News by subject: LEG

Dove, Verve Records, UMe, and the Nina Simone Charitable Trust have joined forces to create the first official music video for "Feeling Good," the iconic song by legendary musician and activist Nina Simone. Fortifying Simone's legacy, the video...

Patients and Providers for Medical Nutrition Equity (PPMNE), a national coalition of more than 40 provider and patient organizations, applauds the bipartisan and bicameral re-introduction of the Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021. Thousands of...

On the heels of news that the Biden Administration will announce a global vaccine plan, which will include purchasing 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccines to donate to the world, newly released data by Data For Progress and David Binder Research,...

Leading animal welfare nonprofit, Born Free USA, welcomed a new monkey to its primate sanctuary in South Texas yesterday. The monkey ? a five-year-old vervet named Kiki ? was surrendered to Born Free USA by a private individual, who kept Kiki as a...

North Carolina Medicaid enrollees beginning July 1 will participate in managed care plans, the start of a person-centered program that will transform their health care. Community Health Centers (CHCs) acting as Tier 3 Advanced Medical Homes have...

Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that immigration authorities apprehended 180,034 illegal aliens at the southern border in May?marking the fifth consecutive month of increased illegal immigration and the highest monthly total...

The Florida League of Cities, the united voice for Florida's municipal governments, recently recognized Commissioner Gary Resnick with a 2021 Home Rule Hero Award for his hard work and advocacy efforts during the 2021 Legislative Session. "This year...

Three U.S. Senators jointly announced today, at the 2021 American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum, the launch of the bipartisan Senate Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations. Formation of the caucus comes amidst a rise in hate crimes directed toward...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) commends the U.S. Senate for its passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260), which significantly increases investment in research and development, education and training, supply chain security...

ZoomCare, the Pacific Northwest-based innovator and creator of on-demand healthcare, led the passing of House Bill 2508A alongside multiple healthcare organizations in Oregon, including Oregon Medical Association, OCHIN and The Portland Clinic. The...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement Tuesday after the Senate passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act:...

A new economic analysis finds that the Break Free From Plastic Pollution (BFFPP) Act (S.984, H.R.2238) risks crippling American manufacturing, drastically slashing U.S. jobs and making America dependent on overseas countries for countless essential...

A new study led by CT Strategies in collaboration with CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) and the University of Houston's BTI Institute (A DHS Center of Excellence), surveyed and interviewed CTPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism)...

The ties that bind Canada and Hong Kong run deep. The first Hong Kongers arrived here over 150 years ago, and in the years since, Hong Kongers have made incredible contributions to this country. At this difficult moment, Canada continues to stand...

In recent days, Indigenous communities have been faced with working through events that are resurfacing deeply embedded trauma. These events are a clear indication that there is a broken relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada, and is a...

Bill 79, An Act to authorize the communication of personal information to the families of Indigenous children who went missing or died after being admitted to an institution, was passed today by the National Assembly. The Bill, introduced by the...

SB 38 (D-Wieckowski), a bill to overhaul the state's bottle deposit program by forcing the beverage industry to create an accessible recycling and redemption system for its bottles and cans, passed the Senate 23 to 8 in a major victory for consumers...

VERITY NOW, a leading coalition voice on promoting equity in auto safety, released the following statement from Catherine McCullough, a transportation policy expert and VERITY NOW coalition member, regarding Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's...

The California Department of Aging (CDA) announced that California has become the eighth state in the nation to be accepted into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, a commitment to make California more livable for people of all...

The Body Shop US today has released new data that reveals that nearly 70 percent of consumers support the Equality Act, which would update the federal law that currently protects people from discrimination based on race, national origin, sex and...

The Indiana legislature voted to allow high school students, from or outside Indiana, to receive college credit through Cambridge Assessment International Education's (Cambridge International) AS and A Level examinations. With this new policy change...

The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has just filed long-awaited regulations which ensure that egg-laying hens are provided at least 1.5 square feet of living space each.  The regulations also specify space requirements for...

In a stunning reversal, legislation to make the Medical Board of California, charged with disciplining negligent doctors, more accountable to the public was gutted on the Senate Floor on Friday after being in print for just one week. ...

New economic research estimates Section 1031 like-kind exchanges will contribute 568,000 jobs and $27.5 billion in labor income to the national economy and $55.3 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, according to the Federation of...

enCore Energy Corp. (the "Company") applauds the support for existing nuclear power plants in President Biden's proposed budget for FY2022. In his proposed budget for FY 2022, President Biden is proposing up to $9.75 billion in tax credits for the...

The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) applauds the Biden-Harris Administrations's prioritization of public health, including data modernization to support disease surveillance via the recommendations released today in President...

The Concord Coalition today expressed disappointment that President Biden's first budget, covering Fiscal Years 2022 through 2031, will produce annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion for each of those years and increase the debt as a share of the...

The World Dog Alliance (WDA) is an internationally recognized animal protection group. Since founded in 2014, the WDA has worked to improve animal welfare in China. China's amended Animal Epidemic Prevention Law came into effect on 1st May 2021....

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives declared Friday, May 28, 2021 National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day. This resolution, sponsored by Congresswoman Julia Brownley, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Congresswoman Doris Matsui, was introduced...

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat The Government continues to prioritize critical investments in public health and the economy to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and support Canadians who are most in need. Today, the Honourable...

Governor Phil Scott signed new legislation into law strengthening Vermont's captive regulation in a variety of areas. This year's bill, S.88, combined changes to Vermont's insurance and captive insurance statutes in a single bill to help minimize the...

The Broward League of Cities is working to help build consumer awareness about the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Program.  The temporary benefit will help to lower the cost of broadband service for...

NATSO, the national association representing the travel plaza and truckstop industry, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) today commended the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for advancing a bipartisan, five-year,...

This week, Unite Here Local 11 sent a letter to Congress establishing the union's "firm opposition to the 'Save Hotel Jobs Act,'" decrying it as a "federal handout" to the hospitality industry. The bill?which was introduced by a Democratic Senator...

Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted to include an amended version of the Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act (S.684) in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021....

Today, more than 130 healthcare groups applauded the introduction of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 1362, H.R. 2759), legislation that will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries in medically underserved areas have...

Alcohol Justice, the San Rafael, California-based alcohol industry watchdog and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are charging the California Legislature with being under the influence of restaurants, bars and the alcohol spirits...

Chuck Fowke, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from Tampa, Fla., issued the following statement following the U.S. Commerce Department's desire to double lumber tariffs on Canadian lumber shipments...

"We commend Senators Cardin and Portman for reintroducing their bipartisan retirement savings bill, which includes many common-sense changes to current law that improve individuals' ability to save for retirement," said George Riedel, head of U.S....

Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, applauds the introduction of the Sustainable Skies Act by Reps. Brad Schneider (IL), Dan Kildee (MI) and Julia Brownley (CA). The legislation would...

Global Traffic Technologies, LLC (GTT), the global market leader in traffic signal priority control systems, has issued a white paper regarding the recently unveiled American Jobs Plan.  The white paper, titled "Modernizing American Roads and Transit...

Today, by a unanimous and bipartisan vote of 31-0, the Texas Senate passed House Bill 19?a comprehensive reform bill to reduce frivolous and abusive lawsuits targeting commercial motor vehicles. The bill's passage earned widespread praise from the...

Federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation today to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad. Sponsored by U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.),...

AARP has endorsed the Credit for Caring Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide up to a $5,000 nonrefundable federal tax credit for eligible working family caregivers. The bill was introduced today in the Senate by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA),...

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) commend U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for introducing legislation that would allow molecular pathology professionals to continue advancing and offering...

Today Governor Jay Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, into law?positioning Washington State as a national climate leader by passing the first climate legislation to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050....

Ending the captivity of whales, dolphins and porpoises matters to Canadians and is a priority for the Government of Canada.  To this end, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced today a...

The National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA) is excited to announce that a key piece of legislation, the BIG Act (Behavioral Intervention  Guidelines Act H.R. 2877) passed in the US House of Representatives...

As the Emergency Nurses Association finished its Day off the Hill advocacy event, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the ENA-supported Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act....

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, released the following statement from MJ Shoer, senior vice president and executive director of the association's Information Sharing and Analysis...