CHICAGO, Illinois, April 30 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The Carnegie-Whitney Grant provides grants for the preparation, either in print and/or electronically, of popular or scholarly reading lists, webliographies, indexes and other guides to library resources that will be useful to users of all types of libraries in the United States. The American Library Association Publishing Committee is proud to announce the 2024 Carnegie-Whitney Award winners, wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: CAIR-GA: Legal groups say repercussions for protesters are worse in Georgia (https://www.ajc.com/education/legal-groups-say-repercussions-for-protesters-are-worse-in-georgia/XUMSPWSEQZH4ZFNY2CHERCDCEU/) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution Representatives from groups including the National Lawyers Guild, Project South and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Georgia as well as some studen  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 30 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disappointed that Georgia lawmakers have passed a new scheme to divert funds from public schools to unregulated private, mostly religious schools. Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed SB 233 into law, which will force taxpayers to fund private religious education across the state. This bill disregards the lessons from other state voucher programs that these  more

BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin, April 30 -- The National Funeral Directors Association issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is delighted to announce that Leili McMurrough, the president and program director for Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, Illinois, is the 2024 winner of the NFDA Inspiration Award. McMurrough received her award during the 2024 NFDA Professional Women's Conference, which is taking place April 28-30 in S  more