WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSpp) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today offered condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee and called on authorities to investigate the possibility of a bias motive in the attack. Yesterday, an individua  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 31 (TNSres) -- The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources issued the following news release: New research from CUPA-HR has found that although employees across the higher education workforce saw the most substantial pay raises in 2022-23 than in the past several years, they are still being paid less than they were in 2019-20 in inflation-adjusted dollars. Some of the key findings from an analysis of CUPA-HR's higher ed workforce salary s  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNStalk) -- The American College of Physicians issued the following statement on March 27, 2023, by President Ryan D. Mire: * * * The American College of Physicians (ACP) is deeply dismayed by the most recent school shooting that occurred in Nashville, Tennessee. Today's shooting took place merely ten minutes from the office where I currently treat patients, reinforcing for me how close we all are to becoming a victim of gun violence. In the practice of medicine, physicia  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The League of Women Voters issued the following joint agency statement on March 28, 2023: * * * The League of Women Voters of Nashville issued the following joint statement with the League of Women Voters of Tennessee and the League of Women Voters of the United States in response to the mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. "Our hearts are broken that once again innocent lives were taken far too soon by yet another school shooting. Th  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The National Center for Transgender Equality issued the following statement on March 28, 2023: * * * In response to Monday's tragedy in Nashville, the National Center for Transgender Equality grieves alongside The Covenant Presbyterian School community and those who have been harmed by yet another senseless act of violence. Compounding this tragedy is that fact that this is the 130th mass shooting in the United States in 2023, and over 100 people are killed by  more