WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Financial Services] -- The American Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * ABA Elects Officers, Board for 2026-2027 * WASHINGTON -- Members attending the American Bankers Association's annual convention in Salt Lake City have elected new ABA officers and directors to serve on ABA's board for the 2026-2027 association year. The new officers are: CHAIR: Catherine Owen, executive chair, Eagle Bank & Trust Company, and chair and CEO, State Holding Company, Little Rock, Ark.; *CHAIR-ELECT: J more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 27 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Davidson Institute Hosts a Conversation With Henry Paulson '68 The former Treasury secretary explores the implications of AI for economic statecraft. Written by Charlotte Albright 10/27/2026 Former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson '68 says his high-powered career route through banking, government, and environmental conservation has been largely unplanned but "synergistic." Paulson spoke Oct. 22 about his life and work with Emily Blanchard, profes more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Harrington, Lowry, Nichols to Speak at ATU Nov. 10 * Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center at Arkansas Tech University will host a Meet the Authors event featuring Neal Harrington, Karl G. Lowry and J.L. Nichols on Tuesday, Nov. 10. It will take place in room 300 of Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center, 305 West Q Street in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a welcome more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Engineering] -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers posted the following news: * * * IFPTE Backs Pro-Worker Candidates for 2026 U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Elections * The 2026 Congressional elections come at a pivotal moment in American history and will have a monumental impact on working people and union members throughout the United States. All 435 seats in House of Representatives, plus 6 nonvoting delegate seats, and 33 of the 100 Senate seats are up for  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following audit report entitled "Inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Federal Correctional Institution Berlin": Here are excerpts: * * * Between Monday, January 12, and Thursday, January 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an unannounced, on-site inspection of Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Berlin in Berlin, New Hampshire. The institution houses both Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates and d more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees posted the following news release: * * * Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses New Jersey's Adam Hamawy for Election to Congress * Join the 150,000 AFGE members who have already made the switch to E-Dues. Contact: Tim Kauffman 202-374-6491 tim.kauffman@afge.org BRIDGETON, N.J. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Adam Hamawy for election to the U.S. House representing New Jersey's 12th Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: Anti-Trans Attacks Will Backfire in Midterms * Republican candidates and their allies continue to pour money into attacks on transgender Americans. According to AdImpact, they have spent more than $280 million on anti-trans broadcast and connected TV ads this cycle -- in an effort to distract voters from the affordability crisis and the war in Iran and deflect from their own records. But poll after poll shows the strategy is more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: How Democrats Are Using Abortion in Their Closing Pitch * RE: How Democrats Are Using Abortion in Their Closing Pitch DATE: October 27, 2026 With one week until Election Day, Democrats in races up and down the ticket are making reproductive freedom a central closing argument. Across ads, debate stages, and campaign events, candidates are exposing Republicans' support for abortion  more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Kelly Ayotte, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * October 27, 2026 Governor Announces Federal Approval of 25 Opportunity Zone 2.0 Designations CONCORD, NH - Governor Kelly Ayotte announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved 25 U.S. Census tracts in New Hampshire as federally designated Opportunity Zone 2.0 (OZ 2.0) locations. Selected from 53 eligible tracts statewide, the newly designated areas span all 10 New Hampshire counties, with 17 of the 25 tracts more PR

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: * * * Understanding the lifecycle of the forest * Meg Graham MacLean explores the lifecycle of the natural materials around us in the pursuit of thoughtful stewardship of our world. Mount Holyoke College's Assistant Professor of Data Science Meg Graham MacLean studies how land-use and forest-policy decisions affect the climate. Her computer models follow carbon as forests grow, trees are harvested, wood becomes a product and that product is ultimately  more PR