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Bush Institute Launches the United States Afghan Women's Coalition
DALLAS, Texas, March 20 -- The George W. Bush Institute issued the following news release on March 19, 2026:
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The Bush Institute launches the United States Afghan Women's Coalition
Today, the George W. Bush Institute announced the formation of the United States Afghan Women's Coalition (USAWC).
"I am grateful that the Bush Institute continues to support the women and girls of Afghanistan," said Mrs. Laura Bush. "Despite the brutality of Taliban rule and its attempts to erase Afghan women from society, we will never lose hope that our Afghan sisters will one day regain their freedoms."
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DALLAS, Texas, March 20 -- The George W. Bush Institute issued the following news release on March 19, 2026:
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The Bush Institute launches the United States Afghan Women's Coalition
Today, the George W. Bush Institute announced the formation of the United States Afghan Women's Coalition (USAWC).
"I am grateful that the Bush Institute continues to support the women and girls of Afghanistan," said Mrs. Laura Bush. "Despite the brutality of Taliban rule and its attempts to erase Afghan women from society, we will never lose hope that our Afghan sisters will one day regain their freedoms."
Led by the George W. Bush Institute, the USAWC will work to advance policies, encourage solidarity and action, and lift the perspectives and experiences of Afghan women, children, and other vulnerable populations. Through network coordination, targeted thought leadership, and influencer engagement, this working group aims to serve as a beacon of hope and resilience for those committed to a brighter future for all in Afghanistan.
Recognizing over two decades of impact, this effort pays tribute to the tremendous legacy of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council, a public-private partnership that for nearly a quarter century convened government officials, civil society advocates, and private sector leaders in Afghanistan and the United States to improve lives across Afghan communities.
To learn about the coalition, visit bushcenter.org/topics/freedom-and-democracy/advocating-for-women/usawc
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About the George W. Bush Institute
The George W. Bush Institute is a solution-oriented nonpartisan policy organization focused on ensuring opportunity for all, strengthening democracy, and advancing free societies. Housed within the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the Bush Institute is rooted in compassionate conservative values and committed to creating positive, meaningful, and lasting change at home and abroad. We utilize our unique platform and convening power to advance solutions to national and global issues of the day. Learn more at bushcenter.org.
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Original text here: https://www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/the-bush-institute-launches-the-united-states-afghan-womens-coalition
AmfAR Announces Formation of Research Council to Guide Future Research Investments
NEW YORK, March 20 -- AmfAR-the Foundation for AIDS Research issued the following news release:
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amfAR Announces Formation of Research Council to Guide Future Research Investments
Leaders at the forefront of science, including two Nobel Prize laureates, will offer expertise and recommendations on priority, scope, and innovative approaches to amfAR's research pipeline
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Building on its rich history of scientific discovery that has revolutionized the treatment and prevention of HIV and benefited diseases beyond the virus, amfAR announced today the launch of a new advisory group to ensure
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NEW YORK, March 20 -- AmfAR-the Foundation for AIDS Research issued the following news release:
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amfAR Announces Formation of Research Council to Guide Future Research Investments
Leaders at the forefront of science, including two Nobel Prize laureates, will offer expertise and recommendations on priority, scope, and innovative approaches to amfAR's research pipeline
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Building on its rich history of scientific discovery that has revolutionized the treatment and prevention of HIV and benefited diseases beyond the virus, amfAR announced today the launch of a new advisory group to ensureits research portfolio remains cutting-edge, impactful and relevant to amfAR's mission to save lives and improve global health.
The amfAR Research Council (aRC) will help guide the strategic direction of future research funding investments across HIV, virology, immunology, and AI-enabled science. All funded work, whether directly focused on HIV or in adjacent fields, must demonstrate how it can inform, strengthen, or accelerate HIV cure strategies and improve outcomes for people living with HIV.
The aRC is led under the direction of Dr. Andrea Gramatica, amfAR's Vice President of Research. With expertise in HIV, aging, neuroscience, cancer biology, and autoimmunity, members of the aRC include:
* Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD; Weill Cornell Medicine; Chair
* Amanda Brown, PhD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
* Ulf Dittmer, PhD; Universitat Duisburg-Essen
* Kenneth Micklethwaite, MD, PhD; The Westmead Institute
* Sofiya Milman, MD; Albert Einstein College of Medicine
* Susan Moir, PhD; National Institutes of Health
* Ujjwal Rathore, PhD; Gladstone Institutes; Junior Member
* Charles M. Rice, PhD; The Rockefeller University; Nobel laureate; Honorary Member
* Drew Weissman, MD, PhD; University of Pennsylvania; Nobel laureate; Honorary Member
"amfAR's sustained support for innovative research has never been more important than it is today," amfAR Chief Executive Officer Kyle Clifford said. "For four decades, amfAR has helped drive advances that transformed medical treatments and improved millions of lives.
"Today we are building on that legacy by investing across the sciences shaping human health - from virology and immunology to AI enabled discovery. By bringing together leaders from an array of fields, the amfAR Research Council will help guide bold ideas and accelerate discoveries that move us closer to a cure, while also advancing breakthroughs that benefit global health."
Support from the aRC will include:
* Offering expertise and guidance on scientific, technological, and other matters relevant to amfAR's mission.
* Identifying potential gaps, redundancies, or partnership prospects within proposed funding initiatives.
* Recommending new research areas, as well as facilitating collaborations between amfAR and the global scientific community.
"The pathway to a cure for HIV becomes shorter when we invest with intention across disciplines," Dr. Gramatica said. "This type of integrated approach will improve the health of people living with HIV and deepen our understanding of the broader forces that drive disease. I welcome the counsel of the aRC members and their perspective on potential new funding opportunities."
Headshots and bios for amfAR Research Council members are available here (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kmxiys1sb8ozkhzzwxw0z/APntfSYrR79iAFsxRCx74-E?rlkey=m4nhpo6sbfiwrogt7kznubl2f&st=n0e6wyjt&dl=0).
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About amfAR
amfAR is a leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific discovery and transforming global health with a primary and enduring commitment to ending the HIV/ AIDS epidemic. Serving as a catalyst for breakthrough science, amfAR supports innovative research in areas where viruses and the immune system play a defining role, including cancer, neurological conditions, autoimmune disorders, and other viral diseases. Through strategic investments, global research partnerships, and evidence-based policy leadership, amfAR helps accelerate discoveries that improve health and save lives. Since 1985, amfAR has raised more than $950 million and awarded in excess of 3,900 grants to scientists worldwide. Learn more at www.amfar.org.
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Original text here: https://www.amfar.org/press-releases/amfar-announces-formation-of-research-council-to-guide-future-research-investments/
WLF Asks Ninth Circuit to Halt District Court's Attempt to Extend California Antitrust Law Nationwide
WASHINGTON, March 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Asks Ninth Circuit to Halt District Court's Attempt to Extend California Antitrust Law Nationwide
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"Anointing California as the nation's antitrust enforcer undermines federalism and offends due process."
-Cory L. Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
Click here for WLF's brief.
(Washington, DC)-Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to grant leave to appeal a district court's class-certification
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WASHINGTON, March 19 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Asks Ninth Circuit to Halt District Court's Attempt to Extend California Antitrust Law Nationwide
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"Anointing California as the nation's antitrust enforcer undermines federalism and offends due process."
-Cory L. Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
Click here for WLF's brief.
(Washington, DC)-Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to grant leave to appeal a district court's class-certificationorder. WLF contends that the order violates federalism and due process by improperly applying California's Cartwright Act to out-of-state transactions and harms.
The case stems from Altria's 2018 investment in Juul Labs after independently shuttering its uncompetitive e-cigarette division amid losses and FDA scrutiny. Private plaintiffs allege that the investment and a related non-compete unfairly reduced competition. The district court certified a nationwide direct-purchaser class under federal antitrust law and two multistate indirect-purchaser classes under the Cartwright Act across 27 jurisdictions.
In its amicus brief, WLF argues that the certification order flouts California's presumption against extraterritoriality and choice-of-law rules by imposing California's policies on other states. It also threatens due process by applying California law to claims with insufficient ties to the state. The state-by-state variations in antitrust laws pose insuperable obstacles rendering class litigation both unmanageable and unconstitutional.
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2026/03/19/communicating/wlf-asks-ninth-circuit-to-halt-district-courts-attempt-to-extend-california-antitrust-law-nationwide/
U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan to Speak at TPPF's 2026 Texas Policy Summit
AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release:
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U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan to Speak at TPPF's 2026 Texas Policy Summit
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AUSTIN -Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan will serve as the keynote speaker during the Friday, April 10th closing lunch of this year's Texas Policy Summit.
With over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and immigration enforcement-including serving as the Acting Director of ICE-Tom Homan's credentials are undeniable. TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar has praised Tom as a leader
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release:
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U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan to Speak at TPPF's 2026 Texas Policy Summit
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AUSTIN -Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation announced that U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan will serve as the keynote speaker during the Friday, April 10th closing lunch of this year's Texas Policy Summit.
With over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and immigration enforcement-including serving as the Acting Director of ICE-Tom Homan's credentials are undeniable. TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar has praised Tom as a leaderwho "correctly recognizes the threat posed by the cartels," and now, as the architect of the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, he is bringing that mission to the White House to restore the rule of law.
Who: Tom Homan, U.S. Border Czar
What: Texas Policy Summit
When: April 10th, 2026
Where: AT&T Conference Center | 1900 University Ave. Austin, TX 78705
Learn more about Texas Policy Summit and view the full agenda at TexasPolicySummit.com
Click here to register for Texas Policy Summit as a member of the media.
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Original text here: https://www.texaspolicy.com/press/u-s-border-czar-tom-homan-to-speak-at-tppfs-2026-texas-policy-summit
New Momentum Behind Menhaden Research in Virginia in Crucial Budget Year
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 19 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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New Momentum Behind Menhaden Research in Virginia in Crucial Budget Year
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Critical Funding at Stake as Lawmakers Prepare for Special Session
After legislative proposals to study a controversial fish failed three years in a row, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) this week threw his support behind researching menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay.
Scott's comments are a positive step toward helping secure much-needed funding to study the small forage fish important to a healthy
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 19 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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New Momentum Behind Menhaden Research in Virginia in Crucial Budget Year
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Critical Funding at Stake as Lawmakers Prepare for Special Session
After legislative proposals to study a controversial fish failed three years in a row, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) this week threw his support behind researching menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay.
Scott's comments are a positive step toward helping secure much-needed funding to study the small forage fish important to a healthyChesapeake Bay. Menhaden serve as highly nutritious food to some of the most iconic and important commercial and recreational species in the Bay, including striped bass, osprey, red drum, and marine mammals. These fish are the target of several fisheries including the largest industrial fishery on the East Coast, which harvests more than 100 million pounds of menhaden from the Bay annually. Troubling signs are growing around menhaden in the Bay.
Scott told the Virginia Mercury that even as he and other legislators look to cut back on the number of state-approved studies and commissions, research into topics like how menhaden are faring in the Bay is beneficial.
"These studies are important because they inform the legislation, and you can't make good legislation if you don't understand it," Scott said.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation strongly supports the $2 million for research into menhaden that House lawmakers included in their two-year budget proposal.
Estimates from Maine to Florida show that there are far fewer menhaden up and down the East Coast than previously thought. Menhaden catches by small-scale watermen in the Bay have declined more than 80 percent in recent years. Osprey chicks are starving at unprecedented levels in parts of the Bay where they traditionally feed on menhaden.
Existing research focuses on the entire menhaden population up and down the East Coast and does not specifically consider whether menhaden are struggling in the Chesapeake Bay, where the fishery is concentrated.
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science has stated that data on menhaden in the Bay remains "woefully inadequate," and has developed a plan for a menhaden study in 2023 together with the industry and other groups.
The coming special session on the budget next month will give lawmakers an opportunity to invest in this science. Unfortunately, time and time again the industry has worked to undermine Virginia menhaden research with delay tactics.
Recent polling shows that 80 percent of Virginia voters support state funding for a study to improve management of the menhaden fishery and answer longstanding concerns.
The General Assembly did not advance several promising pieces of legislation during the 2026 session that would have protected menhaden in the Bay-making it all the more important that lawmakers send money for research to Governor Spanberger's desk.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Forage Campaign Manager Will Poston issued the following statement:
"We appreciate Speaker Scott's highlighting the importance of studying the menhaden population in the Bay. We agree-research on menhaden in the Bay is long overdue amid growing ecosystem alarm bells.
"Menhaden catches by Chesapeake Bay watermen are plummeting and osprey chicks are starving to death at unprecedented levels. There's no denying that something is wrong. Virginia can't keep putting off action.
"Menhaden science would inform sustainable Chesapeake Bay management and improve our understanding of the ecological impacts of this highly concentrated factory fishing operation.
"The industry has consistently blocked science and conservation, but bipartisan public opinion polling is clear: 92 percent of Virginia voters think the Commonwealth should leave more menhaden in the Bay.
"As lawmakers head back to their districts ahead of the special session on the budget, we urge them to listen to these constituents and support funding for menhaden research."
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Original text here: https://www.cbf.org/news/new-momentum-behind-menhaden-research-in-virginia-in-crucial-budget-year/
Europe Can't Compete Globally with 27 Rulebooks. The 28th Regime Is a Start, Says ITIF
WASHINGTON, March 19 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release:
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Europe Can't Compete Globally with 27 Rulebooks. The 28th Regime Is a Start, Says ITIF
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WASHINGTON-In response to the European Commission's proposal to create a so-called "28th regime" for Europe-a single, harmonized set of corporate rules that European companies can choose instead of having to navigate corporate registrations in multiple nations-ITIF released the following statement from Stephen Ezell, vice president of global innovation policy:
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WASHINGTON, March 19 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release:
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Europe Can't Compete Globally with 27 Rulebooks. The 28th Regime Is a Start, Says ITIF
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WASHINGTON-In response to the European Commission's proposal to create a so-called "28th regime" for Europe-a single, harmonized set of corporate rules that European companies can choose instead of having to navigate corporate registrations in multiple nations-ITIF released the following statement from Stephen Ezell, vice president of global innovation policy:
The Commission's "28th regime" is a long-overdue step toward fixing one of Europe's most persistent structural weaknesses, market fragmentation, which costs Europe an estimated 10 percent of its potential GDP annually. For too long, European firms, especially startups, have been forced to scale across borders as if they were entering entirely different countries each time. Having to register companies in multiple nations is especially onerous for small European businesses. In one recent study, nearly 60 percent said regulatory obstacles and administrative burdens were their greatest challenge.
If implemented well, this could move Europe from a patchwork of national markets to something closer to a true single market where companies can start, grow, and compete at continental scale from day one. But simplifying company registration is only one piece of the puzzle. Europe must rein in its increasingly heavy-handed regulatory approach, as many firms still face a broader compliance burden that slows innovation and scale.
At a moment when Europe is struggling to keep pace in advanced-technology industries, the continent needs to take every possible step to bolster its competitiveness and reduce regulatory friction.
Contact: Austin Slater, press@itif.org
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Original text here: https://itif.org/publications/publications/2026/03/19/europe-cant-compete-globally-with-27-rulebooks/
Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Housing Central New York Fund
SYRACUSE, New York, March 19 -- The Central New York Community Foundation issued the following news release on March 18, 2026:
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Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Housing Central New York Fund
A $1 million investment into the Housing Central New York Fund will help strengthen healthy, inclusive neighborhoods.
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Today the Central New York Community Foundation's board of directors approved a $1 million impact investment into the Housing Central New York Fund, which is an initiative to provide debt financing to qualified developers with mixed-income rental and for-sale housing projects
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SYRACUSE, New York, March 19 -- The Central New York Community Foundation issued the following news release on March 18, 2026:
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Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Housing Central New York Fund
A $1 million investment into the Housing Central New York Fund will help strengthen healthy, inclusive neighborhoods.
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Today the Central New York Community Foundation's board of directors approved a $1 million impact investment into the Housing Central New York Fund, which is an initiative to provide debt financing to qualified developers with mixed-income rental and for-sale housing projectsin the Central New York region. The fund was created by Empire State Development and CenterState CEO to create the homes our region urgently needs for its future workforce.
"These dollars will help strengthen healthy, inclusive neighborhoods," said Melanie Littlejohn, president and CEO of the Community Foundation. "Equally important, this fund creates new pathways for minority- and women-owned developers -- and for those who live in the communities they serve -- to participate in and benefit from local opportunities. I would like to thank Governor Hochul, Empire State Development, CenterState CEO and our public and private partners. Together we are advancing a more community-centered approach to housing in Central New York."
Click here (https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/promise-progress-governor-hochul-launches-new-150-million-housing-central-new-york-fund) to learn more about the fund.
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Original text here: https://cnycf.org/community-foundation-invests-1-million-in-housing-central-new-york-fund/
