News by subject: AVO

Today, Project Liberty Action Network (PLAN) launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to spotlight the impact of social media on children's mental health. PLAN was recently formed to address the societal harms of social media and technology by...

Teamsters rallied at San Francisco City Hall today with San Francisco elected officials and fellow union affiliates of the California Labor Federation to demand the passage of Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a bipartisan bill that would require a trained...

Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) Chancellor Dr. Curtis L.Ivery applauds Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's formation of the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP) to provide pathways to...

WHO The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) represents the professional interests of the 3,000-plus pilots who fly in the service of NetJets Aviation, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.   WHAT Informational picketing by...

Teamsters Local 340 is commending the signing of the Employee Free Speech Act (LD 1756) into state law by Maine Gov. Janet Mills. The legislation bans mandatory attendance at "captive audience" meetings ? employer-held, closed-door gatherings where...

Dr. Arnold Baskies, past Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Fellowship-Trained Surgical Oncologist, and a member of the Coalition for Safe Food and Beverage Choices Expert...

"There is only one WHO review that addresses the safety of foods and beverages. It is the JECFA review, which reaffirmed aspartame's safety, and is consistent with the FDA's long-standing position....

The following statement is on behalf of Kevin Keane, Interim President and CEO of American Beverage, in response to the World Health Organization Review of Aspartame:...

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) welcomes today's news that both the union and the employer accepted the terms of settlement proposed by the mediator putting an end to the strike at BC ports. The past 13 days were painful and...

Workers from hospitals across Toronto held a series of rallies today outside St. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, and Providence Healthcare to speak out against the Ford government's plan to privatize hospital services. Healthcare...

At a Department of Insurance hearing today, the non-profit organization Consumer Watchdog will propose that California build a public model to predict the risk of wildfires and prevent insurance price-gouging and bias. Insurance companies are barred...

The total number of oil drilling permits issued blew past 15,000 since Governor Newsom took office in 2019, while nearly all permits issued in the first six months of 2023 were to fix unproductive wells, not to drill new ones, Consumer Watchdog and...

On July 13, 2023, Liberty Hill Foundation announced the release of its new Power of Persistence Report, highlighting the decade-long battle local residents and community organizers have fought to end toxic neighborhood oil drilling in Los Angeles....

Unifor has set a strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday July 18 for more than 3,700 frontline grocery workers at 27 Metro stores across the GTA....

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a request from the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Cybersecurity Rule from...

Registered nurses at Mercy Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold an informational picket outside the hospital on July 17 in response to corporate owner Trinity Health recently closing 20 intermediate care...

The Teamsters are calling on the U.S. Senate to pass the American Food for American Schools Act, sponsored by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH)....

The TSC Alliance lauds the Alabama State Legislature, in particular Rep. Chris Pringle, for appropriating funding to support the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) TSC Center of Excellence. The UAB TSC Center of Excellence, located in...

A New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDStm title has been set for the Longest Drag Artist Stage Show. The 48-hour glittery extravaganza, known as DRAG-A-THON, kicked off on Monday, July 10, 2023, with the goal to break the existing 36 hours, 36 minutes and 40...

Facing another senseless act of violence and unbearable loss in the orthopaedic community, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) stands united in support of greater protection for physicians and other health care professionals who have...

Today, GO2 for Lung Cancer (GO2) applauded the efforts of a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers to address the public health imperative affecting women impacted by lung cancer ? the leading cause of cancer death among women. ...

Six premiers welcomed the call for increased planning and execution of sustained investment in national trade infrastructure at a breakfast meeting held July 12 with a group of leading business organizations championing a Canada Trade Infrastructure...

The National Police Federation (NPF) today released a discussion paper and hosted a breakfast panel during the Summer 2023 Meeting of Canada's Premiers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The paper, titled Smart Bail Initiatives: A Progressive Approach to...

California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles (AVs) weighing over 10,000 pounds, unanimously passed the Senate Transportation Committee today with bipartisan...

Today, JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, urged members of the...

Canada's Premiers began their annual summer meeting by expressing their support for communities across the country coping with the effects of wildfires and praising the dedication of emergency responders in these challenging times. At their meeting...

Congress can take steps to help build a healthcare workforce more closely aligned with America's evolving healthcare needs by passing the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), according to the American Academy of Hospice...

Today, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced a consultation for feedback on proposed changes to the Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) and Mortgage Insurer Capital Adequacy Test (MICAT) guidelines. These changes...

Lars Mapstead, seeking the Libertarian nomination for President, will be making a highly anticipated appearance at...

Today, Legal Voice, advocates for justice and gender liberation, filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the State of Idaho, alleging that the recently passed 'Abortion Travel Ban', §18-623, offends both the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment...

China and the Solomon Islands announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring "mutual respect and common development for a new era," in a move to upgrade bilateral ties during the Pacific nation leader's visit to...

The National Owner Operators Association (TNOOA), a prominent trucking business association representing over 35,000 hard-working men and women across the United States, is proud to endorse Nate Cain, a Republican candidate running for Congress in...

More than half of business owners (53%) say the strike at the Port of Vancouver will affect their operations, according to preliminary survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). With no resolution in sight, three...

A news report from Beijing Review: To understand Chinese modernization, one must understand the evolution of the Communist Party of China (CPC), participants said at a forum on innovating the international image communication of the CPC on July 6 in...

Elon Musk's Twitter has banned the top critic of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software from promoting videos of critical safety defects in Tesla's flagship software. The promoted tweets included videos of Tesla Full Self-Driving failing to stop at...

Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the murder of Mexican journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez, whose body was...

The Texas Legislature is poised to approve more than $18 billion to rein in Texas property taxes. The compromise reached between the House and Senate will include a $100,000 homestead exemption, $12 billion to buy down local school tax rates, and a...

The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest independent kidney patient organization in the nation, celebrated the fourth anniversary of the historic 2019 Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health by recognizing The...

A San Francisco judge today approved a pretrial diversion agreement for Collier Gwin, the Jackson Square business owner who attempted to move an unhoused woman with a garden hose as he was cleaning outside his storefront. Gwin, an art gallery owner...

WHO:  Newly formed organization, The Committee to Restore Nymox Shareholder Value, Calls for Shareholder Support WHAT:  Following the distribution of a press release by Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (the Company) regarding a NASDAQ Hearing Delist...

As nonprofits struggled to pivot when the pandemic disrupted traditional programs and fundraising avenues, they began to implement digital tools to assist their efforts. These tools continue to collect more valuable data than most nonprofits realize....

The Ontario Energy Association (OEA) welcomes the Government of Ontario's Powering Ontario's Growth Plan ["the Plan"]. "The OEA is pleased to see the government of Ontario proactively planning ahead for the clean energy needs of Ontario's growing...

Russia has been waging a brutal campaign against Christians in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, cautions Global Christian Relief, America's leading watchdog of Christian persecution. Russian soldiers have destroyed, damaged or looted...

Calling all past, present, and future Birthing Center parents, kids, families, and friends, The North Central Massachusetts Legislative Delegation in conjunction with...

Chinese President Xi Jinping highly values culture and has a profound understanding of human civilization. For President Xi, culture plays a unique and irreplaceable role in the rejuvenation of China and the building of a global community of shared...

President Xi Jinping has called on east China's Jiangsu Province to take the lead and set an example in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military...

President Xi Jinping has called on east China's Jiangsu Province to take the lead and set an example in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military...

On June 30th, Patrick L. Riley officially declared his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, with a mission to restore the integrity of the Constitution, revitalize the American dream, and usher in a new era of prosperity for all...

RONA inc., one of Canada's leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 425 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners headquartered in Boucherville, in Québec,...

Wade Oosterman, Bell Media President, today released the following statement: "As Meta continues with its plan to block Canadian news content from its digital platforms, we are immediately pausing our advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Like many...