ANDERSON, South Carolina, Sept. 26 -- Anderson University issued the following news release: * * * AU launches program based on teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. to begin next summer * * * Civil rights leader and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young has endorsed a summer program at Anderson University that will bring together students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities with Christian colleges to study and practice the principles of civility, pub  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 23, 2024, entitled "Navy Ship Names - Background for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Aspects of Navy Ship Names Two State Names Not Currently Being Used, Particularly Kansas As noted earlier in the section on evolution over time in Navy ship-naming rules, state names were once given to battleships, then later to nuclear-powered cruisers and ballistic missile s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following written testimony by Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd from a Sept. 10, 2024, hearing entitled "The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Noncitizen Voting": * * * Good afternoon, Chairman Roy, Ranking Member Scanlon, and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. In 2004, the bi-partisan Baker-Carter report, prepared by President Jimmy Carter and   more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 23 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Daniel Jackson Evans, a man whose impact on the state of Washington and the University of Washington spans decades and is memorialized in his namesake, the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, died Sept. 20, 2024. He was 98. Evans, a Republican who was twice considered to run for vice president of the United States, championed progressive policies and inspired numerous people to de  more