FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle C. Reid issued the following Weekly Reflections on Dec. 16, 2024: Hello Team FCPS! As I sit down to share my thoughts this evening, I invite you to consider with me the amazing gifts we each have to be thankful for this winter season. It is so easy at times to fuss about things that pale in comparison to the challenges others around our dear world face. This evening, I wish for each of you that you are abl more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson from a Dec. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "District of Columbia Budget for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Thank you, Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and members of the Subcommittee. I am Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (Council). I am pleased to testify today. Thank you more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Gov. Reynolds today announced she has appointed Chris Cournoyer as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Cournoyer, a resident of LeClaire, Iowa, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. She chaired the inaugural Technology committee, from which position she wrote and managed the legislation that made Iowa the sixth state in the nation to protect consumer data in law. She was also Chair of the Educ more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson from a Dec. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "District of Columbia Budget for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Thank you, Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and members of the Subcommittee. I am Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia (Council). I am pleased to testify today. Thank you more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government released the following testimony by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser from a Dec. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "District of Columbia Budget for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Joyce, Ranking Member Hoyer, and members of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. I am Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, DC. I am joined today by t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: CHICAGO The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce this year's ten recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Serving communities across the nation, the 2025 honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by community members for their expertise, dedication, and profound impact on the people in t more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 16 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: The new scholarship will support advanced study by public school professionals who work in Davidson and surrounding Tennessee counties. Vanderbilt University Peabody College, one of the nation's top colleges of education and human development, is now offering a partial-tuition scholarship for public school educators in Davidson and surrounding Tennessee counties. Teachers and other education professionals who wo more PR