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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday April 06, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Animal Advocates Applaud Latest Federal Charges for Dogfighting, Bust of Alabama Man for Dogfighting Syndicate
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 5 -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release on April 4, 2024: Animal Wellness Action today applauded officials for charging an Alabama man in connection to an illegal dogfighting ring he allegedly ran at three properties across the state. This is the latest in a series of dogfighting raids by the federal government from Indiana to Georgia to New Jersey to Maryland, whose perpetrator was a senior Department of Defense official. The man, Carl  more

LULAC JOINS MARYLAND GOVERNOR MOORE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S VISIT TO BALTIMORE
WASHINGTON, April 6 -- LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, Juan Proano, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S., traveled to Baltimore, joining Maryland Governor Wes Moore for President Biden's visit following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. In the days following the tragedy, the LULAC Institute, Inc., has raised approximate  more

National Panhellenic Conference: Students, Collegiate Sorority Chapter File Federal Suit Against Top University of Maryland Administrators for Violating Their Constitutional Rights
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 5 -- The National Panhellenic Conference, an organizations advocating for women, issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Today, individual sorority members and a women's collegiate sorority chapter initiated legal action against University of Maryland administrators, demanding a declaratory judgment after the university denied students their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights "in a significant manner." The lawsuit alleges that the administrators impos  more

Security Industry Association Names Bobby Prostko as Data Privacy Advisory Board Chair
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 6 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: The Security Industry Association (SIA) has appointed Robert "Bobby" Prostko, Allegion chief privacy officer and deputy general counsel, to serve as the new chair of its Data Privacy Advisory Board. The SIA Data Privacy Advisory Board - leveraging the collective expertise of industry professionals, law enforcement, security practitioners and data privacy experts - provides information and b  more