GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Sept. 23 -- Davenport University issued the following news: * * * Davenport puts spotlight on accounting, finance and insurance careers Davenport University students interested in careers in accounting, finance and insurance had two unique opportunities on the W.A. Lettinga Grand Rapids Campus recently to learn about those career fields and connect with industry experts. Accounting and Finance Forum The first opportunity available to students was an Accounting and Fi more PR

STATESBORO, Georgia, Sept. 23 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: * * * HMGMA donates $100,000 to establish scholarship at Georgia Southern University Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) announced a $100,000 donation to Georgia Southern University during the Eagles' football game against the University of Maine on Sept. 20. The gift, presented on the field by HMGMA Chief Administrative Officer Brent Stubbs to Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero, fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Combat Political Redistricting Abuse * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), alongside Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA), is introducing legislation to combat partisan efforts to gerrymander congressional districts ahead of the next census in 2030. The Redistricting Reform Act would prohibit states from mi more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Local leaders lift their voices * In response to proposed funding threats to government wildlife scientists, the Maine Chapter of The Wildlife Society's Conservation Affairs Committee have voiced their conc more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news: * * * New Report: Maine "GOP Candidates for Governor Promise Abortion Restrictions" * Maine's Republican gubernatorial candidates agree on one thing: taking away women's reproductive rights. At a debate last week, a gathering of Maine's Republican gubernatorial candidates all voiced their support for plans to rip away reproductive care from women across the state and push an abortion ban that is out-of- more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New York Urged to Include Wolves in State's Wildlife Action Plan * ALBANY, N.Y. -- Conservation groups over the weekend urged the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to follow the lead of neighboring Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire in acknowledging that wolves are likely already in the region and deserve concerted action to recover and protect them.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Raises Alarm Over Reports of Attorneys Blocked from Routine ICE Check-Ins in Maine, Requests Official Oversight Tour of Scarborough Facility * Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is raising concerns about reports that attorneys have been prohibited from accompanying their clients during routine check-ins at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Maine. In a letter to D more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Smith and Bacon and Senators Hirono and Collins Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Close Loophole that Impacts Adoptee Families * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act, which would grant U.S. citizenship to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Support House-Passed Continuing Resolution, Avert Shutdown U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor today to urge her colleagues to support the continuing resolution passed by the House of Representatives to prevent a harmful government shutd more PR