WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Destroying De Minimis By Paulina Enck, Press Secretary Federal lawmakers are considering legislation that would alter or effectively eliminate the use of de minimis, a U.S. trade rule that allows imports valued below $800 to enter the United States free from tariffs and added fees. In new research, Data Analyst Jacob Jensen calculates the costs and broader economic impacts of e more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The American Action Forum issued the following research on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Destroying De Minimis By Jacob Jensen, Data Analyst Executive Summary * Federal lawmakers are considering legislation that would alter or effectively eliminate the use of de minimis, a U.S. trade rule that allows imports valued below $800 to enter the United States free from tariffs and added fees. * The primary argument for restricting what critics call the "de minimis loophol more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy issued the following news release: New research from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) shows that a quarter of low-income households in the United States spend more than 15% of their income on energy bills. Consistent with ACEEE's previous research, the new policy brief found that on average low-income residents, Black households, and Hispanic households experience higher energy burd more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * Heavy and localized rainfall over urban areas could lead to increased flooding in cities. * * * Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The results could change how city planners prepare for floods in their cities, especially as urban areas expand  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The American Transportation Research Institute issued the following news release: The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released a new report that quantifies the major consequences that truck driver detention at customer facilities has on industry productivity and safety. The research quantifies the direct costs for fleets, truck drivers and supply chains in general. It also corroborates previous research that detained trucks drive more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Association of Equipment Manufacturers issued the following news: U.S. sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors increased 4.8% in August 2024 compared to the year before according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. U.S. sales also increased 5.2% year-to-date. Total U.S. Ag tractor sales decreased 19.4% compared to 2023, while combine sales dropped 19.6%. "While the increase in 4-wheel-drive tractors is modest, it's indicative o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: ATIS' Next G Alliance (NGA) today announced publication of Evolution of Sustainability Indicators for Data Centers and Next Generation Core Networks, a report that provides an overview of key data center sustainability strategies critical for achieving net zero emissions across the entire ICT value chain. The core network, which handles centralized networ more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: By Diana Kenney A new approach for delivering miniature research tools into the interior of egg cells and embryos has been developed at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), resolving a major bottleneck to using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 in many research organisms. A paper detailing the new approach, called VitelloTa more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Boyce Thompson Institute issued the following news: By Aaron Callahan Viruses are master parasites that have adapted to infect many host species. Some viruses even use multiple hosts to spread their infections - such as arboviruses that use insects to move their infections to mammalian hosts like humans. Understanding how they move through insects could lead to new ways to block their transmission. In a study recently published in the Journal of Virology, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities President Sharon Parrott issued the following statement on Sept. 10, 2024, on 2023 census income, poverty and health insurance data: * * * What is most striking in this year's Census data is how the data again demonstrate that if policymakers made different choices and adopted common-sense measures like an expanded Child Tax Credit, far fewer people would live in households that struggle to afford the basics. Some meas more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Middle Class Often Taxed on Unrealized Capital Gains * * * Arguments Against Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains of Very Wealthy Fall Flat By Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby A proposal in the Biden-Harris Administration's 2025 budget/[1] would require households with more than $100 million in wealth to pay income taxes of at least 25 percent of their annual income, including their un more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Workers in most states are eligible for up to 26 weeks of benefits from the regular state-funded unemployment compensation program, although 13 states provide fewer weeks, and two provide more. Extended Benefits (EB) are not triggered on in any state. Additional weeks of pandemic federal benefits ended in all states on September 6, 2021. * * * The federal-state u more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * This post is part of a series: Tracking the Fallout From State Tax Cuts (https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/tracking-the-fallout-from-state-tax-cuts) * * * States that have prioritized tax cuts over public investment are now facing serious budget constraints, making it harder to fund new initiatives or expand baseline services, including public education, health ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: At the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors meeting, area leaders presented the 2024 Climate and Energy Leadership Awards to the City of Bowie's Food Waste Diversion Program, DC Department of Energy and Environment's Building Energy Performance Standards, Prince William County Public Schools' Environmental Literacy Program, a more PR

HILLSIDE, New Jersey, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Community FoodBank of New Jersey, an anti-hunger and anti-poverty organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * USDA reports the highest levels of food insecurity in the U.S. in nearly a decade * * * According to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=109895), the number of people living in food insecure households in the U.S. increased to  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * The number of clinician-provided abortions in the state declined by 30% in May and 35% in June * * * The Guttmacher Institute today released the latest round of data from its Monthly Abortion Provision Study, offering state and national abortion estimat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Policy Studies issued the following news release: * * * The newly released 2023 data shows the rate of poverty remains high relative to the historic progress in 2021. * * * By Karen Dolan and Olivia Alperstein Every September, the U.S. Census Bureau unveils crucial data on Americans' poverty, health, and income for the previous year. The just-released 2023 results (https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-283.html) undersc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Women's Policy Research issued the following news release: New data released today shows that in 2023, the gender wage gap worsened as women who worked full-time year-round were paid just 82.7 cents for every dollar a man makes. This is down from 84 cents on the dollar in 2022, marking the first time the gender wage gap has widened significantly since 2003. The data showed that the gender earnings ratio widened between all working women and wo more PR

AURORA, Colorado, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer issued the following news release: (San Diego, Calif.--September 10, 2024, 10:35 a.m.) -- The c-Met-directed antibody-drug conjugate telisotuzumab vedotin demonstrated durable responses and an acceptable safety profile in patients of Asian race with c-Met protein-overexpressing, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) wildtype (WT), locally advanced/metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology issued the following news release: Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $321.7 million in July 2024. Orders declined 19.3% from June 2024 and declined 7.8% compared to July 2023. Year-to-date orders reached $2.53 billion, a decline of 10.5% from the first seven months  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The March of Dimes issued the following news: * * * More than 100 hospitals closed their obstetric units, forcing millions of families to find other places for essential maternity care * * * ARLINGTON, VA, September 10, 2024 -- March of Dimes today released "Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the US (https://us5.myiphide.com/index.php?q=m9as1KieZZWtqthlppSnl5ulm5SepcerX5_Ym5Cdk52l)," highlighting the worsening state of maternity care access across the more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: Every year, $4 billion or more flows from the federal government to states for workforce training and development. Add to that the billions of dollars being invested over the next five years in local economies under laws such as the CHIPS and Science Act (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-federal-state-and-local-leaders-can-leverage-the-chips-and-science-act-as-a-landmark more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Association of State Chief Information Officers issued the following news release: State chief information officers (CIOs) and state chief digital officers (CDOs) recognize the importance of high data quality -- especially as a critical determinant of successful artificial intelligence (AI) -- but a majority have concerns about data quality, according to a new report published by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers  more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Negative Population Growth issued the following news release: * * * Explore the critical connection between population growth and the spread of infectious diseases in the latest NPG Forum paper * * * Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) proudly announces the release of a groundbreaking Forum paper titled "Disease Pandemics and the Population Factor," authored by Nathanial Gronewold. This pivotal paper sheds light on the potential dangers posed by  more PR

GLEN BURNIE, Maryland, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The State Educational Technology Directors Association issued the following news release: * * * The latest survey from SETDA identifies key edtech trends and priorities for state K-12 policy-makers as pandemic-era funds disappear. * * * Today, SETDA, the member association representing state and territorial educational technology and digital learning leaders, published its third annual 2024 State EdTech Trends Report [View report in the link at bo more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Allen Institute issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * New research center at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study how climate change affects marine life * * * Climate change is rapidly reshaping our oceans, stressing the nervous systems of marine organisms that have evolved over millions of years. Scientists now face a critical question: How do these environmental shifts affect these animals' ability to sens more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) today published a new report, "Improving Housing for Working Americans," authored by Richard D. Kahlenberg, Director of Housing Policy and Director of PPI's American Identity Project. The report tackles the rising housing costs and offers pragmatic solutions to improve affordability for working families across the United States. This new  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, issued the following news: * * * Our Impact: Five Years of Teaching The 1619 Project * * * On August 18, 2019, The New York Times Magazine published a special issue, The 1619 Project. It called readers to recognize the foundational role of the institution of slavery in the United States and the often unacknowledged contributions of Black Americans in moving the country toward the more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following Q&A on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * Housing is front and center in both of the major parties' campaigns for the White House. Voters, particularly young voters (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/young-voters-harbor-deep-worries-inflation-debt-housing-rcna169421), consistently rank concerns around housing as one the leading issues that will determine who they vote for in November. A recent poll found (https://news.umi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- PRRI (formerly the Public Religion Research Institute) issued the following news release: * * * Authoritarian views most prevalent among those who hold favorable views of Trump, supporters of Christian nationalism, white evangelical Protestants, and weekly churchgoers * * * In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building in 2021 and as the Project 2025 blueprint looms over the 2024 election, a new PRRI survey of more than 5,000 Americans  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Susan G. Komen(R) Urges Access to Affordable Care * * * WASHINGTON, DC - Susan G. Komen(R), the world's leading breast cancer organization, today commends the implementation of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that mammography report more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- PEN International issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * The targeting of Yavuz Ekinci sends a dangerous warning to fellow writers in Turkiye, who risk being vilified and sent to jail merely for writing books that ostensibly do not toe the official line or dare explore difficult themes. The PEN movement will closely monitor Ekinci's preposterous trial and calls for his years-long ordeal to end once and for all,' Burhan Sonmez, PEN International more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- CTIA-The Wireless Association issued the following news release: * * * Wireless networks supported the biggest year-over-year increase in data traffic, and cumulative investment reached $705 billion. * * * Wireless networks are supporting unprecedented growth in data traffic, hosting an extraordinary 100.1 trillion megabytes in 2023, marking the biggest year-over-year increase in history and an 89% increase since 2021, according to CTIA's 2024 Annual Wireless more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- UnidosUS issued the following news release: * * * Healthcare and gun violence round up the top five priorities for the state's Latino voters * * * UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, today released findings from its 2024 Pre-Election Poll of Pennsylvania's Hispanic Electorate. The data shows that the top five priorities for Pennsylvania Latino voters, two months out from the election, are dominated by cost-of-living i more PR