WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSgov) -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news on March 29, 2023: Iowa became the first state to pass comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation this year. Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed the bill today that would provide baseline consumer data protections. Iowa joins five other states that enacted privacy laws in previous legislative years - California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. CCIA commends Iowa on enacting b  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, March 30 (TNSres) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news on March 29, 2023: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that improves the accounting and disclosures for investments in tax credit structures. The ASU is a consensus of the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). The ASU allows reporting entities to elect to account for qualifying tax equity investments using the proportion  more

NEW YORK, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement March 27, 2023: * * * State lawmakers in Connecticut passed out of committee Senate Bill No. 1226 ("S.B. 1226"), an Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis. S.B. 1226 is a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights Act that seeks to protect access to the freedom to vote and empower voters of color throughout the state to identify and address unequal barriers to th  more

NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, March 31 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Connecticut school bus driver Mary Boland has filed federal charges against Teamsters Local 671 union after union officials violated her rights, as established under the Foundation-won U.S. Supreme Court Beck decision, by illegally charging her union dues in excess of what she must pay in order to keep her job. These charges were filed with the National Labor Relations Bo  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, March 31 (TNSper) -- Nemours Foundation issued the following news release: Nemours Children's Health has hired Joseph Kuruvilla, DO, FAAP, a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in treating pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Kuruvilla previously worked at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, where he served as Director of Pulmonary Hypertension and Associate Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program. Dr. Kuruvilla will see patients at Winter Garden and Nemours Children'  more