News by subject: AVO

This week, July 15th, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will mark the 900th day that it has failed to release a cost estimate for its Energy Master Plan (EMP)....

A survey (https://committeetounleashprosperity.com) of the employment history of 68 top officials in the Biden Administration ? starting with the president himself ? shows most of the nation's senior executive branch policymakers have zero experience...

A complete collection of quotes and posts from Republican representatives and senators casting doubt on the 2020 election is now available at the2020election.org. The non-partisan A-Mark Foundation, which describes itself as a Santa Monica-based...

After reviewing every claim of fraud and irregularities brought by Donald Trump and his supporters in all 64 cases challenging the 2020 election, a group of notable conservatives has reached the "unequivocal" conclusion that Trump's claims of...

Hockey Canada understands that trust is earned, not given. For decades, we have worked to earn your trust. You have rewarded us for those efforts by allowing us to provide positive hockey experiences to generations of young Canadians from coast to...

Critics condemning Canada for releasing an overhauled gas turbine to Germany for Nord Stream 1, in conflict with Canada's sanctions against Russia, fail to recognize the gravity of Germany's energy crisis, says Friends of Science. In addition to the...

Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court recent decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance for pharmacies that sets forth their...

AT&T Alascom workers represented by Teamsters Local 959 have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The 175 tower climbers, technicians and other frontline workers who build, maintain and monitor Alaska's telecommunications infrastructure are...

Christopher Shaw, the 41-year-old black man who was paralyzed by a Beumont Police Officer while he was in custody for public intoxication on June 12, 2021, will join his attorneys and representatives from Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition...

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls hosted an all-women-led symposium at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC. This event brought together formerly incarcerated women, social...

The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) applauds the Pennsylvania General Assembly for passing S.B. 982, helping to secure future state elections for years to come. The bill reduces outside influence in election administration by funding...

Today's 100-basis-point rate hike from the Bank of Canada is aimed at quelling 40-year-high inflation and soaring prices that are profoundly affecting Canadian consumers as well as the country's manufacturers. A new Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters...

ID.me, the secure digital identity network, announced its support for federal privacy legislation today to give Americans control over their private information and rein in data brokers who sell personal information for profit and without consent....

At a time when every government across the country is contending with a severe nursing crisis that is putting our health-care system and Canadians' health at risk, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is calling for an immediate...

The premiers' meeting in Victoria, B.C. this week illustrated once again the critical need for federal, provincial and territorial collaboration to fix Canada's collapsing health care system. Five million Canadians do not have primary care providers....

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation (AAPS) filed a lawsuit today in the federal Southern District of Texas, against three medical special boards for their threatened retaliation against physicians who speak out...

Close to 200 sanitation workers employed by Waste Management at facilities in Chino and Corona have voted unanimously to authorize a strike against the company. This step follows multiple contract bargaining sessions with the company since the...

The Black Health Committee, a committee of the Alliance for Healthier Communities in Ontario, is launching a new Black-focused Social Prescribing Project. The project will take a holistic approach to improve the health of people in Black communities....

American Jewish Committee (AJC) today released "What is Antisemitism?" ("ma hiya mu'adat as-samiya?"), an Arabic-language video that is the latest effort of the leading global Jewish advocacy organization to raise awareness in the Arab world about...

Negative Population Growth leaders have announced this year's winners of the organization's Annual Essay Scholarship Contest. Thirteen students from across the U.S. will receive checks ranging from $5,000 to $1,000 to put toward their annual tuition....

Today the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a new paper entitled "Three State Policies To Make Way for Young Entrepreneurs." The report asks states to leverage America's new economic landscape to encourage younger citizens to...

A tentative deal has been reached with VIA Rail and Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 just hours before members were prepared to initiate job actions....

Misty Griffin, the author of the best-selling memoir Tears of the Silenced, Consulting producer on the documentary series Sins of the Amish, and registered nurse, has created a petition called #Invisible to help abused children in religious...

In partnership with national nonprofit organization Code.org, over 500 of the nation's top industry, nonprofit, and education leaders today issued a bipartisan letter calling on state governments and education leaders to "update the K-12 curriculum...

A tentative deal has been reached with VIA Rail and Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 just hours before members were prepared to initiate job actions....

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) International, commonly referred to as the "Unification Church," offers heartfelt condolences to the family of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the people of Japan who are grieving Mr....

On Srebrenica Memorial Day, the Government of Canada remembers the victims and honours the families that were forever changed by the horrific genocide that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In July of 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were...

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) for three more years. In a...

A petition signed by more than 1,000 Bay State residents was shared with lawmakers today urging the protection of the competitive electric market in Massachusetts. Signers of the petition, distributed by Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL),...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative impact on Latino students and their families in the U.S., threatening to erase educational gains they have made over the past three decades, according to a new report from UnidosUS. "The...

Our history books frequently recount Black faith leaders taking charge, organizing, and speaking out against laws that disproportionately harm their communities. At a press conference on Thursday, July 7, several community figures announced their...

Transportation and fuel costs have driven 92% of small businesses to increase their prices in the past 12 months, according to recent data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Record-high prices at the pump, coupled with...

With COVID-19 cases increasing dramatically across Canada, the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is calling on provincial, territorial and federal governments to work together in order to increase investments in community-based care across the...

Talks ended between Bell and Unifor's 6,000 members in the Bell Clerical and Aliant groups following a week of simultaneous negotiations, pushing Unifor ACL to declare an impasse. ...

The past six years have seen an escalation of state and non-state sponsored hostage taking which sadly...

Paralyzed Veterans of America National President Charles Brown issues statement today in reaction to the Department of Transportation's release of its "Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights." The document outlines ten fundamental rights...

A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that calls to increase already record levels of immigration would only add to existing economic woes like decreased labor force participation and growing income disparities,...

Tonight, four members of the Cohen / Madonna Faction dispensed with all semblance of corporate governance to push their nominee, Ben Duster, who has multiple business interests in which Steven A. Cohen has invested, onto the Board of Republic First....

The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2023 (CY2023) released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) once again jeopardizes seniors' access to critical treatments and procedures, according to the Surgical...

Following is a statement from President Jen Judson of the National Press Club and Gil Klein of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the selection of St. Louis Post-Dispatch Data Journalist Josh Renaud as the 2022 Domestic John Aubuchon...

Today the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) joined the Center for Renewing America (CRA) in calling for state action against the Biden administration's drive to register and mobilize voters through...

With health workers across Canada burned out and exhausted, surgical backlogs rampant, primary care access limited and emergency departments facing closures, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU),...

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is announcing it has retained Paul Clement and Erin Murphy of Clement & Murphy, PLLC, to represent NSSF in its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in its lawsuit, NSSF et al v....

On the heels of the release of Dinesh D'Souza's film 2000 Mules, which documented widespread voter fraud and lack of election integrity in the 2020 elections, businessman-turned-activist Patrick Byrne is planning a re-release of his bestselling book...

The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recommended that SharkNinja Operating, LLC modify or discontinue various challenged express and implied claims made in a 30-minute infomercial where its Shark HyperAir hair dryer is...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering many bans on tobacco and vape products, but the only one that targets people of color  is the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and vapes, of which menthol cigarettes are the...

As reported by CTV Calgary, on July 5, 2022,...

An ancient Chinese saying goes, "True knowledge only comes from practice in the field." As a political leader who comes from the grassroots level, Chinese President Xi Jinping has practiced his people-centered governance with improved effectiveness...

This past April, the International Raelian Movement (IRM) organized several events aimed at showcasing the plans for the "Embassy for Extraterrestrials" project during which a panel spearheading the project explained the different stages involved in...

Kang Haggerty LLC is pleased to announce the formation of The Whistleblower Advocates, a law office dedicated to representing clients with whistleblower (qui tam) claims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and throughout New Jersey and the Delaware...