WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Today, the (Department) announced over $11 million in grants to support the recruitment and retention of bilingual and multilingual educators and provide high quality programming to Native students in an effort to strengthen and revitalize Native American languages. "Being multilingual is a superpower--a powerful asset that can connect students to their identity and c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the winners of the IDB Young Economist Award, an accolade recognizing and celebrating outstanding research by recent PhD graduates with a keen focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. Pedro Miguel Casalvilca Silva, of Yale University, won first prize for his paper "Job Ladder Consequences of Employment Protection: Theory and Evidenc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold a Florida law that prohibits individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms. The AGO and the coalition filed the brief in Natio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Coalition of 20 Attorneys General File SCOTUS Brief in Support of FDA's Denial of Flavored Vape Products, Highlighting the Importance of Federal Action to Support States' Efforts to Address Youth Vaping * * * Amidst an ongoing nationwide youth vaping epidemic, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 4 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Today, Grand Traverse County Commissioner Brad Jewett, 55, of Traverse City, was arraigned before Magistrate Tammi Rogers in the 86th District Court in Traverse City for allegedly engaging services of prostitution, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Jewett is charged (https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2024/September/Jewett-Warrant-A  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 4 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Sept. 2, 2024, at a campaign event at Northwestern High School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon, Detroit. (Applause.) Oh, it's good to be in the house of labor. (Applause.) Can we hear it for Tyrese? (Applause.) Tyrese, I want to thank you for your extraordinary leadership and all of your words and the heart and soul that you put into your work, like I know all the members of LIUN  more