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The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will make an important announcement regarding the Government's efforts to help essential workers and others with temporary status stay in Canada permanently....

The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will make an important announcement regarding the Government's efforts to help essential workers and others with temporary status stay in Canada permanently....

Republican Big Dan Rodimer, running for Texas's Congressional District 6 (TX-06), released a "heart wrenching" campaign ad highlighting the stories of Angel Moms on the southern border. The video opens with Angel Mom Sabina Coulter saying, "Open...

BurkeyLoan Inc. today announced and published an open letter to President Biden and members of Congress. The letter proposes a compelling opportunity to resolve the student loan debt problem for pennies on the dollar. It will conclude an average...

SkyePoint Decisions, Inc. (SkyePoint Decisions), a leader in Cybersecurity Solutions, Engineering, Information Technology Operations, and Applications Integration that specializes in serving Federal Government missions, announced today that it has...

Imagine Publishing today announces the release of In Defense of Liberal Democracy: What We Need to Do to Heal a Divided America by Manuel Hinds, former minister of finance to the government of El Salvador and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign...

Today, REFORM Alliance announced a legislative victory in Virginia in collaboration with partners Justice Forward VA, American Conservative Union and Faith and Freedom. With the enactment of HB 2038, the state's probation population will be reduced...

Experts will speak and take questions at the only annual national conference challenging the Israel lobby's repressive agenda while proposing better alternatives for America. IsraelApartheidCon is solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust,...

The Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons Second Annual Voices Youth Award will be given to a youth who, or organization which has pioneered or been part of exemplary programs and actions to engage youth in the local, regional or global movement...

Moving Health Home, a coalition of pioneering health care organizations with a bold vision to change the way policymakers think about the home as a site of clinical service, officially launched only a few weeks ago. Founding members, Amazon Care,...

The Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB5126, is one step closer to becoming the first climate legislation in the country to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. The Washington State Senate passed the historic and carefully crafted...

The Amistad Project, the leading election integrity watchdog, announced today that it is filing a formal complaint filed with the Wisconsin Election Commission on behalf of five Green Bay residents who allege that city officials allowed private...

A letter signed by 275 sheriffs from all across the United States was sent to President Joe Biden on April 7 imploring him to secure the nation's borders and end the illegal migration crisis raging at our southern border. The sheriffs, representing...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that OK'd the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) media ownership deregulation could be detrimental to women and minorities trying to get a foothold in media ownership. With the case Federal Communications...

On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, the Iranian Professionals' Ad Hoc Committee on Iran Policy sent an open letter to President Joe Biden, chronicling many dimensions of Tehran's malign conduct, particularly its appalling human rights record and suppression...

Today, a coalition of 33 progressive, civil rights, and multicultural organizations sent a letter to Congress and the Biden administration outlining new guidelines to elevate health equity. The effort was organized by the Health Equity Collaborative...

The State of Connecticut has begun efforts to deliver emergency rental assistance to qualified beneficiaries using Yardi's Rent Relief software platform. The program, titled UniteCT, is designed to help mitigate COVID-19's economic impact on renters...

Paulina Fayer, lead proponent and newly appointed Principal Officer of the committee working to recall embattled San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin gave a status update today:...

The Green Park Collaborative (GPC), a major initiative of the Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP), in partnership with Allergy & Asthma Network (AAN), led a stakeholder consensus initiative to recommend outcomes that should be core across all...

In an effort to bring awareness to the current border crisis, Congressional Candidate Joe Collins will be visiting the San Diego Convention Center, where hundreds of migrant children are being sheltered, on Tuesday, April 6 at 8:30 AM PDT. The San...

Military servicemembers and their families make significant sacrifices for the United States, yet many regularly struggle to put food on the table, a new report finds....

The following is an open letter from Sahith Kudaravalli, a high school senior at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. The toll that gun violence has taken on American society is staggering by any standard. According to statistics...

Congressional candidate Dan Rodimer (TX-06) is running to solve illegal immigration and keep the citizens of Texas's 6th Congressional District safe. He has now announced his intention to pass desperately needed legislation that he calls the Angel...

A new analysis from AARP's Public Policy Institute finds that nearly half of older adults purchasing health insurance through the nongroup health insurance market faced unaffordable health coverage in 2019, compared to only 30% of younger adults. As...

Golden Peabody and Emmy-winning Comedian and Actor Amy Schumer is coming out in support of the For the People Act, and so is her toddler son. The mother-son duo show their enthusiasm for the landmark voting rights bill that helps every...

All In Together, a nonprofit bipartisan women's civic education and leadership organization is pleased to present the Black Women Lead Equity Forum on April 8, 2021 in partnership with OWN. Hosted by American Political Strategist Donna Brazile, and...

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, through Nancy Hammervik, the association's executive vice president of industry relations and CEO of the CompTIA Tech Career Academy, issued the following...

Today, President Joe Biden announced a historic investment in infrastructure and good jobs, proposing a New Deal for the 21st century. Not since the Great Depression have Americans experienced the level of economic devastation that the COVID-19...

NATSO, the trade association representing the nation's truckstops and travel plazas, issued the following statement in response to the draft infrastructure proposal put forth today by President Biden. The statement can be attributed to Lisa Mullings,...

National Marrow Donor Program/Be The Match®, today announced its strong support of Texas Automobile License for Life (TALL Act HB780). The legislation will educate Texas residents about marrow or blood stem cell donation, including the need for...

Today, President Joe Biden unveiled his new economic agenda to help America build back better following the COVID-19 pandemic during a speech in Pittsburgh. The plan calls for $2 trillion to be invested in the nation's infrastructure, creating...

U.S. President Biden announced his administration's plans for rebuilding America's infrastructure. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is a long-time supporter of a comprehensive infrastructure package that will upgrade our nation's transportation...

The American Academy of Actuaries is providing an actuarial perspective and actuarial expertise on health equity issues via its new Health Equity Work Group, which introduced its efforts to reduce health disparities and improve health equity with...

HB 673, Gail's Law, by Representative Emily Slosberg (D?Boca Raton) passed out of the House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee with unanimous, bipartisan support.  Gail's Law would require the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to create and...

Republican Congressional candidate Dan Rodimer addressed smears using a selectively edited clip of two campaign ads from two different elections in a recently aired clip-on Erin Burnett's Out Front on CNN. Rodimer brushed aside the false accusation...

As the specialty chemicals industry anticipates new policy and regulations coming under the Biden Administration, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) is hosting its Policy Webinar Series throughout April to focus on these key...

Keifer Rowlands, a Phoenix and Los Angeles-based realtor and out gay member of the LGBTQ community, today announced he has recently been accepted as an active member of the Victory Campaign Board (VCB), a subsidiary of the Victory Fund. ...

The committee leading the recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin issued a statement today, in reaction to his appearance on Sunday March 29, 20201 on CBS' "60 Minutes":...

The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) last week recommended urgent federal action to bring down skyrocketing drug prices before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. In a statement for the congressional record...

Today, Khaled Salem, running for the U.S. Senate against Chuck Schumer in 2022, announced that his American Human Rights Organization is committed to an action plan to help American citizens in precarious global locations. Khaled will embark on...

Technology plays a huge role in Americans' daily lives -- and important questions loom about how to best ensure that all Americans will benefit from high-tech advancements, and whether the tech industry operates fairly and responsibly....

The Schultz Family Foundation, Service Year Alliance and Serve Washington, released a report today detailing learnings from the first six months of the Washington COVID Response Corps, a first-of-its-kind youth service program created to quickly...

The election of Premier Andrew Furey with a majority government provides the opportunity for the Liberal government to reset its priorities to improve the lives of workers and their families. "We've lost precious time during a period of crisis in...

Amid the highest rates of unemployment and food insecurity in decades, anti-hunger experts and leaders are praising the Biden administration's move to reverse a hateful and unnecessary Trump-era rule that sought to limit access to Supplemental...

Republican Congressional candidate Dan Rodimer (TX-06) will be speaking in Laredo, Texas on Friday, March 26, 2021, in an effort to stop illegal immigration and protect the United States' southern border. He is using his speech to outline his plans...

LCR Capital Partners is proud to announce it has joined the Invest in the USA (IIUSA) Leadership Circle and will be working with IIUSA and the EB-5 Industry in supporting the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2021 which was recently introduced by...

The Montreal Economic Institute's Quebec Debt Clock has accelerated since the tabling of the provincial budget by Finance Minister Eric Girard. "It was to be expected that the debt would increase at a faster rate given the pandemic. It will be...

AARP Ohio, the state's largest consumer advocacy organization representing more than 1.5 million members in Ohio, released the following statement which is in whole or part attributable to AARP Ohio State Director Holly Holtzen:...

Today, the National Kidney Foundation applauds the Biden Administration's announcement of its new partnership with dialysis clinics nationwide to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination of patients with kidney failure. This new partnership is part of an...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) applauds the recent introduction of S.927 and H.R.2127 Toxic Exposure in the American Military (TEAM) Act, sponsored by Senators Thom Tillis and Maggie Hassan, and Representative Mike Bost....