WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is probably most well-known for being the wife of President John F. Kennedy. However, some of her greatest contributions were her efforts toward historic preservation. One of Onassis's first actions when the President took office was to give prominence to the White House, America's most famous historic home. She proposed not to merely redecorate the aging mansion but to hi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen spoke yesterday, March 7, about the Peace Corps' role in the Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative (W-GDP) and the importance of expanding economic opportunities for women worldwide at an event held in recognition of International Women's Day at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). "With this initiative, we are able to celebrate the enormous number of p more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, March 8 -- Hood College issued the following news release: The 20th director of the Peace Corps will speak at Hood College on March 17 at 4 p.m. in Hodson Auditorium in Rosenstock Hall. Josephine "Jody" Olsen's visit coincides with the 28th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy establishing the Peace Corps in March 1961. His executive order declared the purpose "to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 682) to "restore the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections." The bill was introduced on March 6 and has 45 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohi more ST

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 693) to amend title 36, U.S. Code, "to require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed on certain Federal property." The bill was introduced on March 7 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., John Thune, R-S.D., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 317 Hart Se more ST