EVANSTON, Illinois, Oct. 12 (TNSPer) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2021: Rebecca M. Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin's flagship campus, has been named the next president of Northwestern University, Northwestern's Board of Trustees announced today. She will become Northwestern's 17th president, effective in the summer of 2022. An internationally renowned economist, Blank is a well-known researcher on poverty and the l more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Channing D. Phillips, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2021: Jean-Paul Gamarra, 45, of Copiague, N.Y., was sentenced today on federal charges of threatening the President of the United States and the White House complex during an incident in March 2017, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Matthew R. Stohler, Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service. Gamarr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL34229) on Oct. 8, 2021, entitled "Corporate Tax Reform: Issues for Congress" by economic policy senior specialist Jane G. Gravelle: * * * SUMMARY Corporate Tax Reform: Issues for Congress In 2017, the corporate tax rate was cut from 35% to 21%, major changes were made in the international tax system, and changes were made in other corporate provisions, including allowing expensing (an immedia more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Oct. 12, 2021: Terry McAuliffe announced that former President Barack Obama will campaign for him at an event in Richmond just ten days before Election Day. The event will follow visits by two other big names - First Lady Jill Biden and Stacey Abrams will both campaign for McAuliffe this weekend. Meanwhile, Glenn Youngkin continues to play "footsie" with Donald Trump and the 'Big Lie.' After campaigning o more PR

PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- Environment Maine issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021, by State Director Anya Fetcher: * * * President Joe Biden is expected to restore protections Friday for three national monuments. The original protections for the U.S. Atlantic's only marine monument, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, will be reinstated after being stripped during the Trump administration. The President is also expected to restore the original boundaries for two Utah areas, more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- Environment Massachusetts issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021, by State Director Ben Hellerstein: * * * President Joe Biden is expected to restore protections today for three national monuments, including the U.S. Atlantic's only marine monument, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts. These protections will be reinstated after being stripped during the Trump administration. The President is also expected to restore the original boundaries for more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, has issued a public comment on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States notice entitled "Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U.S.: Commission charge and public comment policy". The comment was written on Oct. 11, 2021, and posted on Oct. 13, 2021: * * * Public Citizen appreciates the opportunity to submit written comments to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the U more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following commentary on Oct. 11, 2021: * * * Utah's congressional delegation: Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Mitt Romney, Rep. Chris Stewart, Rep. John Curtis, Rep. Burgess Owens and Rep. Blake Moore, penned an op-ed in response to President Biden's unilateral expansion of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The full op-ed is available here (https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/10/8/22716955/bidens-expansion-monuments more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, issued the following joint commentary with Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Reps. John Curtis, R-Utah, Burgess Owens, R-Utah, and Blake Moore, R-Utah, to the Deseret News: * * * Last week, the Utah congressional delegation wrote a joint op-ed in Deseret News on President Biden's unilateral expansion of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. "President Biden's proclamation perpetuates a cycle of abuse  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 117-41) on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (S. 1931), which aims to amend Title 23 of the U.S. Code to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. The report was advanced by Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, on Oct. 6, 2021. Excerpts of the report follow (with changes to the law omitted, and available at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-repo more ST

BERKELEY, California, Oct. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of California Law campus issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2021: From state legislature sessions to city school board meetings, fiery attacks on Critical Race Theory continue to ignite heated debates and accusations. According to Berkeley Law and UCLA scholars at a recent webinar event, they also continue to spread misinformation. Connecting such attacks with a calculated effort to foment racial division, the scholars probed the grow more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 12 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Chancellor Rebecca Blank will leave the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the end of the 2021-22 academic year to assume the presidency of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University announced Blank's selection on Monday. She will succeed Morton Schapiro as the university's 17th president in summer 2022. Blank has served as chancellor since July 2013. Her tenure more PR