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After the United States House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 today, U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran issued the following statement:...

Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's 33 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, issued the following statement on today's passage of the...

Today, the House passed the Senate-approved Inflation Reduction Act ? historic legislation that limits the cost of insulin for seniors enrolled in Medicare and extends the COVID-19 expansion of Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance premium tax...

The Walton Family Foundation today lauded House passage of the largest climate change investment in U.S. history through the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden is expected to quickly sign...

Earlier today the House voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill that includes several key provisions to lower the prices of prescription drugs. AARP New York thanks Representatives Tom Suozzi (NY3), Kathleen Rice (NY4), Gregory...

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act (2022), that includes a $369 billion investment in clean energy and climate to put more clean vehicles on the road and secure over a million new good-paying American jobs. ...

Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applaud the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for asking poignant and demanding questions to...

News Advisory:Event: A program to raise awareness of the case of Austin Tice, a journalist and Marine veteran who has been held in Syria for 10 years.  When: Sunday, August 14 at 2 p.m. Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C....

The registered nurses of Baystate Franklin Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted overwhelmingly on August 11 to ratify a new contract with the hospital that makes critical investments in nurses and their...

The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) is following with great concern the situation in Nunavik, which far from being new seems to have reached a critical point. While announcing the release, next fall, of its...

The Canadian Association of Journalists is disturbed by new information about a neo-Nazi plot to kill a Winnipeg Free Press journalist, and calls on the RCMP to clarify what information it had obtained from U.S. police and what steps it took to...

Assemblymember Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) and safety advocates from Alcohol Justice, and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) gathered at a Capitol press event Wednesday to oppose California SB 930. The "gut & amend" bill, authored by Senator...

America First Political Committee today announced that polling shows Republican KW Miller has a double-diget lead over RINO Carlos Gimenez in Florida's 28th Congressional District Primary Race. America First projects that KW Miller will handily win...

The Ford government's flirtation with bringing more privatization into health care as a way to solve the staffing crisis is foolish and dangerous, OPSEU/SEFPO's leaders said Thursday. Health Minister Sylvia Jones has refused to rule out privatization...

As part of President Biden's 2023 budget, the administration proposed severe limitations to 1031 exchanges. The proposal would allow taxpayers to defer up to $500,000 of capital gains ($1 million in the case of married individuals filing a joint...

Senator Anthony Portantino's Senate Appropriations Committee killed good government legislation today using one of the Legislature's most undemocratic tactics, the "suspense file," which legislative leadership uses to bury bills without public debate...

EXCLUSIVE: In the latest episode of The Chris Cuomo Project, Chomsky, the renowned academic, activist, author, and linguist, shares insights into why the paralyzed U.S. political system is unable to respond to the "very dangerous moment" the country...

New Englanders can breathe a sigh of relief after a United States federal court judge for the District of Massachusetts today signed a court order approving an agreement to delay enforcement of a state law that would have banned the sale of pork that...

Dr. Jorge Rodriguez speaks about the possibility that monkeypox may take us back to one of the deadliest times in American history ? and not because of the virus, but because of prejudice EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Jorge Rodriguez speaks to Chris Cuomo about the...

Dr. Jerome Segal, the Middle East expert, who, following his recent loss in the Maryland Gubernatorial primary, announced that he would challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination for President in 2024, has called on the President to...

Men Having Babies (MHB) applauds the filing of the Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act by Representative Schiff (D-Burbank) and Representative Chu (D-Monterey Park). The bill will allow people to...

A new analysis of past in-depth surveys conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland on 20 of the major proposals in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022?related to the...

PsyBio Therapeutics Corp. , ("PsyBio" or the "Company"), an intellectual property driven biotechnology company focused upon discovery and development of novel, psycho-targeted therapeutics to potentially improve mental and neurological health, today...

Despite rising inflation, Canadian corporations are reporting record profits, to levels unseen since the early 2000s. These findings appear in two briefs released today by the Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques (IRIS). By...

METALLICA, CHARLIE PUTH, JONAS BROTHERS, MÅNESKIN, MARIAH CAREY, MICKEY GUYTON AND ROSALÍA SET TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK  PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS TO HOST GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL: NYC USHER, SZA, STORMZY, GYAKIE,...

The TPPPA, a national industry association representing payment processors and banks, responded to the State of California Department of...

Hostage Aid Worldwide is an apolitical organization which campaigns for the release of all diplomatic hostages and wrongfully detained persons. As the world looks forward to the...

A review of California's five big oil refiners' investor reports from the second quarter shows unprecedented, windfall profits that top $1 per gallon. ...

On Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13, 2022, the Professional Bull Riders' (PBR) Team Tour will bring its exhibition of animal cruelty to the Honda Center. Last Chance for Animals (LCA) will be staging a protest at the arena to bring attention...

"President Biden and his Administration must honor their commitment to Native American, Black and other farmers who have been the victims of discrimination by the USDA. In particular, the Biden Administration must move swiftly to enact a moratorium...

The American Legion National Commander Paul E. Dillard praised President Biden and the bipartisan majority of congressional members who supported the most comprehensive veterans' health-care legislation in decades....

I was constructively forced to resign my board positions with Republic. I explained my reasons in my resignation letter to the Board, which I anticipate will be filed with the SEC. As I explain in that letter, the improper and self-serving actions of...

On August 10, federal government workers in Victoria are rallying to increase the pressure for government action at the bargaining table. Date: Wednesday August 10, 2022Time: Rally starting at 12:30PMLocation: Propeller Park, Esquimalt ? corner of...

Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora, president of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, on July 29...

IEEE-USA commends the members of the U.S. Congress and the President for enacting the CHIPS and Science Act. This bill, passed by Congress with bipartisan support and signed into law today by President Biden, represents a significant step forward for...

GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, and Equality Florida are releasing video of LGBTQ families and educators in Florida speaking out about returning to school today with new laws in effect targeting them....

Leading Canadian aid organizations have jointly launched Aid for Afghanistan, a national campaign that is calling on the Government of Canada to immediately act to remove barriers that have blocked and deterred the provision of lifesaving...

For nurses weathering the crisis in the health system, the agenda put forth by Premier Ford's government during Tuesday's throne speech and budget does little to alleviate the urgent issues threatening the health of Ontarians says the Registered...

Recent release "White Privilege and Systemic Prejudice in the Little Red Schoolhouse" from Page Publishing author Scarlet Harvey Black is a candid reflection on her more than four decades of experience navigating ingrained bigotry in the public...

This is an opinion piece by Ong Tee Keat, Chairman of the Center for New Inclusive Asia, Malaysia, for Beijing Review: Chinese President Xi Jinping's Global Security Initiative (GSI) is no doubt a timely call that provides the world with an...

Members of the Fresno City Council joined with health and safety advocates from Alcohol Justice and the Friday Night Live Partnership at Fresno City Hall Tuesday to condemn California SB 930. The "gut & amend" bill, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

The Ford government needs to stop the spin and focus on investing in people and the public services that make Ontario strong, said OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick in response to today's Throne Speech.  "An old budget isn't going to solve the crises...

Biden Withdraws Support of Black Farmers   BOYDTON, Va., Aug. 9, 2022 After fighting for debt relief for over 3 decades, Boyd was elated when the Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color was passed and signed into law by...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara should reject GEICO's proposed $268 million auto insurance rate hike and its job- and education-based discriminatory rating system, wrote Consumer Watchdog in a petition filed with the California Department of...

"AMTP welcomes bipartisan adoption of CHIPS Act funding and its related provisions to secure and bolster domestic semiconductor production here in the United States. It is important to note, however,...

Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) President Cathryn Hoy, RN, says the government's Throne Speech and rereleased provincial budget utterly fail to take urgent action to protect access to healthcare for Ontarians, or to include meaningful solutions to...

Assemblymember Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) will join health and safety advocates from Alcohol Justice,  California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) and the Friday Night Live Partnership at a Capitol press event to oppose California SB 930. The "gut &...

The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), one of the leading conservation organizations in the U.S., has selected Engaging Networks as their fundraising and advocacy technology partner. Engaging Networks' powerful digital engagement...

A new report released by PatientRightsAdvocate.org shows a vast majority of hospitals continue to hide the actual prices from consumers nearly 20 months after the Hospital Price Transparency Rule went into effect....

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today issued an Informed Investor Advisory recommending investors use caution when considering advice from social media financial influencers, or "finfluencers."...