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Americans for Tax Reform President Norquist Appears on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to Discuss Ending Inflation Tax on Capital Gains (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following news:
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Norquist and Kudlow: Help the Middle Class by Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains
ATR President Grover Norquist appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss ending the inflation tax on capital gains.
Transcript:
Norquist: "The government creates inflation, the government shouldn't profit by the inflation they create by raising taxes on people who own crypto, or the more than fifty percent of people who have houses, the more than sixty percent of more PR
APA Board Issues Letter on Proposed Cuts to Philosophy Program at the University of Exeter (10)
NEWARK, Delaware, Aug. 21 -- The American Philosophical Association issued the following news:
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APA board issues letter on proposed cuts to philosophy program at the University of Exeter
By Erin Shepherd
On Thursday, August 20, the board of officers of the American Philosophical Association issued a letter to the University of Exeter administration in response to proposed cuts to the university's philosophy program.
The letter reads, in part,
Exeter's philosophy program is strong and growing, both educationally and financially. Deman more PR
APA Endorses ACLS Statement on the National Call to Action Issued by the US Secretary of Education (10)
NEWARK, Delaware, Aug. 21 -- The American Philosophical Association issued the following news:
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APA Endorses ACLS Statement on the National Call to Action Issued by the US Secretary of Education
By Erin Shepherd
The APA has joined more than 20 other scholarly societies endorsing the ACLS statement on the National Call to Action issued by the US Secretary of Education.
The statement reads, in part,
In an August 3 public letter, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a National Call to Action, citing a decline in Americans' trust more PR
BLS Issues Report on State Employment and Unemployment July 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- State Employment and Unemployment July 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics -Aug. 21, 2026 (20 pages)
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Unemployment rates were lower in July in 10 states and stable in 40 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve states had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District had decreases, and 28 states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 4.1 percent, changed little both over the mon more PR
Catawba College Names Ross Roberts Director of Tom Smith Business Fellows Program (10)
SALISBURY, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Catawba College posted the following news:
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Catawba College Names Ross Roberts Director of Tom Smith Business Fellows Program
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Catawba College's Ralph W. Ketner School of Business (KSOB) has named Ross Roberts, Associate Professor of Accounting, as the next Director of the Tom Smith Business Fellows Program, one of the school's signature student development programs.
Roberts succeeds Dr. Christine Lynn, who helped build the program during her tenure at Catawba and has since joined the Rowan Count more PR
Construction Employment Increases In 36 States And D.C. From July 2025 To July 2026; 28 States Add Jobs From June To July As Association Warns More Jobs Are At Risk (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 21 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release:
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Construction Employment Increases In 36 States And D.C. From July 2025 To July 2026; 28 States Add Jobs From June To July As Association Warns More Jobs Are At Risk
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Texas and Louisiana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Lag; Illinois and Mississippi Top Monthly Gainers, While Texas and West Virginia Have the Largest Monthly J more PR
Del. State Dept.: Compass Grant Turns $1 of State Funds Into $117 for Delaware Small Businesses (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 22 -- Delaware Department of State issued the following news:
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The Compass Grant Turns $1 of State Funds into $117 for Delaware Small Businesses
WILMINGTON, Del. -- When a small business in Delaware wants to grow by selling to customers in other countries, the costs can add up fast, especially with trade shows, international travel, insurance, and market research. The Compass Grant helps cover those costs.
Administered by Export Delaware, a division of the Delaware Department of State, the Compass Grant offers Del more PR
Event highlights credit union solutions to housing challenges (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news:
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Event highlights credit union solutions to housing challenges
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The Cooperative Credit Union Association (CCUA) and Delaware credit unions joined Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) this week for an event commemorating the enactment of the Credit Union Board Modernization Act she co-sponsored. Blunt Rochester hosted a press conference in Wilmington to spotlight the larger legislative package, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and more PR
ICYMI: Senator Coons Highlights 4-H and FFA as a Way to Take Onyouth Loneliness in New Op-ed (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2026:
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ICYMI: Senator Coons highlights 4-H and FFA as a way to take onyouth loneliness in new op-ed
"Young people crave the same two things people always have: community and purpose."
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WILMINGTON, Del. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) published an op-ed in Bay to Bay News highlighting how Delaware's 4-H and FFA programs are giving young people a sense of community and purpose at a time when young people a more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Law Enforcement Funding (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 22 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Joins Multistate Coalition to Protect Law Enforcement Funding
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit over the unlawful imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally-authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement more PR
N.J. A.G. Davenport Co-Leads Fight to Protect Law Enforcement Funding (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026:
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AG Davenport Co-Leads Fight to Protect Law Enforcement Funding
Multistate Coalition Sues Trump Administration for Illegal Conditions on Law Enforcement Grants
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Today, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in filing an updated and amended lawsuit challenging the federal government's imposition of illegal immigration-enforcement more PR
Shapiro Administration Awards Over $1.2 Million in Housing and Infrastructure Projects to Rebuild Areas Previously Impacted by Hurricane Ida (10)
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on Aug. 21, 2026:
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Shapiro Administration Awards Over $1.2 Million in Housing and Infrastructure Projects to Rebuild Areas Previously Impacted by Hurricane Ida
This funding supports two projects in federally-designated disaster areas in Montgomery County.
Earlier this year, Governor Josh Shapiro unveiled the Commonwealth's first-ever Housing Action Plan to ensure every Pennsylvanian has access to safe, stable more PR
Six Defendants Charged With Million Dollar Rental Car And Identity Theft Scheme (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release:
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Six Defendants Charged With Million Dollar Rental Car And Identity Theft Scheme
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today charges against KAHEEM A more PR
Two-Day WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon shatters records by raising more than $7.3 million for cancer care and research at Dana-Farber (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 20 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release:
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Two-Day WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon shatters records by raising more than $7.3 million for cancer care and research at Dana-Farber
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Over $87 million has been raised through the Radio-Telethon since 2002 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund
WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon presented by Arbella Insurance raised a record-breaking $7.3 million, and counting, for adult and pediatric cance more PR
University of Delaware and State Agencies Team Up for AI Hackathon at FinTech Innovation Hub (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Matt Meyer, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026:
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University of Delaware and State Agencies Team Up for AI Hackathon at FinTech Innovation Hub
Hennovate the State paired students with state employees to build AI tools for real agency problems
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NEWARK, Del. -- More than 40 students from the University of Delaware (UD), Penn State and area high schools spent three days building AI and machine learning tools to solve real Delaware government problems, as part of the Hennovate t more PR
VA. A.G. JONES BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL DEMAND OF CDL DRIVERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2026:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNLAWFUL DEMAND OF CDL DRIVERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION
Attorney General Jones and a coalition of 21 attorneys general announced a U.S. District Court judge granted a temporary restraining order that blocks the Trump administration from demanding the production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million drivers a more PR
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