DEARBORN, Michigan, Nov. 4 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) calls upon all eligible voters to vote tomorrow Tuesday November 5, 2019. Polls in Michigan open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. AHRC urges all citizens not to miss being part of this democratic process and practice such a precious right. Regardless of what type of elections, presidential or not, elections continue to be important and very consequential. It d more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- The Committee for Economic Development issued the following news release: Today, The Conference Board announced the appointment of Dr. Lori Esposito Murray as President of its public policy center, the Committee for Economic Development (CED). Murray will succeed retiring CED President Bernard Bailey, effective December 2019. Murray joins CED with extensive experience at the highest echelons of domestic and international policy. She currently serves as an adjunct senior fel more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today joined other environmental and consumer advocacy groups in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Energy's rollback of energy-saving standards for the billions of light bulbs that fill about half of the conventional sockets in America, a reversal that will significantly increase consumer energy bills and climate pollution. "It's outrageous that t more PR

MATTESON, Illinois, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) hosted a ceremony today renaming the Olympia Fields Post Office in honor of Congressional Gold Medal winner and Tuskegee Airman Captain Robert L. Martin, a former resident of Olympia Fields, Illinois. "This nation and our descendants will always need bedrock monuments and testaments to who we were, and who we are capable of being as Americans," Congresswoman Kelly sa more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today announced they are seeking applications for qualified individuals to fill a judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana based in South Bend. Chief Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann, who was appointed to the Northern District of Indiana in 2003 by President George W. Bush, will take Senior Status b more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott appointed Mike Arismendez, Ezzard Castillo, and Ricardo Solis, Ph.D. to the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs for terms set to expire on February 1, 2021. The Governor also appointed Aaron Demerson and reappointed Veronica Vargas Stidvent and Juan Ayala for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. Additionally, he named Demerson as chair of the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- APCO Worldwide issued the following news: Lance Leggitt, Jim Manley and Peter Urbanowicz, veteran strategic advisors with nearly 80 years of combined public and private sector experience in health policy and government affairs, joined APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council (IAC) as senior counselors, Margery Kraus, founder and executive chairman, announced today. "Lance, Jim and Peter bring a tremendous wealth of knowledge gained through years of experience advis more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr urging the Department of Justice to end the federal government's use of for-profit private prisons. It follows their efforts to push former-Attorney General Sessions on the same issue, which he refused to address. The Senator underline, "While the United States is home to less than 5 more PR