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TPPF Celebrates Pause of Vineyard Wind Project
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release:
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TPPF Celebrates Pause of Vineyard Wind Project
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AUSTIN - The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) applauds the U.S. Department of the Interior for announcing that it is pausing the construction on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States, including the Vineyard Wind 1 Project off the coast of Massachusetts. This is welcome news for the offshore fishing industry, who can breathe a sigh of relief knowing this ill-conceived project will not be able to proceed
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release:
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TPPF Celebrates Pause of Vineyard Wind Project
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AUSTIN - The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) applauds the U.S. Department of the Interior for announcing that it is pausing the construction on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States, including the Vineyard Wind 1 Project off the coast of Massachusetts. This is welcome news for the offshore fishing industry, who can breathe a sigh of relief knowing this ill-conceived project will not be able to proceedwith further disrupting the area's marine wildlife habitat.
In 2021, TPPF filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden Administration challenging the approval of the Vineyard Wind project, claiming it would severely harm the commercial fishing industry in the area and destroy the lives of countless families, as well as create irreparable harm to the environment, ocean wildlife, and national security. Last July, TPPF's warnings came true when an enormous windmill blade the size of a football field collapsed into the ocean, scattering fiberglass debris for miles and closing beaches on the East Coast.
Today's announcement follows an administrative petition filed by TPPF in July and supplemented just a few days ago requesting the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to reconsider the prior administration's approval of the project's Construction and Operations Plan.
"We've been fighting the Vineyard Wind project for four years on behalf of our clients, commercial fishing families who have been using the area to feed Americans for generations. Finally, the federal government has realized that the project was ill-founded from the beginning," added TPPF Senior Attorney Ted Hadzi-Antich. "The next step is for the government to order the developer to remove every last bit of equipment installed during construction and bring the area back to a pristine, fishable habitat for the benefit of all Americans."
TPPF Attorney Eric Heigis added, "This welcome step is long overdue. The Biden Administration knew that offshore wind posed a threat to national security and defense radar. But the Biden commitment to the Green New Deal overrode these practical concerns. We encourage BOEM to review the additional evidence we have presented that shows this project should have never been built in the first place."
For additional background on the case, click here.
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Original text here: https://www.texaspolicy.com/press/tppf-celebrates-pause-of-vineyard-wind-project
Stillwater students raise $15,000 for OMRF cancer research
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 22 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation posted the following news:
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Stillwater students raise $15,000 for OMRF cancer research
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Every cookie matters.
That's why Stillwater High School teacher Jody Webber so strongly encourages students to buy one - or more - during the bake sale of "Pink Out Week," the school's annual fundraiser for cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
"We tell them, 'What if the dollar you spend on that cookie helps a scientist perform the research that finally solves cancer?'" Webber said. "That's the
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 22 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation posted the following news:
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Stillwater students raise $15,000 for OMRF cancer research
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Every cookie matters.
That's why Stillwater High School teacher Jody Webber so strongly encourages students to buy one - or more - during the bake sale of "Pink Out Week," the school's annual fundraiser for cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
"We tell them, 'What if the dollar you spend on that cookie helps a scientist perform the research that finally solves cancer?'" Webber said. "That's theultimate goal of Pink Out Week."
Each football homecoming week for the past 15 years, Webber has overseen the fundraiser as sponsor of Stillwater's Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter. In addition to the traditional bake sale, this year's Pink Out Week also featured specially embroidered pink bandanas and a 5K run.
The school designated OMRF as its beneficiary of Pink Out Week proceeds in 2011. Students have since raised nearly $145,000, including $15,000 this year.
Two dozen FCCLA students presented this year's check at OMRF on Dec. 17, then heard from two scientists, one of whom has developed a special connection with Stillwater students.
Jake Kirkland, Ph.D., studies the foundational science of cancer cells. Of particular interest to him is doxorubicin, a breast cancer chemotherapy drug often called "the red devil" for its distinctive color and its reputation.
"It kills cancer cells faster than they can reproduce, but it makes most patients really, really sick," Kirkland told the students.
The chemotherapy drug is effective in about half of those who receive it. Kirkland hopes to someday predict who will or won't benefit to help oncologists make better treatment decisions.
A beloved girls' basketball coach at Stillwater, Kendra Kilpatrick, was on doxorubicin before dying of cancer at age 36 in 2022. Most of her students and players have since graduated, but among those who still remember her is Ally Aguilar, a senior who is president of the FCCLA and Pink Out Week director.
"We all associate Pink Out Week with Coach K," Aguilar said. "When we were planning it this year, we talked about how we needed to go all out, because the seniors on this year's girls' basketball team are the last ones who ever had her as a coach."
Aguilar is also an OMRF Teen Leader, one of 56 Oklahoma high school students who come to the foundation monthly to learn about nonprofits and the impact that charitable giving makes on a community.
Hearing from Kirkland, Aguilar said, brought home the importance of Pink Out Week.
"It opens your eyes, especially for the students who knew Coach K," she said. "It reminds us that cancer affects everyone and that our money is going to help people that we know."
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Original text here: https://omrf.org/2025/12/22/stillwater-students-raise-15000-for-omrf-cancer-research/
Statement from Prosperity Now on Congress Failing to Extend the ACA Subsidies
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 [Category: Economics] -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) posted the following news release:
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Statement from Prosperity Now on Congress Failing to Extend the ACA Subsidies
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WASHINGTON, D.C. On Friday, the United States Congress adjourned without extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits. Marisa Calderon, President and CEO of Prosperity Now, issued the following statement:
"Congress leaving town without extending the ACA premium tax credits has real financial consequences for families heading into 2026. When these
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 [Category: Economics] -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) posted the following news release:
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Statement from Prosperity Now on Congress Failing to Extend the ACA Subsidies
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WASHINGTON, D.C. On Friday, the United States Congress adjourned without extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits. Marisa Calderon, President and CEO of Prosperity Now, issued the following statement:
"Congress leaving town without extending the ACA premium tax credits has real financial consequences for families heading into 2026. When thesesubsidies expire, monthly premiums for people who rely on them are projected torise by an average of 114 percent, with many seeing their costs more than double. An estimated 2.2 million people could lose coverage next year, with millions more affected in the years to follow.
For people who buy coverage on their own, including freelancers, small business owners, and self-employed workers, this change is immediate and personal. Monthly insurance costs could rise by hundreds of dollars, and insome cases as much as $700 per month, depending on age, income, and where someone lives. For a family earning around $60,000, that level of increase competes directly with everyday necessities like groceries, housing, and child care.
The costs do not stop at the kitchen table. Hospitals, particularly rural and community facilities, would face higher levels of unpaid care as people delay treatment or go without coverage. Any reduction in federal spending would likely be offset by higher costs borne by families, states, and the health care system.
From a financial stability standpoint, predictability matters. Revisiting this issue early in the new year would help prevent avoidable strain on household budgets and give families the certainty they need to plan ahead."
About Prosperity Now - Since1979, Prosperity Now has been a trusted leader in strengthening financial security, expanding access to capital, and ensuring economic stability for businesses, families, and communities. Learn more at www.prosperitynow.org.
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Sarah Schwartzberg - (516) 419-0908
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Original text here: https://www.prosperitynow.org/news-and-insights/statement-from-prosperity-now-on-congress-failing-to-extend-the-aca-subsidies
Penske Leasing Workers Free Themselves from Teamsters' 'Representation'
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Dec. 22 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release:
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Penske Leasing Workers Free Themselves from Teamsters' 'Representation'
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Dallas area workers increasingly demanding individual freedom from unions
Dallas, TX (December 22, 2025) - Employees of Penske Truck Leasing's facility in the Redbird neighborhood of Dallas have freed themselves from the control of Teamsters Local 745 union officials. A majority of workers, with assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, filed a petition requesting decertification
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Dec. 22 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release:
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Penske Leasing Workers Free Themselves from Teamsters' 'Representation'
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Dallas area workers increasingly demanding individual freedom from unions
Dallas, TX (December 22, 2025) - Employees of Penske Truck Leasing's facility in the Redbird neighborhood of Dallas have freed themselves from the control of Teamsters Local 745 union officials. A majority of workers, with assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, filed a petition requesting decertificationof the local union with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on November 14, 2025.
The NLRB is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal labor law, a task that includes administering votes to install (or "certify") and remove (or "decertify") unions in workplaces. By law, the NLRB should administer a decertification election if employees submit a petition in which at least 30% of workers demand such an election (this petition far exceeded that threshold).
The decertification election was scheduled for December 18, but on the day of the election, union officials formally disclaimed interest in continuing as the workers' "representative," removing the need for an election. Teamsters bosses presumably knew they would have lost the vote overwhelmingly, and preemptively conceded defeat.
Texas Employees Free from Union's Twin Coercive Powers
Texas is a Right to Work state, meaning that Teamsters union officials cannot enforce union contracts that require workers to pay union dues or fees to keep their jobs. In non-Right to Work states, union bosses can have workers fired solely for refusing to financially support union officials' activities.
However, in both Right to Work and non-Right to Work states, union officials can wield exclusive "representation" power over every employee in a workplace, unless the union is decertified. The workers at Penske's Redbird facility are now free of both of these powers granted to union bosses by the government.
"I support decertifying the Teamsters union because the union isn't benefiting us the way it should," commented Penske employee Epifanio Hernandez in early December, shortly after his petition for decertification was filed. "The union rules aren't beneficial to everyone, and instead of helping us progress, they end up holding many of us back. We deserve the freedom to exercise our own rights, speak for ourselves, and make decisions that reflect what we actually want not what the union decides for us."
Teamsters Union Continues Streak of Decertification
In just the last year, Foundation staff attorneys have helped several groups of employees free themselves from unwanted union "representation" by the Teamsters. These include two other cases in Dallas, where both delivery drivers for Restaurant Technologies, Inc. and employees at FCC Environmental Services recently booted Teamsters Local 745 bosses from their workplaces, the same union as in this case.
Foundation staff attorneys have also noticed a marked rise in requests from workers seeking legal assistance in Teamsters decertification cases. Recent NLRB statistics also suggest no union faces more decertification petitions than the Teamsters.
"More and more, American workers across the country are deciding they are better off without Teamsters union bosses who prioritize their own interests over that of the workers they claim to 'represent,'" commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. "We're proud to support the growing number of workers engaged in the transportation and trucking industries who are demanding freedom from coercive unionism."
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The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.
Posted on Dec 22, 2025 in News Releases
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Original text here: https://www.nrtw.org/news/dallas-penske-workers-free-from-teamsters-12222025/
Hong Kong Convicts Jimmy Lai
DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 20 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following news:
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Hong Kong Convicts Jimmy Lai
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Lai's bravery against tyranny should inspire us all.
This article originally appeared on the Cato Institute's Cato at Liberty blog.
A Hong Kong court this week convicted Jimmy Lai, the territory's most prominent champion of democracy and basic human rights, of breaching national security. The sham trial and conviction confirm Hong Kong's tragic descent into tyranny.
Hong Kong was long one of the freest places on earth, and Jimmy Lai, age 78, both symbolizes
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DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 20 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following news:
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Hong Kong Convicts Jimmy Lai
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Lai's bravery against tyranny should inspire us all.
This article originally appeared on the Cato Institute's Cato at Liberty blog.
A Hong Kong court this week convicted Jimmy Lai, the territory's most prominent champion of democracy and basic human rights, of breaching national security. The sham trial and conviction confirm Hong Kong's tragic descent into tyranny.
Hong Kong was long one of the freest places on earth, and Jimmy Lai, age 78, both symbolizesand cherishes the freedoms that transformed the city from poverty to prosperity in a couple of generations. Lai fled communist China to Hong Kong as a boy and became a successful and wealthy entrepreneur, which he recognized was possible due to the territory's strong rule of law and high degree of economic and personal freedoms.
Lai's appreciation of the role of freedom for human dignity and progress led him to criticize the regime in Beijingsomething that, in turn, forced him to sell his successful clothing retail chain that did business on the mainland. He then founded Apple Daily in 1995, which quickly became the city's most successful newspaper, among other factors, because of its defense of Hong Kong's freedoms and its criticisms of the Chinese Communist Party.
Hong Kong's freedoms have been slowly encroached upon since the early part of the past decade. But they were decidedly squashed with the imposition of the draconian national security law in 2020 that violated Beijing's treaty commitment to uphold Hong Kong's autonomy. The law enabled authorities to shut down Apple Daily and undermine freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the rule of law. It was under that law that Lai was convicted today after having been in jail, mostly in solitary confinement, since the end of 2020.
Lai could spend the rest of his life in prison. His real crime was standing up for free speech and basic rights, calling for democracy, and bringing prominent attention to Beijing's abuses. His fight for freedom is all the more impressive as he could have easily left Hong Kong but chose to stay, knowing full well the consequences he would face.
As Mark Clifford, a former business associate of Lai's, writes in the New York Times, "Mr. Lai is the most consequential dissident in China since Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died in a Chinese prison in 2017." Clifford rightfully calls on President Trump and the leaders of other leading democracies to do what they can to free Lai, as Trump has previously said he would try to do. Doing so could avoid the embarrassment China would again face if the now-ailing Lai were to die in prison.
Because of his courageous battle for free speech and against tyranny, Jimmy Lai has been recognized by numerous prestigious press associations and other organizations. In 2023, the Cato Institute honored him with the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, our most prestigious recognition. The short video below is still well worth watching to better appreciate the dramatic battle of liberty against power, in which Jimmy Lai has played a central role.
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Original text here: https://fee.org/articles/hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai/
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation: Artificial Sweetener May Interfere With Immunotherapy
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (TNSjou) -- The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation issued the following news release:
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Artificial sweetener may interfere with immunotherapy
New research from Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD, and her lab at the University of Pittsburgh suggests that sucralose--the sugar substitute found in many "sugar-free" sodas, yogurts, and snack foods--may interfere with cancer immunotherapy. Their findings indicate that the widely used artificial sweetener changes the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that weaken patients'
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (TNSjou) -- The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation issued the following news release:
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Artificial sweetener may interfere with immunotherapy
New research from Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD, and her lab at the University of Pittsburgh suggests that sucralose--the sugar substitute found in many "sugar-free" sodas, yogurts, and snack foods--may interfere with cancer immunotherapy. Their findings indicate that the widely used artificial sweetener changes the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that weaken patients'immune systems and blunt the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a class of drugs that unleash T cells to attack tumors.
The imbalance of gut bacteria caused by sucralose consumption leads to lower levels of a key amino acid, arginine, that fuels immune cell activity. As a result, T cells are less able to mount an attack against cancer. In both preclinical models and in cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapy, this shift translated into weaker responses to treatment.
The good news is that the effect may be reversible. When the researchers restored arginine through dietary supplementation, or transplanted gut microbes from treatment-responsive mice, T cell function was completely restored and immunotherapy effectiveness returned.
The findings both underscore the critical role of the gut microbiome in immune function and prompt further research into how dietary factors influence its composition, potentially affecting cancer therapy outcomes.
This research was published in Cancer Discovery (https://aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscovery/article/15/11/2278/766785/Sucralose-Consumption-Ablates-Cancer-Immunotherapy).
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Original text here: https://www.damonrunyon.org/discovery/artificial-sweetener-may-interfere-immunotherapy
Conservation Law Foundation: Court Formally Vacates Trump Wind Moratorium
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release:
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Court Formally Vacates Trump Wind Moratorium
Final judgment restores lawful permitting process
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A final judgment issued by a federal court formally invalidates the implementation of the Trump administration's moratorium on offshore wind permitting. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and other environmental groups filed a legal brief in State of New York v. Trump in support of state and industry efforts to overturn the moratorium.
"This final judgment is a clear and sound repudiation
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release:
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Court Formally Vacates Trump Wind Moratorium
Final judgment restores lawful permitting process
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A final judgment issued by a federal court formally invalidates the implementation of the Trump administration's moratorium on offshore wind permitting. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and other environmental groups filed a legal brief in State of New York v. Trump in support of state and industry efforts to overturn the moratorium.
"This final judgment is a clear and sound repudiationof a blatantly unlawful maneuver by the Trump administration," said Kate Sinding Daly, senior vice president for law and policy at CLF. "This case is about more than wind energy. Businesses across all sectors need confidence that permits to operate are stable, predictable, and grounded in law, not subject to political whims. This decision is good for clean energy, good for investment certainty, and good for the rule of law."
Judge Patti Saris's December 18 order vacates the federal agency actions that followed and enforced the moratorium, and requires the federal government to resume processing offshore wind permit applications. While the judgment does not compel the government to issue any specific permits or impose timelines, it restores the lawful permitting process that the administration sought to freeze.
Saris's judgment also means that in the event the agencies do not start processing permits, the plaintiffs can come back to the court to seek further relief.
Saris rejected the Trump administration's order to halt new wind projects in a ruling issued December 8.
The administration can appeal the decision.
The final decision can be read here (https://www.clf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/095113366403.pdf).
CLF experts are available for comment.
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Original text here: https://www.clf.org/newsroom/court-formally-vacates-trump-wind-moratorium/
