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. 13 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following report (No. 3659) on Oct. 8, 2021, entitled "Why Work Matters and How the Safety Net Should Encourage It". The report was written by Leslie Ford, visiting fellow in domestic policy studies. * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * America's safety-net policies should promote work to support beneficiaries' human dignity. But recent modifications to the child "tax credit" do the opposite. * Congress just reversed welfare work requireme more PR

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. 16 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2021: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), with Representative Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02), introduced the Burn Pit Program to Review Operations and Management of ILER System Efficacy Act, or the Burn Pit PROMISE Act. This bipartisan bill would direct an independent GAO study of the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) program, which is intended to keep track of exposure incidents 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

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