CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America Economic Impact Report Released * * * BOSTON, MA - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and Meet Boston today released an independent economic impact report (PDF) conducted by the Economic and Public Policy Research group at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, commissioned to look at   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Monica Hunter, of Los Osos, has been reappointed to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, where she has served since 2005. Hunter has been Chief Researcher at YTK since 2018. She was a Director of Research at PAST Foundation from 2007 to 2018. Hunter was Central Coast Watershed Program Manager  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Research Note: Most Medicaid Enrollees Work, Refuting Proposals to Condition Medicaid on Unnecessary Work Requirements By Gideon Lukens The latest data for 2023 continue to show that nearly 2 in 3 Medicaid enrollees work, and most of the rest have a disability, are caring for family members, or are attending school (Figure 1). Despite the fact that the majority of Medicaid   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are working to secure immediate and long-term aid to help farmers recoup losses after severe weather events. In two letters sent to Congressional leaders and administration officials, Members called for immediate emergency relief funding(link is external) through the appropriations process as well as inclusion of their Save Our Small Farms Act(link is   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation are working to secure immediate and long-term aid to help farmers recoup losses after severe weather events. In two letters sent to Congressional leaders and administration officials, Members called for immediate emergency relief funding through the appropriations process as well as inclusion of their Save Our Small Farms Act in the upcoming Farm Bill Re  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation issued the following remarks on Nov. 13, 2024, by Director Christopher Wray at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum Security Conference: * * * This 9/11 Memorial & Museum means a great deal to me. I haven't spoken very much about this publicly, but a visit here helped shape some things for me, very early in my time as FBI Director. I was sworn in in August of 2017, just before the 16th anniversary of 9/11. And one   more

LONDON, England, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * - Statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the risk of death seen with Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin) plus bortezomib and dexamethasone (BorDex) versus daratumumab plus BorDex - Full data to be presented at 2024 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in December - Data to be shared with health authorities to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday joined U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) in calling for immediate and long-term aid to help farmers recoup losses after severe weather events. In two letters sent to Congressional leaders and administra  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new exhibit explores the Institute's first Japanese students, who arrived as MIT was taking flight and their own country was opening up. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News In 1867, five Japanese students took a long sea voyage to Massachusetts for some advanced schooling. The group included a 13-year-old named Eiichiro Honma, who was from one of the samurai families that  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: CONCORD, NH. The New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ (NHCUCC) has awarded Cathy Corkery, Sierra Club New Hampshire Chapter Director, its Environmental Justice Award for her decades of work championing the retirement of local coal plants. Corkery's advocacy culminated in the March announcement of 2028 and 2025 retirement dates for the coal-burning units at Merrimack and Schiller   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 15 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release: At the beginning of the American Revolution, the British identified the Hudson River as key terrain. Taking control of the Valley would sever rebellious New England from the rest of the colonies. To thwart that effort, the Continental Army placed a massive metal chain across the river at West Point. Should British warships attempt to negotiate the barrier, soldiers on either si† more