WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education offering recommendations on the agency's proposed initial priorities and definitions, expressing support for the focus on literacy and suggesting ways to enhance all three priorities. The organization offered specific recommendations for each of the three proposed priorities. For the priority on promoting evidence-based literacy, the group supported the more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: U.S. Senate Passes Sen. Ossoff's Bipartisan Bill That Provides Most Funding for Georgia Military Construction in 15 Years * "I call on the U.S. House to pass this bill without delay and get it to the President's desk," Sen. Ossoff said Bipartisan bill includes over $550 million for Georgia military construction projects -- most since 2010 Bill also funds VA for veterans' care & benefits Was more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call for Restoration of Voting Rights Act * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965 that federal court rulings have eroded in recent years. "Six decades after Congress passe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Y'ALLYWOOD: Warnock Co-Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Georgia's Growing Film, Music Industries * Senator Reverend Warnock is championing bipartisan legislation to further incentivize film, television, and music production in the United States, boosting Georgia's economy Georgia is often referred to as the "Hollywood of the South" with entertainment productions providing billions of d more PR