DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 12 (TNSPer) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has appointed Donald L. Evans of Midland to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' El Paso Branch board of directors. He will serve a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2023. As a board member, he will provide input on regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy functions. Evans is chairman of the Permian Strategic Partners more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSPer) -- The International Dairy Foods Association issued the following news release on Jan. 14: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), and Becky Rasdall, IDFA vice president of trade policy and international affairs, to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade and the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Proces more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on Jan. 14: President Donald J. Trump awarded the 2020 National Humanities Medal yesterday to three distinguished recipients at a private White House ceremony. Awardees include the president of a think tank, a preserver of historic American battlefields, and a national history museum. The National Humanities Medal honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation's understan more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, D-Florida, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Jan. 12, entitled "Honoring Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a Member of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project": I rise today to honor Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, where he oversees 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) thanked Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki for her service following her announcement that she will leave the Commission on Jan. 20, 2021. "Kristine Svinicki has served as an outstanding chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," said Barrasso. "The  more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 12 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release on Jan. 11: In a single term as president, George H.W. Bush led the western world through one its most consequential periods -- the fall of the Soviet Union and the reunification of Germany that marked the peaceful end of the Cold War. As the 41st president from 1989 to 1993, Bush's deft decision-making cemented the world order for a generation. His foreign policy leadership is examined like ne more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on Jan. 15: The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy debuted an exclusive conversation series last night, featuring a tone-setting discussion on the redemptive power of reason and evidence in American politics with former Vice President Al Gore and presidential historian Jon Meacham. Following the dialogue with Gore, Meacham welcomed Condoleezza Rice, the 66th Secretary of State, to the project's fir more PR