News by subject: AVO

As reported by Reuters, Dec. 18, 2020, the Bill Gates-funded Harvard solar dimming project has sparked unease in Sweden and elsewhere. Friends of Science Society is calling for a halt to the Harvard 'solar dimming' project, slated to take place later...

State Representative Eddie Lucio, III (D-Brownsville) today filed House Bill 1093, legislation that would increase oversight of pharmacy benefit managers and improve patient choice for prescription drugs. The legislation is one of the Texas Pharmacy...

Groundbreaking reforms and protections for Illinoisans, which were part of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus's agenda and advocated for by Heartland Alliance, were passed by the General Assembly in Springfield yesterday and today during the...

Consumer Watchdog renewed its call for Governor Gavin Newsom to withdraw the nomination of Dr. Richard Thorp, former president of the doctors' lobby, to the Medical Board of California....

Statements by the Spokesperson The European Union deeply regrets the execution at a federal level in the United States of the first woman in almost seven decades. The EU had called for clemency to be granted to Lisa Montgomery taking into...

Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake released the following statement regarding the recent violence in the Capitol on January 6 and the growing threat of additional upheaval in the days leading up to Inauguration Day 2021,...

Unifor believes the recently announced workforce reductions at Air Canada could have been lessened if the federal government had developed a plan to support Canada's aviation industry....

Today, the American Primary Aluminum Association (APAA) in a letter congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on his upcoming inauguration, called for unity in our country, and urged the incoming Biden Administration to maintain protections for...

Canada is built on a foundation of diversity, inclusion, and acceptance. We celebrate our cultural mosaic, yet rarely see it come to life in brand advertising. That's all about to change, thanks to a bold, trend-setting new effort from Kruger...

Sysco Canada, the country's largest foodservice company, announced today the launch of its "Keep Local Restaurants on the Menu" campaign. This is the company's latest effort under its Foodies Unite initiative which aims to help heal the restaurant...

What: Cuba Decide releases video summarizing 2020 citizen mobilization efforts   Who:   Cubans on the Island and in the diaspora, general community   When:   Where:   January 13, 2021   Miami, FL, USA The following is a statement from Rosa María...

On January 31, 2021 the evictions moratorium related to Covid 19 and a request by CDC will end and thousands of renters once again will face the possibility of losing housing unless local and/or federal agencies step in. Adam Almeida, President and...

The 2020 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) of the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs estimated that "approximately 4 percent, or 120 metric tons (MT), of cocaine shipments from South America made a...

As a living institution mandated by Congress to promote the peaceful resolution of conflict without recourse to violence, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) unequivocally denounces the abhorrent assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6,...

The Real Estate Roundtable last week strongly denounced the planning, acquiescence, and participation in the baseless January 6th attacks on the Capitol and our Republic itself. The images of rioters defiling the Capitol, putting members of Congress...

The following oped is from Dr. Deborah Kerr, Former Superintendent of the Brown Deer School District and immediate past President of the American Association for School Administrators (AASA), who is running for Wisconsin State Superintendent of...

Musical artists The Chicks, Ruthie Foster, James McMurtry, David Ramirez, Eliza Gilkyson, Dar Williams, Ray Prim, Akina Adderley, Grace Pettis, Rachael Sage, and more are set to appear at the "Move Forward Virtual Music Fest" to raise money to safely...

"We have been told by several reporters that the Michigan Attorney General's Office of Special Counsel plans to charge former Gov. Rick Snyder with crimes related to the Flint water investigation. That office has refused to share information about...

OPSEU/SEFPO is calling on the government to enhance PPE and contact-tracing protocols and to consult closely with front-line workers on a safe re-entry plan when Ontario's public schools reopen. "Front-line workers know best what it will take to...

Unifor, ACPA, ALPA and CALDA continue to call on the federal government to make a direct and meaningful financial contribution to our devastated industry, commensurate with the contribution made by other countries to their own sector....

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) urges Premier Doug Ford to deliver on his promise to do everything in his power to defeat COVID-19. RNAO is re-issuing its request to implement ? effective today ? the following measures: A full...

"The Georgia Experiment Has Failed," says Matt Liistro of the Georgia Credit Repair Trade Association 501©. More than a decade ago,...

Members of the American Blueberry Growers Alliance (ABGA), a group representing U.S. domestic blueberry farmers, today provided information to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) during a hearing on the impact of rising imports during the...

WhyWould.com Excerpts from an article in the New York Times; January 1st, 1984 edition reviewing George Orwell's' famous literary work "1984" reads:   ''IN a free society,'' wrote the French philosopher Montesquieu, ''it is not always important...

Next time you go to get your teeth cleaned, imagine spitting into a vial and getting rapid Covid-19 results from your dentist. That scenario is now being advocated by Dr. Joel Strom, a former California State Dental Board President and Adjunct Fellow...

Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute are calling for criminal investigations into those responsible for violence and threats against journalists during last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol....

SEIU Healthcare, a union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, is calling on the provincial government to take immediate action to speed up vaccination of essential frontline workers across the entire healthcare...

Irving Park and Frontage Road in Schaumburg, IL, has 55 acres of wetland in agricultural use. Recently, residents have been informed that Village of Schaumburg entered into real estate contract with Experior Transport. They intend to build a gas...

In line with its mission to promote innovation and business competitiveness, Silicon Valley Leadership Group today announced the launch of its 25x25 diversity initiative. 25x25 challenges member companies to increase management diversity by setting a...

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) today released the 18th edition of the annual Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws (Report), a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to state legislatures seeking to turn the page on a year when emptier...

As Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors, we are profoundly saddened and angered by the violent attack on the United States Capitol and Congress to prevent our Nation's sacred peaceful transition of power.  It was an insurrection, an...

Today, author Barry Robbins announced the publication of his new book of political satire, Oh Daddy Chronicles, which offers a fresh, hilarious lampooning of President Donald Trump and those who surround and enable him. Written in episodic style, the...

This pandemic has been disastrous for healthcare. However, it has presented an opportunity to drastically improve the healthcare industry. The societal challenges caused by COVID-19 and increased friction among communities of color presents an...

Known as "the sneak thief of sight" glaucoma is a difficult disease to detect because it has no noticeable symptoms until it's at an advanced stage and, once vision is lost, it is permanent. Yet glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness...

Glass House Group, one of the fastest-growing, privately-held, vertically-integrated cannabis and hemp companies in the U.S., issued an open letter to  President Donald J. Trump, urging him to pardon Parker Coleman, who is currently serving a...

PRBA ?The Rechargeable Battery Association applauds the Safety Warning issued today by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regarding the safe use of 18650 lithium ion battery cells.  PRBA's policy on the use of these and other...

Florence County has a population of over 100,000 MORE residents than the City of Florence yet the rate of violent crime occurring in the City and the County is almost identical year over year. It is clear our City faces a violent crime problem. The...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters join our brothers and sisters across the labor movement in condemning the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and decrying the murder of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. Officer Sicknick was a...

21 patient and consumer groups issued the following statement regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approval of Tennessee's 1115 demonstration waiver, which would block grant federal funding for the state's Medicaid program....

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) strongly condemns Wednesday's violent occupation of the United States Capitol during the constitutional process of certifying the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect...

David Kilcullen, CEO of Cordillera and one of the leading figures in the field of guerrilla warfare, has warned that this week's attack on Capitol Hill "looked a little like the opening move of a colour revolution, as seen in Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia...

"The horrific assault yesterday on the Capitol was not a protest. This was a failed coup attempt deliberately designed to circumvent the will of the people with the goal of keeping in place the flawed leadership that was overwhelmingly defeated in...

Stop Hate for Profit -- the national coalition of civil rights organizations and advocacy groups behind the largest advertiser walk-out ever of Facebook last summer and September's Week of Action on Instagram -- is demanding that Facebook, Twitter,...

In 1981, the ACLU lost a United States Supreme Court equal-protection challenge to the SSS (Rostker v. Goldberg) because the Court, in denying the ACLU's challenge, relied on the fact that women were then ineligible to serve in combat positions. In...

A December 4 op-ed from the Times of San Diego argues for easier pathways for immigrants to legally and permanently reside in the United States. The piece notes that, while it's relatively easy for foreign students to attend American universities and...

Haliburton's historic Frost Centre is set for new life and a major lift as OPSEU/SEFPO's newest member resource and training centre. The union is pleased to announce the purchase of the property, which is steeped in Ontario's rich history....

Today, more than 200 Civic Alliance member companies issue a joint statement in response to this week's attacks on our democracy:...

The American Board of Trial Advocates is an organization of more than 7,600 civil trial lawyers from across the country dedicated to civility, professionalism and the rule of law firmly grounded on the United States Constitution.  Our members...

United Steelworkers (USW) International President Tom Conway issued the following statement today in response to the announcements that President-elect Joe Biden selected Marty Walsh to serve as Labor Secretary and Gina Raimondo to serve as Commerce...

Marking two years since Rima and Issam Abbas and their three children were killed by a drunk driver, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was joined at a January 7 virtual news conference by Rana Abbas Taylor, friends of the Abbas children, and...