WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: The Coast Guard has recently appointed 15 members to the newly established Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard. Consistent with guidance directed by Public Law 116-283, also known as the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the board will provide recommendations to the Commandant on matters relating to recruiting, retaining, advanci  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNScapv)(TNSgov) -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release and letter on March 29, 2023: In an open letter shared with State House leadership today, Rhode Island LGBTQ+ advocates and supporters urged legislators to reject several proposals that will introduce harmful discrimination into state law, particularly directed at LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color. Three of those proposals, H 5859, H 5688, and H 5739, will have hearings this   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 (TNSgov) -- The New England Council issued the following news release and letter on March 30, 2023: For years businesses have been allowed to fully deduct their R&D expenses in the same year because the tax code appreciated the importance of research and development. However, under a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that went into effect for the 2022 tax year, businesses must amortize or deduct these expenses over a period of years. This will ultima  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 31 (TNSjou) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release: Serious complications from a rare childhood condition linked to COVID-19 infection appear to have decreased as SARS-CoV-2 evolved from 2020 to 2022, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The condition, called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), inflames differe  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 30 (TNSgov) -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Supported by a national medical ethics group, Rhode Island physicians and their supporters gathered outside the State House on Thursday to urge legislators to end Brown University's controversial use of animals for emergency procedure training. The doctors held banners and signs that read "Our Patients Aren't Pigs!" and "YES on H 5357" while a fleet o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 (TNSgov) -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey today signed a FY2023 supplemental budget that includes critical funding for reproductive health care access, including $1 million for a public education campaign on the dangers of anti-abortion centers, or "crisis pregnancy   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC), attended a meeting at the White House with key officials in the Biden-Harris Administration to discuss their effort to implement the historic laws that Democrats enacted in the 117th Congress. The meeting coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, where President Biden, members of his   more

CHITTENDEN, Vermont, March 30 (TNSgov) -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Trust for Public Land announced today the transfer of Rolston Rest, the largest private unprotected inholding remaining in Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest, to the U.S. Forest Service for permanent protection. Adding the property to the Green Mountain National Forest will shield the land from the threat of development and forever guarantee public access. Encompassing  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicenter study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The alternative to amputation, known as "limb salvage," for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) came from the PROMISE II U.S. clinica  more