WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSrpt) -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: * * * A new report finds 74% of parents agree children's media should include climate solutions * * * Climate Media for Kids released Breaking the Silence: Kids' Media Can Step Up on Climate Change, a new report which finds, despite demand from 74% of parents, children's television shows and popular family movies lack information about climate change and climate solutions. Breaking the Silen more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: Attorney General Chris Carr, along with 13 other attorneys general, today filed a brief in opposition to a new rule implemented by the Biden administration's Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB). This new rule seeks to unlawfully expand the CFPB's authority to encompass many practices that Congress chose not to grant the agency with the power to regulate. This includes the inv more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Dec. 6, 2022: * * * Minding the Gap at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit By Mvemba Phezo Dizolele and Cameron Hudson By the time the United States hosted its first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in August 2014, President Barack Obama had already visited Africa twice. In 2009, he had delivered two historic speeches, one to the Muslim World in Cairo, Egypt, and the other to Afric more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: This weekend, America's Democratic governors voted to elect New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to serve as the new Chair of the Democratic Governors Association for 2023. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will serve as Vice Chair. Maryland Gov.-Elect Wes Moore will serve as Finance Chair. Pennsylvania Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro will serve as Chair of Strategic Engagement, a new DGA leadership role focused on building and expandin more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-582) on the Pullman National Historical Park Act (H.R. 2626), which aims to redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park. The report was advanced by Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, on Nov. 17, 2022. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 2626 is to redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as th more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) welcomed seven new forensic analysts into its ranks during the Human Exploitation Rescue Operation Child-Rescue Corps (HERO Corps) graduation ceremony Dec. 8. The graduates, all military veterans, join HSI as members the 12th HERO Corps class. HERO Corps recruits, trains and hires wounded, ill or injured transitioning serv more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 (TNSrpt) -- Penn State's College of Education issued the following news: As a Penn State education researcher with a specific interest in comparative and international education, and a native of South Korea, Soo-yong Byun has extensive knowledge about the South Korean educational system and how it compares to the American model. Byun, professor of education (educational theory and policy), demography and Asian studies, co-authored a chapter of a recently p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a conversation on Dec. 9, 2022, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken with agency's Anti-Corruption Champion Award honorees: * * * ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROBINSON: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this fireside chat where we are honored to be joined by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and three recently announced Anti-Corruption Champion awardees: Rozina Islam, Janet Zhou, and Stevan Dojcinovic. We are thri more PR

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 6 (TNSper) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: The State University of New York Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of John B. King Jr. as the 15th chancellor of SUNY, the largest comprehensive system of public higher education in the United States. Chancellor King brings to this position decades of experience as a leader in education administration and policy at the local, state, and national levels. He ha more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 8 (TNStalk) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College students, staff, and faculty members recently attended the Connecticut Forum's discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The conversation on November 15, 2022, was moderated by author and journalist Soledad O'Brien, who appeared on stage at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, while Sotomayor joined the live event remotely. Trinity is an education partner  more PR