WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following testimony by Francis Chan, an associate professor at Oregon State University, involving a hearing on Aug. 3, 2022, entitled "Building Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities: Perspectives From Oregon's State, Local and Tribal Partners": * * * Thank you Chair Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and Representative Bonamici for this opportunity to speak to you today to discuss the important issue of building cli  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSgov) -- The National Pork Producers Council posted the following news release on Aug. 11, 2022: New Englanders can breathe a sigh of relief after a United States federal court judge for the District of Massachusetts today signed a court order approving an agreement to delay enforcement of a state law that would have banned the sale of pork that comes from animals not housed according to the state's prescriptive housing standards. A coalition led by the National Pork Pr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following agency statement with eight organizations: * * * Governor Baker yesterday vetoed $30 million in the general government infrastructure bond bill (H.5065) that the Legislature had authorized for grants to expand remote and hybrid access to public meetings in municipalities throughout Massachusetts. Advocates--including the ACLU of Massachusetts, Boston Center for Independent Livin  more