WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following statement on May 11, 2021: * * * Following a decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harlin Hale that the National Rifle Association cannot use bankruptcy proceedings to reincorporate in Texas and escape investigation by the state of New York, Brady reiterates its call for accountability for the NRA's well-documented corruption. Judge Hale's decision will allow a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, and Lambda Legal announced today a plan to sue the state of Texas if the legislature and Gov. Abbott approve a bill to ban essential, life-saving medical care for transgender yout  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release: The ACLU of Texas and Lambda Legal plan to sue the State of Texas if the Legislature and Governor Abbott approve a bill to ban essential, life-saving medical care for transgender youth. Late Monday night, the House Calendars Committee scheduled HB 1399 to be debated before the Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday. HB 1399 would ban doctors from providing best practice and ev  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 12 (TNSOps) -- The Allied Pilots Association issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: The Allied Pilots Association (APA), representing the 15,000 pilots of American Airlines, expressed strong support for the newly reintroduced Fair and Open Skies Act. The bipartisan legislation, reintroduced today, seeks to preclude new foreign airlines from operating to and from the United States when they exploit "flags of convenience" to avoid the regulations of their home   more

DALLAS, Texas, May 4 -- Circulation, a journal from the American Heart Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May 4, 2021 edition: Original Research Articles: * Blood Pressure Effects of Canagliflozin and Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease * Primary Outcome Evaluation of a Next-Generation Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device * Replacement Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse * Dietary Geranylgeranyl Pyrophos  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 8 (TNSPar) -- Harte Research Institute issued the following news release: The catch of the lifetime can mean more than just a good fish tale. It just takes one phone call -- and some scientists waiting on the other end of the line -- to make your record catch contribute to a body of research that can ensure its sustainability for many lifetimes to come. Scientists with the Center for Sportfish Science and Conservation, located at the Harte Research institute for Gulf  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 8 (TNSPol) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: Despite previously stating that he did not plan to hold a vote on Senate Bill 29, an anti-LGBTQ bill that would ban transgender girls from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, Chairman Harold Dutton, Jr. (D- Houston), called for a last-minute vote in the Texas House Public Education Committee. SB 29 passed the committee by an 8-5 vote. The bill which had   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following agency statement: * * * In response to the recent discovery of a tiger found roaming in a Houston neighborhood, the Humane Society of the United States urged an end to the big cat pet trade. Private ownership of big cats has been a growing problem over the past decade and was cast into intense public scrutiny by the Netflix documentary "Tiger King." This latest known case of a "pet" tiger being kept in unsafe   more

DALLAS, Texas, May 13 -- Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Heart Association that says it presents reports on clinical and laboratory investigations in the field of blood pressure regulation and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying hypertensive diseases, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2021 edition: Reviews: * Heart Failure Primary Prevention: What Does SPRINT Add?: Recent Advances in Hypertension * Impact of the 2017 Ame  more

WACO, Texas, May 11 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news on May 10, 2021: Lindsey Wilson's Chris Oliver has been named the 2021 Spring AFCA NAIA National Coach of the Year. Oliver was selected by a vote of the Active AFCA members at NAIA schools. The AFCA has named a Coach of the Year since 1935. "It's a tremendous honor to be selected for this award from the AFCA," Lindsey Wilson head coach Chris Oliver said. "Head coaches get a lot of credit when things are  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 14 (TNSRes) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today announced the launch of a new translational research platform to study rare cancers and develop a first-of-its-kind resource for the scientific community. The joint initiative will create a catalog of rare cancer models and provide a data resource to accelerate the identification of   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSAwa) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following news release: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has presented its annual Burton C. Wood Legislative Service Award to John Fleming, Counsel of the Law Offices of John Fleming, and General Counsel of the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. The award is given annually to an MBA member employee in recognition of his or her sustained superior service to the association and the real estate finance industry. Flem  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement on May 13, 2021: * * * Anti-choice lawmakers in the Texas Legislature passed an extreme bill (SB 8) attacking reproductive freedom and access to abortion. Not only would SB 8 ban abortion as early as six weeks--before many people even know they're pregnant--it would also grant almost any person the power to file a civil suit, suing a person for up to $10,000 for "aiding and abetting" a pregnant person seeking abortio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 15 -- The National Community Pharmacists Association issued the following statement: * * * The National Community Pharmacists Association issued the following statement on behalf of CEO B. Douglas Hoey, pharmacist, MBA, urging Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) to sign HB 1763, which unanimously passed the state House and Senate: "Pharmacies are among the most trusted and accessible health care providers but unfortunately, PBM overreach threatens their ability to stay in bus  more

NEW YORK, May 14 (TNSPol) -- The National Institute for Reproductive Health issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: Today the Texas legislature sent HB 1515/SB 8, a drastic and unprecedented abortion ban, to Governor Greg Abbott for signature. The bill would not only outlaw abortion at six weeks gestation but allow virtually any person to sue anyone in Texas for providing or helping someone access abortion care after the six week mark. Six-week abortion bans essentially ban abortion  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSPar) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced a partnership with General Mills that will support important conservation efforts on working lands in the Great Lakes Basin (Michigan and Wisconsin) and the Southern Great Plains (stretching from Nebraska to Texas). Through NFWF's Sustain Our Great Lakes and Conservation Partners Programs, this new partnersh  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14 (TNSPol) -- The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services issued the following letter: Dear Congressional Democrats, Organizations and community advocates across the nation demand that Democrats keep their promise on immigration and use every tool at their disposal to give our undocumented community in the United States the freedom to work with dignity and respect, freedom from detention and freedom from deportation. Communities in Texas suffer fr  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 11 (TNSAwa) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Svitlana Kroll, a principal scientist in Southwest Research Institute's Powertrain Engineering Division, has been selected to receive the Forest R. McFarland Award, presented by SAE International, whose mission is to advance mobility knowledge and solutions for the benefit of humanity. The award was established to honor the late Forest R. McFarland for his many contributions to SAE and recogn  more

GALVESTON, Texas, May 13 (TNSOps) -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: Texas and CODEPINK activists, Diane Wilson and Ann Wright, have been arrested in front of the Galveston District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For the past 36 days, Diane Wilson has been hunger striking to demand Houston oil company Max Midstream stop exporting crude oil  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSPer) -- The Fertilizer Institute issued the following news release: The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today announced the election of its 2021 Board of Directors. The election took place during a vote of the membership during TFI's Annual Meeting this week in Dallas, Texas. CF Industries, Inc.'s CEO Tony Will serves as TFI's Chairman and Scott McGinn, Koch Fertilizer, LLC will serve as Vice Chairman. "TFI's Board of Directors plays a vital role in the health of our organizat  more

WACO, Texas, May 14 (TNSPar) -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news on May 13, 2021: VMI's Scott Wachenheim has been named the 2021 Spring AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year. Wachenheim was selected by a vote of the Active AFCA members at Football Championship Subdivision schools. The AFCA has named a Coach of the Year since 1935. "I am honored to be recognized by the AFCA as the 2021 Spring FCS National Coach of the Year," Wachenheim said. "It is an acknowledg  more