BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * The Governor's Council today approved Governor Healey's pardon for all misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions in Massachusetts. Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, released the following statement in response: "We thank Governor Healey for her leadership on this life-changing issue, and we applaud the Governor's Council   more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release: American Farmland Trust's New England Farmer Microgrants Program (NEFMP) awarded nearly $1M in grants to support New England farmers between Feb. and March 2024. In its fifth year, NEFMP continues to address key barriers faced by farmers in the region, including access to land, farm succession and land transfer planning, and adopting regenerative agriculture or soil health practices on livestoc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 (TNSres) -- CareQuest Institute for Oral Health issued the following news release: A new analysis (https://www.carequest.org/resource-library/estimated-12-million-children-and-adults-lost-medicaid-dental-insurance-after) from CareQuest Institute for Oral Health(R) -- a leading national nonprofit focused on creating a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health system -- reveals that 12 million people across the country lost Medicaid dental coverage betw  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- The Greater Boston Food Bank issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * At The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), we are proud to stand alongside statewide partners in the Make Hunger History initiative. Understanding that hunger is a tremendous problem that calls for lasting, systemic solutions, we believe in working together to achieve the ambitious goal of eradicating hunger through policy, community engagement and collective action. As the large  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Consumer Law Center issued the following news release: Bill limits wages that can be seized and ensures no one can be imprisoned for consumer debt BOSTON - Last week, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed the Debt Collection Fairness Act, which would protect thousands of Massachusetts families struggling with debt from excessive seizure of wages and demands for outrageous interest on consumer debt. It also makes clear that no one   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- The Project on Predatory Student Lending issued the following news release: The Los Angeles Superior Court issued an order on April 2, 2024 in the class action lawsuit Luna v. USC, allowing discovery to move forward and denying most of USC's requests to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims and strike certain allegations regarding USC's misrepresentations about its online MSW program. Graduates of USC's online Master's in Social Work program, which was largely outso  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: The American Kennel Club (AKC), the world's largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for all dogs, is honored to recognize K9 Vishu of Kankakee Sheriff's Department in Kankakee, IL., and K9 Biza of Auburn Massachusetts Police Department in Auburn, MA., with the American Kennel Club's DOGNY Paw of Courage Award. The AKC DOGNY Paw of Courage demonstrates appreciation for the work that dogs do in the servic  more