazoned with tagline "We're Ridin' with Ossoff and Warnock" and wrapped with photos of Jon Ossoff, Reverend Raphael Warnock, along with President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, vo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science issued the following news: Joan and Irwin Jacobs know the importance of a helping hand and they want to pay it forward with a new challenge grant to AAAS. The couple will match up to $2 million in contributions to fund the creation of an endowment to support two new AAAS Congressional Science & Engineering Fellows positions on Capitol Hill. It is the largest challenge gift in the history of the organization. Dr. and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Karen Bass, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement upon reports of the nomination of Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and Michael Regan to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "The Congressional Black Caucus is pleased to see the priority placed on environmental justice in the Biden-Harris Ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by Victor Cha entitled "Preventing a Crisis with North Korea": Victor Cha is senior adviser and holds the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.,and is professor of government and vice dean at Georgetown University. This commentary is part of CSIS's Global Forecast 2021 essay series. * * * More likely than not, the Joe Biden administration w more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Dec. 16 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: Although Melody Barnes was thrilled to host a podcast about President Lyndon B. Johnson - recently named among the "Best Podcasts of 2020" by the New Yorker - LBJ in many ways chose her, Barnes said. Producers at PRX, the podcast arm of Public Radio International, had just wrapped up a successful podcast on the war in Vietnam, "LBJ's War," and they were looking for someone to host their next pod more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: President-Elect Joe Biden has tapped two clean energy policy leaders and experts for key energy and climate positions within his Administration: former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Gina McCarthy, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and state environmental official. David Terry, Executive Director of the National Association of State Energy Officia more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 18 (TNSRes) -- Oregon State University issued the following news on Dec. 17: Jane Lubchenco, distinguished Oregon State University professor and former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, outlines a "science restoration" plan for President-elect Joe Biden in an article published today in Scientific American. "During the campaign, Joe Biden pledged to get science back into government and to allow science to guide government actions," said Lubchen more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 15: U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today discussed the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Vivek Murthy, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General. Murthy previously held the position of Surgeon General during President Barack Obama's second term, and he is expected to take a leading role in Biden's COVID-19 response. Durbin and Murthy spoke about shared prio more PR