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AEI Review Finds Limited Evidence That Guaranteed Income Pilots Raise Employment (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute issued 'What Can We Learn from Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots in the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects,' by Kevin Corinth and Hannah Mayhew. Issued Sept. 11, 2026, the report reviews guaranteed basic income experiments conducted from 2017 through 2025 and finds that employment effects across published randomized trials clustered near zero, while the largest studies showed moderately lower employment consistent with prior research on income effects.
The report ident more PR
Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois (10)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois
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Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 15 in solidarity with nurse colleagues within the Prime Healthcare hospital system who are on strike on the same day at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois to protest the suspensi more PR
FCC Warns Derycom Certification Services Over Falsified U.S. Operations, Unauthorized Device Approvals (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued an official citation to Derycom Certification Services Inc. for submitting false information about its corporate location and approving radio frequency equipment outside its authorized technical capacity, according to agency records in Federal Communications Commission DA 26-970 (File No.: EB-SED-26-00041408).
The Enforcement Bureau cited the entity for violating agency rules that require accurate disclosures and strict adherence to technical boundaries. The action places the more PR
Illinois State Leaders Joined by Gov. Pritzker in Dedication Ceremony of New College of Engineering (10)
NORMAL, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Illinois State University issued the following news:
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Illinois State leaders joined by Gov. Pritzker in dedication ceremony of new College of Engineering
Sept 8, 2026
New College of Engineering facility supports the next generation of Illinois' engineering students
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Governor JB Pritzker joined Illinois State University (ISU) in officially opening the doors to the new home for their College of Engineering, Campus East. The 392,000 square foot, 28-acre facility provides the space and state-of-the-art equip more PR
Krishnamoorthi Blasts Xenophobic Tweet by Texas GOP Railroad Commission Nominee Bo French Targeting South Asian Students (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
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Krishnamoorthi Blasts Xenophobic Tweet by Texas GOP Railroad Commission Nominee Bo French Targeting South Asian Students
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WASHINGTON -Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today condemned Texas Republican Railroad Commission nominee Bo French's racist and xenophobic tweet targeting South Asian students at the University of Texas, after French posted photos of students celebrating a Longhorns football victory and portrayed them as evidenc more PR
Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states (10)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states
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Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in two states -Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada; West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California -will hold a sympathy strike for one day on September 15 i more PR
Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15 (10)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15
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Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration's retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the large more PR
Rand Report: How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies (10)
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 8, 2026, entitled "How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies."
Here are excerpts:
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State policymakers want to align postsecondary education and workforce development systems, yet limited research systematically examines how states do so. This report presents a first-ever analysis of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans submitted by U.S. states and territories to the U.S. Department of Labor for Program Year more PR
Satellite constellation set to level up service (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, posted the following news release:
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Satellite constellation set to level up service
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 13, 2026 -The final three Boeing [NYSE: BA] O3b mPOWER satellites, F11, F12 and F13, have joined 10 already in orbit following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The launch completes the 13-satellite O3b mPOWER constellation, which is designed to boost glo more PR
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering: Helium Lifts New Quantum Computing Concept (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering issued the following news:
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Helium lifts new quantum computing concept
By: Paul Dailing
Breakthrough from a team led by Jacob Covey, associate professor in the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Physics, turns helium-3's low mass into a quantum resource
September 8, 2026
Helium - the lightest atom that can be laser-cooled and controlled - powers a new design for high-powered, stable more PR
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