BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 (TNSPol) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following statement on July 26, 2021: * * * Congressman Jared Huffman, chair of the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, introduced a bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act Fishery Conservation and Management Act in the House of Representatives today. The Magnuson-Stevens Act, our nation's federal fisheries law, has traditionally represented a bipartisan effort to use science and conservat  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined her colleagues in stepping up to the plate by cosponsoring legislation to help independent professional baseball and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams, including the Fisher Cats, that have struggled economically after the COVID-19 crisis threw a curveball into their 2020 and 2021 seasons. The Minor League Baseball Relief Act would provide up to $550 million in  more

ORONO, Maine, July 27 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: The University of Maine System Board of Trustees charged Chancellor Malloy at its July meeting with conducting a Board-overseen comprehensive, System-wide strategic planning process. The planning will coincide with the New England Commission of Higher Education's Fall 2022 comprehensive evaluation of the System's unified accreditation. Maine's public universities became the first statewide enterprise of h  more