News by subject: AVO

Corporate Campaign ? Gov. Hochul and all 213 NYS legislators are receiving letters via email dated March 12, 2024 requesting that they respond by March 29 saying whether they support Assembly Bill A4574 (Phil Steck, Sponsor) and Senate Bill S1297...

Not wanting Planetary Lifeguardtm to appear liberal, but what can its creator Tom Madden, a lifelong Republican, do when government spending benefits his creation's manifest mission, safeguarding the environment?   The result is his Planetary...

LCBO employees represented by OPSEU/SEFPO are holding a Day of Action on March 12th at 10 a.m. at MPP offices in 11 cities across Ontario....

Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Monday urged lawmakers to push wild horse management forward on public lands, not let it take a step back. Congress last week approved a 4% cut to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro...

Paralyzed Veterans of America Chief Executive Officer Carl Blake issues the following statement in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs' expansion of in vitro fertilization for disabled veterans seeking to grow their families....

The President's 2025 budget request increases Air Force funding by 1.6 percent, but the overall budget falls short of what's needed to modernize and fund the Air & Space Forces at a crucial time in the nation's history....

Over 100 women have signed on to a statement in support of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Signers include Shirley Franklin, former Atlanta Mayor, and civil rights leader, Helen Butler. The statement on DogonVillage.com reads as follows:...

Recent news stories in Newsweek and The Telegraph on a purported connection between gender-affirming hormone therapy and cancer are misleading and dangerous, according to the leadership of the National LGBT Cancer Network, a nonprofit organization...

The Concord Coalition said today that President Biden's goal of reducing future federal budget deficits by $3.2 trillion over 10 years is a step in the right direction, but falls short of what is needed to prevent the debt from continuing to grow...

News Advisory: Event: The Evan Gershkovich Case: Where Do We Stand At One Year? When: March 21, 2024 at 10am Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC Fourth Estate Room, 13th Floor Panel includes: Danielle Gershkovich, Evan's...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien on the final rule from the U.S. Department of Labor for determining employment classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new standard goes into effect today....

Members of Teamsters Locals 570, 639, and 922 testified before the Maryland House of Delegates to call for the passage of House Bill 1447 (HB 1447), legislation that would require a human operator in large commercial vehicles. Similar legislation has...

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) commissioned a survey among likely November 2024 voters to gauge opinion on SB 961, which would require new cars and trucks to be equipped with speed limiting devices beginning in 2027. The survey,...

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) secured a provision in the Transportation ?...

The annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee are China's major political gatherings. The NPC and the CPPCC National Committee are, respectively, the...

A California court's proposed statement and tentative decision in the four-year dispute between the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the California Insurance Company (CIC) (Commissioner of Insurance vs. California Insurance Company) has...

Last night, during the State of the Union address, President Biden announced that the administration was moving forward with a previously rejected pilot program that would waive the requirement for lender's title insurance on certain refinances. This...

LCBO employees represented by OPSEU/SEFPO are holding a Day of Action on March 12th at 10 a.m. at MPP offices in 11 cities across Ontario....

Teamsters testified before the Illinois General Assembly in favor of Senate Bill 3649 (SB 3649). The bill, authored by Sen. Robert Peters, would ban mandatory attendance at captive audience meetings. These mandatory meetings are employer-sponsored...

The Teamsters are calling on Massachusetts lawmakers to vote against H.1099/S.666, legislation that paves the way for the expansion of worker misclassification throughout the Commonwealth. "We should not be changing our laws in support of greedy...

Banning the most common decaffeinated coffee - known as European Method decaf - would unjustifiably deny decaffeinated coffee drinkers access to a safe product associated with decreased risk of multiple cancers and other health benefits, the National...

Internet for Growth, the nationwide small business coalition supporting digital advertising, is urging two new members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ? Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak, both confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week ? to...

The following is written by Avis Proctor, Ed.D., President, Harper College. Our nation finds itself facing a modern-day Sputnik moment. Americans were shocked in 1957 with the news the Soviet Union had launched the first artificial satellite into the...

The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) Copyright Consortium (the "Consortium") is pleased with the Federal Court's February 22, 2024, decision in THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA ET AL v. THE CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY (Access...

For more than 50 years, the Older Americans Act (OAA) has supported the network of state, regional and community-based organizations that deliver on the promise to nourish lives and help seniors age with dignity and independence. This week, Meals on...

Statement from NAA President and CEO Bob Pinnegar in response to President Biden's State of the Union address: "The National...

The economy is growing at a solid rate, unemployment remains low and inflation is coming down. These are all reasons to feel good about our current situation. A more complete assessment of the state of the Union, however, must include the fact that...

Instead of taking responsibility for the border crisis and changing course, President Biden used tonight's State of the Union address to blame the border crisis on Congress' failure to enact flimsy and meaningless legislation, charged the Federation...

NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson today issued the following statement: "Obviously Congress missed a tremendous chance recently to enact pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms in Medicare...

Teamsters are commending the Senate Budget Committee for unanimously voting to pass the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act....

Mobile Infirmary, an affiliate of Infirmary Health, announces today that The Center for Reproductive Medicine will not restart in vitro fertilization procedures following a bill signed Wednesday night by Gov. Kay Ivey. ...

Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the President's State of the Union Address tonight....

Today, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest and oldest independent kidney patient organization in the nation, issued an Official Statement (appears below) in response to the Center for Disease Prevention and Control's (CDC)...

Two investigative reports published yesterday in Le Soleil and Le Journal de Montréal demonstrated how the flavoured vapour products ban in Quebec has failed on several levels and is putting the health of Quebecers at risk....

NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to authorize the summer sale of gasoline...

The Humane League (THL) today releases Common Enemy, a gripping short documentary directed and written by filmmaker Adam Peditto, offering a look at the sobering consequences of factory farms, also known as concentrated animal feeding operation...

The Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) and the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) are hosting the inaugural Angelman Syndrome (AS) Congressional Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C....

The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) launched a new explainer video as part of a nationwide effort to educate voters and policymakers about ranked-choice voting and the voter confusion, disenfranchisement, and errors that come with...

Today, a grim milestone has been reached : 153 days of relentless and indiscriminate carpet bombing in Gaza by Israeli forces. This assault has tragically claimed over 30,000 civilian lives, including more than 15,000 children and 9,000 women1,...

Ceres welcomes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) adoption of the first-ever federal rule mandating the disclosure of climate-related risks from all U.S. public companies. In a 3-2 vote, the Commissioners adopted the Enhancement and...

Grammy-nominated musician and Power to the Patients ambassador Fat Joe will attend the 2024 State of the Union Address as the special guest of U.S. Representative Nanette Barragán (CA-44). ...

In a significant development for cannabis policy advocacy and political representation, the Cannabis Freedom Party is proud to announce that former NFL star and prolific cannabis advocate Ricky Williams has officially joined the party. Williams, an...

Today, nearly 300 advocates from Boys & Girls Clubs across the country will meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. to discuss the issues impacting kids and teens in America. The gathering, from March 5-7, marks Boys & Girls Clubs of...

Paralyzed Veterans of America National President Robert Thomas testified today before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. Thomas unveiled PVA's 2024 policy priorities, underscoring the need for comprehensive...

In another case, an arbitrator ruled Tenet illegally fired a long time RN and union leader without just cause as "an act of punishment and thinly veiled retaliation, " yet Tenet doubles down on acts of retaliation, firing nine nurses who raised...

Today, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, along with Equal Rights Amendment advocates across the country, launched a new "SHOUT FOR EQUALITY" campaign to harness the discontent of women, in all their diversity, and everyone across the nation who...

In response to vague, overreaching Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) policies that are harming ? not helping ? consumers, the American Financial Services Association (AFSA) today issued a call for the agency to use the traditional,...

With the recent confirmation from Ottawa that it owes Canada's small and medium-sized businesses over $2.5 billion in carbon tax (fuel charge) rebates, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government to...

Mission Roll Call urges Congress to support the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill, emphasizing its crucial investments in veterans' healthcare, military infrastructure, and national security. As the U.S. House of Representatives and...

At the Borough Council meeting held on Monday, March 4, 2024, the elected officials adopted the position paper submitted to the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) as part of its public consultation?which took place January 16 ?...