WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Associated Builders and Contractors has issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of Labor. The comment was written on Oct. 13, 2022, and posted on Oct. 14, 2022. The comment, on Docket No. LMSO-2022-0001-0001, was sent to Jeffrey R. Freund, director of the Labor-Management Standards Office. * * * Associated Builders and Contractors hereby submits the following comments in response to the above-referenced proposed rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Of more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on Laos (No. IF10236) on Oct. 17, 2022, by Asian affairs specialists Ben Dolven and Thomas Lum. Here are excerpts: * * * The Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR or Laos) has a population of 7.2 million in a land-locked area around the size of Utah. Laos has been ruled by a single party, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), for more than four decades. Since a 1986 economic op more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 22 -- Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes​, the Democratic nominee for the Senate, issued the following campaign news release: Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, announced a new ad, featuring former President Barack Obama, ahead of the former president's rally in Milwaukee next week. The ad will run on digital and radio in the Milwaukee area through the end of the election. Read a transcript of "Obama" below: "Wisconsin, you've got a big responsibi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (TNSconf) -- Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy issued the following news: On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, the McCourt School of Public Policy will host Cecilia Rouse, chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, at the 2022 Whittington Lecture. Cecilia Rouse is currently serving as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). She was nominated by President Joe Biden in November 2020 and is the first African American to hold this po more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (TNSrep) -- Global Detroit issued a 17-page report in September 2022 entitled "International Student Talent in the Michigan Workforce - A Growing Solution to the STEM Talent Gap." The report was written by Steve Tobocman. Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS OVERVIEW ... 1 OPT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT * BERNICE LOPEZ ... 2 UNCOVERING THE POTENTIAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ... 3 OPT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT * JIMMY HSIAO ... 7 DATA FINDINGS ... 8 OPT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT * SUDHANVA  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (TNSper) -- The National Disability Rights Network issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2022: Disability and civil rights leader Marlene Sallo begins today as the new executive director of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). NDRN's President J.J. Rico announced the appointment in August after a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors. NDRN is the nonprofit membership organization for the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems and Clien more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Iowa Democrat candidate Mike Franken is grasping at straws as polls show him trailing Sen. Chuck Grassley by double digits. So much so that he is padding his resume. As reported by the Washington Free Beacon: Franken told voters in August during a campaign stop that he served as former president Barack "Obama's chief of legislative affairs." He also said in March that he "pushed bills across more PR