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Rent-A-Center Names New CEO and More Business News Business

Rent-A-Center Names New CEO and More Business News

CEO changes Rent-A-Center, Inc. named board member Mitchell E. Fadel as its new Chief Executive…

Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018

New Hires at NPR and More Media News News Media

New Hires at NPR and More Media News

Networks Tim Mak joined NPR as a political reporter, covering movement conservatism and the Midterm…

Leadership ConnectJanuary 5, 2018

Oregon Court of Appeals Announces Next Chief Judge Law & Lobbying

Oregon Court of Appeals Announces Next Chief Judge

This week, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced James C. Egan as its next Chief…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

CEO of DC Water Announces Resignation and Other State/Municipal News State & Local Government

CEO of DC Water Announces Resignation and Other State/Municipal News

State George S. Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

U.S. Senate Confirmed Multiple Trump Nominees Federal Government

U.S. Senate Confirmed Multiple Trump Nominees

Multiple Trump nominees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate over the past week. Among them…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Congress

Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

Congress passed a stopgap measure Thursday to avoid a government shutdown, which would have taken…

Leadership ConnectDecember 28, 2017

Kindred Healthcare Agreed to be Acquired by a Consortium of Three Companies and Other Business News Business

Kindred Healthcare Agreed to be Acquired by a Consortium of Three Companies and Other Business News

Merger/restructuring news  Kindred Healthcare announced on December 19, 2017, that it had entered into a…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

President Trump Nominates a Circuit Judge and Nine District Judges Law & Lobbying

President Trump Nominates a Circuit Judge and Nine District Judges

This week, President Trump nominated Joel M. Carson to be Circuit Judge on the United…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

Several Departure Announcements and Other State/Municipal News State & Local Government

Several Departure Announcements and Other State/Municipal News

State A day after the police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia announced his retirement, Virginia State…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017

President Trump Nominated an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and More News Federal Government

President Trump Nominated an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and More News

On December 19, President Trump nominated Susan Thornton to be assistant secretary for East Asian…

Leadership ConnectDecember 21, 2017