News by subject: AVO

On Wednesday, June 14, Power to the Patients will host a pre-game party before the Congressional Baseball Game at The Bullpen in Washington, D.C., from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST with a special performance by the band Everclear. ...

New York Teamsters are applauding the state legislature for sending a bill protecting worker free speech rights (S.4982/A.6604) to the desk of Gov. Kathy Hochul. The legislation bans mandatory attendance at "captive audience" meetings ?...

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 jury trial starting Monday of North Carolina journalists Matilda Bliss and Veronica...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara yesterday approved a 4%, $16 million, rate hike on Allstate home insurance policyholders, despite the fact that the company misled regulators at the Department of Insurance about ceasing new homeowners insurance...

Quebec's criminal court system has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after it was revealed to have held a secret trial involving a police informant, which was...

The Health Coalition on Liability and Access today announced its support for including the language contained in the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act (H.R. 2819) as part of the pending reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards...

This is a statement from cardinal Ouellet :   ''As part of the defamation suit I initiated to clear my name, Ms. Groleau is now alleging that I have engaged in reprehensible behaviour towards other people. Ms. Groleau's view of things is not in...

On Friday afternoon, the leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) introduced a 773-page bill setting FAA policies, organization, spending for the next five years as reported by FlyersRights.org. The bipartisan...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is calling for the province of Ontario to immediately stop Canadian Blood Services (CBS) from outsourcing whole blood collection to a foreign-owned for-profit plasma collection corporation in Ontario....

Internet for Growth, a nationwide coalition of small business owners and content creators who rely on digital advertising to create jobs and economic growth, has announced a new Advisory Council to guide coalition growth, member engagement, and...

Registered nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses who provide public health services and care to approximately 150,000 Ontario residents in Hastings Prince Edward County are headed into conciliation talks with their employer...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is formally opposing the merger of The Kroger Company and Albertsons Companies, Inc. currently under review at the Federal Trade Commission. The Teamsters represent more than 22,000 members across both...

Today, as the U.S. House of Representatives begins Appropriations Bill markups, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (Alliance) called on the Committee on Appropriations to remove Sections 768 and 769 from the FY24 Agriculture Appropriations...

The San Francisco BottleBank bottle deposit return pilot featuring trucks rotating between supermarket parking lots has burned through over $3.6 million in state grants and services for trucks, labor, consultants, technology, and SF Conservation...

Barbara Comstock, Executive Director of the American Consumer & Investor Institute, released the following statement after filing comments opposing proposed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules for the stock market that would negatively...

Thousands of hospital staff including nurses, personal workers and lab technologists at St. Joseph's Healthcare Centre Hamilton are taking action in an outraged response to the Ford government's plan to contract out hospital surgeries to private,...

While the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) welcome some of the proposed advances, they are expressing disappointment following the tabling,...

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) welcomes the announcement of an investment of $500,000 from the Government of Canada to expedite the review of the breast screening guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care (Task Force). The...

U.S. aluminum extrusion leader Taber Extrusions voices their support of Senator Tom Cotton for initiating the effort to ask the Department of Commerce (DOC) for immediate attention in protecting the American...

The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends federal lawmakers for introducing two bills in the 118th Congress that will remove housing barriers for pet-owning families, especially lower-income households and...

Moms For America, a nationwide network of hundreds of thousands of moms, reacted today to the news that President Donald Trump has been indicted by the Department of Justice for alleged mishandling of classified information. Kimberly Fletcher, the...

Late yesterday, following two consecutive late nights of 11 hours of hearings, the Equestrian Preserve Committee ("EPC") twice voted unanimously against Mark Bellissimo's two unpopular real estate development projects that seek to convert 600 acres...

New York Geothermal Energy Organization NY-GEO, a not-for-profit trade association, representing the geothermal heat pump (GHP) industry in New York State, congratulates the New York Senate on passage of S6604 yesterday; this...

Thousands of hospital staff including nurses, personal workers and lab technologists at St. Joseph's Healthcare Centre Hamilton are taking action in an outraged response to the Ford government's plan to contract out hospital surgeries to private,...

The Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) is pleased to announce the election of Claudio Polito, P. App., AACI of King City, Ontario as AIC's National President for 2023-2024. Mr. Polito was formally inducted during AIC's 2023 Annual General Meeting...

Yesterday, dozens of registered nurses (RNs) from the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute hand-delivered a petition to University Health Network's CEO, calling for an immediate stop to RN layoffs at the Toronto Rehab-Lyndhurst Centre and the recruitment...

The National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved (NHIT), the first and oldest national non-profit focused on equitable access to health technology for underserved communities and communities of color, celebrated its 15th anniversary today...

Article 1 of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." The observation of Pride Month, which this June celebrates the contribution of lesbian, gay,...

This week, for the first time ever, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) issued a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans. According to the HRC, over 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed in state houses already this year, more than twice the total...

With the new health warnings regulation announced by Health Canada on individual cigarettes, the Ontario Korean Businessmen's Association (OKBA), alongside their counterparts in BC, Alberta and Manitoba warn that these new measures will be largely...

Messaging Architects, an eMazzanti Technologies Company and municipal information governance expert, explains Daniel's Law and how it relates to public information in a new article. The informative article first relates the origin and scope of...

June is National Safety Month, a time to make safety a priority. The largest and most comprehensive survey of American gun owners ever conducted suggests that they use firearms in self-defense about 1.7 million times a year. U.S. LawShield, America's...

Although education is often rhetorically or aspirationally lauded as the great equalizer, far-reaching inequities persist. The legal process is one avenue to address inequities in education. However, the law can also exacerbate inequities. This is...

Today, Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake testified before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the importance of Veterans' access to long-term care. Immediately following the hearing, PVA issued the following...

The National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco (NCACT) responded today to the publication of regulations that will require health warnings on individual cigarettes, produced for the legal tobacco market....

A federal judge has found Canadian Pacific to be in contempt of court after the company forced train crews to work excessively long hours in violation of a court order to abide by the collective agreement and Transport Canada regulations. The...

Advocates voice skepticism of the impact of the DPH decision, as it is the latest of dozens of such closings deemed essential, which hospitals closed anyway, as DPH has no authority to require providers to maintain any service, no matter how...

Many consumers don't realize that each time they swipe their credit card, to pay for a good or service, the business owner has to pay an additional percentage of the total bill to route the transaction.  Unfortunately, due to a duopoly in the credit...

NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, recently urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the blending mandate for...

Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve on yesterday's mass shooting in Richmond, VA....

The American Physical Therapy Association supports new bipartisan legislation that would permanently allow physical therapist services delivered via telehealth to be covered under Medicare. The Expanded Telehealth Access Act (H.R. 3875), adds...

AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel issued the following statement after both the State Assembly and State Senate passed a bill to require drug makers to report planned price increases of at least 16% over two years:...

Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, is calling on the Ontario government to put in place a robust framework to govern the public sector's use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The recommendation is included...

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) announces its support of H.R. 3564, the Middle - Class Homeowners Protection Act of 2023. The measure will repeal the recently enacted Loan Level Pricing Adjustments (LLPA) fee increases and...

The FairTax Act of 2023, HR 25 filed in the 118th Congress by Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-1). Americans for Fair taxation is announcing a prestigious Advisory Board.  The members are: Mike Huckabee, board Chairman, Governor of Arkansas...

Sentrex Health Solutions Inc., a leading provider of health services in Canada, invites Canadians to join in marking International NASH Day on Thursday June 8th. This special day is dedicated to raising awareness about non-alcoholic fatty liver...

Today on Clean Air Day, a group of physicians have launched a new tactic to pressure the federal government to ban advertising of fossil fuel products and services, including oil, gas and gas-powered cars. Samantha Green, a Toronto family physician...

The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C) today released its report titled: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Unmet Mission: Challenges Impacting Prompt, Fair, and Impartial Processing of Federal Employees'...

Today, the Connecticut House of Representatives approved a $51.1 billion biennial budget, which now heads to the Senate, which is also expected to approve the budget before the session adjourns at midnight Wednesday. The package includes $16 million...

Today, FP Canadatm, the Financial Planning Association of Canada, Business Career College, and Kenmar Associates are jointly calling for Ontario's Minister of Finance to reject the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of...