News by subject: STP

Center for American Entrepreneurship Applauds Introduction of the Endless Frontier Act by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Todd Young (R-IN), and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) June 3, 2020 John R. Dearie, President of the Center...

Media Advisory for Wednesday, June 3 at 12:30p.m. WHAT: The Association of Towns (AOT) and New York Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) are hosting a government roundtable with NYS Senator Jim Gaughran (D-Suffolk County) and Assembly Member NYS Fred Thiele,...

Today, at the beginning of Gay Pride Month, John Mason made Minnesota history by officially entering the Democratic (DFL) Primary against sitting Representative Ilhan Omar in Minnesota. "During this especially turbulent time in our history, I am...

Massachusetts today delivers a landmark victory for kids and public health over the tobacco industry by becoming the first state to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes....

Dentists across the State of New York are calling for Governor Andrew Cuomo to rescind his emergency order limiting dental practices to emergency and urgent care and to expedite and immediately approve Department of Health guidelines allowing dental...

A new report by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy is a desperate attempt to sell the American public on the "benefits" of mass illegal immigration amidst an economic crisis that has the vast majority of Americans questioning why we...

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is encouraged to learn some of the steps the Baker Administration and its Reopening Advisory Board have taken regarding the resumption of normal healthcare services, while remaining vigilant about the...

Joshua Casey, a resident of Seattle, has made the decision to join the race for Washington's State Auditor. He is challenging the incumbent who, according to Casey, potentially put lives at risk by not understanding the risks of poor planning for a...

California home sales dropped sharply in April from both the previous month and year as the housing market began to feel the full impact of the coronavirus outbreak and the state's stay-at-home order, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®...

AARP Pennsylvania State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh issued the following statement today in response to the Wolf Administration's plans to increase testing and public reporting of COVID-19 cases in the state's long-term care facilities. "At AARP,...

Today Women Employed joined our partners in the Illinois Paid Sick Days Coalition to deliver a petition, signed by more than 2,000 Illinois residents, to Illinois leaders urging them to pass a paid sick time law covering hundreds of thousands of...

The state of Georgia should be a model for other states to follow when it comes to reopening businesses and jump-starting their economies, according to Citizens for Free Speech (CFFS). The non-profit group dedicated to preserving American citizens'...

Victims of childhood abuse throughout the State of New York were relieved on the morning of May 8th to learn that Governor Andrew Cuomo had signed an Executive Order extending the time in which to file actions under the Child Victims Act (CVA) to...

Apotex Corp. has reached a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division concerning the Department's years long antitrust investigation into the U.S. generic drug industry. The fine imposed relates to sales of a single...

The following is a statement from Lt. Col. Allen West: Today is a sad day in America, in Texas. Just yesterday, I interviewed Salon á la Mode owner Shelley Luther for this evening's virtual event. I was just informed that a Dallas County judge has...

Initiative Petition 34 (IP 34), the measure that would bring a licensed and supervised psilocybin therapy program to Oregon, announced today that the campaign had gathered more than 130,000 signed petitions. This positions IP 34, also known as the...

Sales Tax Simplification in Alaska While Alaska does not have a state-level sales tax, many local governments impose a sales tax on taxable sales.  This impacts companies doing business in Alaska and remote sellers whose statewide sales meet the...

Richard Marcolus isn't your average workers' compensation attorney; and that isn't because he's a Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He's a former Union Carpenter, and current Union Member, who knows what it's...

National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President & CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, issued the following statement today: "Throughout this crisis, Gov. DeSantis has been one of the true leaders across the nation in helping to remove...

Lt. Col. Allen West is again calling for Dennis Bonnen's removal as Speaker of the Texas State House. Bonnen's true character was revealed last year in the Empower Texans tape, he is now punishing fellow Republican politicians who have called for his...

Consumer Watchdog today called on Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to suspend all increases in auto insurance rates through September 1, or the termination of shelter-in-place restrictions, whichever comes later. ...

A sample of votes cast in California's March 3, 2020 election exposed 15 registrants whose voting histories show that each cast two vote-by-mail ballots in that election, according to official data. Election Integrity Project, California (EIPCa)...

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives representing Maryland's 7th Congressional District, will host a webinar to discuss the needs of front-line workers who put their lives at risk to provide essential...

By the time the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ran out of money this week, Maryland-based Capital Bank, N.A., had been able to help 597 small-business PPP applicants get Small Business Administration (SBA) authorization for federal aid...

C Spire today announced that its new contract with the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) will move forward without any further delays....

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today released a framework for the allocation of more than $780 million of federal funds to cash-strapped Bay Area transit agencies through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act...

Five of the nation's largest advertising trade associations today released a joint statement urging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to rescind a portion of Executive Order No. 2020-40 prohibiting certain types of advertising in Michigan. The...

California home sales fell from both the previous month and year in March as the coronavirus pandemic began taking a toll on the housing market, especially in the last two weeks of the month as the state's stay-at-home order was put in place,...

Recognizing state government's role in protecting public health and economic vitality, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy are recommending nine guiding principles that we encourage state policymakers to...

The KW Miller Congressional Committee ("Committee") has delivered a "Fairness and Voter Fraud" notice to Florida Secretary of State, Laurel Lee regarding the pending 2020 Congressional Primaries. The Committee expressed their serious concerns about...

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's expanded orders limiting the rights of Michiganders to move freely between personal residences and to provide for their own basic needs has gone too far, leading Citizens for Free Speech (CFFS) to demand her...

High Times CEO and former Overstock.com President Stormy Simon announced she's running as a Democrat for Utah's state House of Representatives District 21. Simon announced her plans to challenge Republican incumbent, Rep. Douglas Sagers on the...

After a few weeks of conversations with the Illinois State Police, new emergency rules have been issued regarding FOID card renewals, according to Richard Pearson, Executive Director of the Illinois State Rifle Association....

The Michigan Chamber released preliminary results from a survey sent to chamber members across the state on Wednesday, April 8. ...

A critical petition could save countless jobs across America. There is an urgent need to make the government aware the Small Business Administration is failing to fund American businesses, announces Integris Design. Join the petition now to help save...

In a press release today, the Michigan Chamber responded to legislative action in Lansing regarding state government's response to COVID-19. ...

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP), representing the interests of America's 290,000 nurse practitioners (NPs), welcomes actions taken by the governors of Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin to suspend state...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker closed federally licensed firearm dealers after briefly listing them open as "essential" services. The move effectively denies Massachusetts residents of their Second Amendment civil rights, under the guise of...

Experian North America has issued the following statement in support of today's historic CARES Act. Craig Boundy, CEO of Experian...

Today Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation into law that helps Pennsylvania workers, expands healthcare capacity, and strengthens our education system.  While both federal and state governments have acted this week in response to the COVID-19 crisis,...

The construction industry is taking essential safety measures to protect workers and the public from the spread of the coronavirus. Operating under the designation as an essential business as modified today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, crews are pressing...

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, representing America's 290,000 nurse practitioners (NPs), is calling on the nation's governors to take urgent action now to waive regulatory barriers in their states that prevent NPs from combatting...

In an effort to provide market liquidity during the coronavirus emergency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide alternative flexibilities to satisfy appraisal requirements and employment...

At the request of Gov. Newsom, Caltrans and the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) today announced the temporary suspension of cash toll collection at the region's seven state-owned toll bridges in order to minimize toll collectors' and toll-paying...

Before the coronavirus outbreak hit the state so severely, California's housing market was getting a strong foothold, with home sales and prices posting healthy increases in February, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today. ...

Booster, the #1 same-day fuel delivery service, announces today the passage of House Bill 2783 in Washington State, the first statewide bill enabling operations for the mobile fuel on-demand (MFOD) industry. A clean, contactless gas station on...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, a growing number of California REALTORS® this week expect the pandemic to negatively impact their business, primarily with open house traffic, where 85 percent expect a negative impact in that area of...

Tennessee distilleries and other hospitality-oriented businesses have taken a hard hit as a result of the sudden coronavirus-induced downturn. Distilleries have suspended tours, cancelled large events, and ceased production in order to minimize the...

Laguna Residents First (LRF), a residents' advocacy organization, officially submitted a ballot initiative to the city on Friday which, when voted into law, would give Laguna Beach voters the right to approve or deny the development of major...

As the coronavirus continues to evolve, California REALTORS® expect the outbreak to negatively impact their business, primarily in the areas of home sales and time on market, according to a flash poll conducted by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF...