SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- The Amalgamated Transit Union issued the following statement: * * * The Amalgamated Transit Union International President John Costa released the following statement regarding the appointment of Nuria Fernandez as Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration. "As the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the United States and Canada, the Amalgamated Transit Union applauds the appointment of Nuria Fernandez as Acting Admini more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS20752) on Jan. 28, 2021, entitled "Submission of the President's Budget in Transition Years" by Taylor N. Riccard, analyst in government organization and management: Summary At the time of a presidential transition, one question commonly asked is whether the outgoing or incoming President submits the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Under past practices, and prior to more recent statutory changes, more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- Fox News Channel, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: FOX News Media has signed former United States National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow as a contributor and host of his own weekday program, announced CEO Suzanne Scott. Beginning on February 8th, Mr. Kudlow will provide expert financial analysis on domestic and global affairs across all FOX News Media platforms and helm a new weekday program on FOX Business Network (FBN), details of which  more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- The Mitchell Hamline School of Law issued the following news: Every time James Backstrom '78 signs his name, he makes sure to include his middle initial so he can remember his father. Clifford Backstrom was a firefighter for more than three decades and passed a duty to serve the public to his son. In February, the son of Clifford Backstrom will retire just after his 68th birthday after more than three decades as county attorney in Dakota County, Minn.,  more PR

PATERSON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- 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 $58,054 in CARES Act funding to the Garfield Fire Department. The funding was provided through the CARES Act Assistance to Firefighters - COVID-19 Supplemental (AFG-S) grant program, which Rep. Pascrell advocated for as t more PR