CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Oct. 6 (TNSPol) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: On October 4th, the Ohio Society of Addiction Medicine (OHSAM) sent a letter to Senator Terry Johnson of the Ohio General Assembly highlighting concerns with his recently introduced bill SB 216 or "Dylan's Law." Dylan's Law would establish a new law regarding parental custody of an infant identified as an "abused child" due to being "substance-exposed." At-risk infants would b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Action restores boundaries and management conditions of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments President Biden took action yesterday to restore protections to three national monuments that had been dismantled by the previous administration. The new proclamations, signed yesterday, reestablish the boundaries in place before President Tru  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following statement: * * * President Biden has announced plans to fully restore protections to several national monuments, including the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England. Former President Trump opened the monument to commercial fishing, which threatened to devastate the fragile marine life that call the area home. Biden's action will restore the ban on fishi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: President Biden issued a proclamation restoring protections to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah and to Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the New England coast, reversing the largest rollback of federal land protection in U.S. history. The Trump administration's 2017 proclamations sought to remove 85% of land protected in the Bears Ears National Monument and to cu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSSPol) -- Environment America issued the following statement: * * * President Joe Biden is expected to restore protections Friday for three national monuments. The original boundaries for two Utah areas, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and the original protections for the U.S. Atlantic's only marine monument, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, will be reinstated after being stripped during the Trump administration. This Trump administration shrank the bounda  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The Massachusetts Court System issued the following news release: The Honorable Paula M. Carey, Chief Justice of the Trial Court, announced today that she would retire from the Trial Court in January 2022. Chief Justice Carey was appointed to a five-year term by the Supreme Judicial Court, which she began on July 16, 2013, and reappointed to a second term in 2018 pursuant to G. L. 211B, Sec.6. On behalf of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSPol) -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news on Oct. 8, 2021: President Biden signed proclamations to restore protections for three national monuments--Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the coast of New England, as well as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah. "This is a victory, not just for seabirds like Atlantic Puffins, but also for many coastal communities in New England that depend on a healthy ocean," said Dr. Donald Lyons, directo  more

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 9 (TNSOps)(TNSCapV) -- The National Speech and Debate Association issued the following news release: The National Speech & Debate Association is proud to award one chapter from each competition district with this year's Leading Chapter Awards. Only approximately 3% of National Speech & Debate Assoication member schools are recognized as Leading Chapter Award winners. "This award, which is based on student participation, represents a tremendous dedication to speech a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 8, 2021, during the signing of proclamations that aims to restore protections for national monuments: * * * Madam Secretary -- Deb, you've done an incredible job in a short amount of time. And I told you, when I asked you to be the Secretary of Interior, that I understood -- I was politically raised by Danny Inouye -- Indian Nations. Indian Nations. And I want to thank all the leaders that are here today for -- for yo  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 9 (TNSOps) -- The American Bankruptcy Institute issued the following news release: The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Robert J. Keach of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine) received ABI's 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award during ABI's luncheon at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Conference, which took place on Oct. 8, 2021, in Indianapolis. ABI's highest award recognizes the recipient's sustained and deep commitment to the leadership   more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 9 (TNSPol)(TNSCapV) -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a non-profit that focuses on conservation of the ocean, issued the following joint statement with 29 organizations: * * * On behalf of the nation's leading aquariums and zoos, we thank the Biden-Harris administration for fully restoring protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, the U.S. Atlantic Ocean's only marine national monument. The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a biodive  more