WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSawa) -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Today the Aspen Institute announced the winners of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the country's premier award for two-year colleges working to change students' lives: Amarillo College in Texas, and Imperial Valley College in southern California. Each college was awarded $500,000; half of the million Prize purse. This year's winners both serve large rural areas with high   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: The United States Supreme Court today granted a request by Department of Justice and manufacturers of Mifepristone to stay decisions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and a Texas federal district court order that severely restricted access to the widely used medication for terminating pregnancy and managing miscarriages. The ruling preserves the statu  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 21 (TNStalk) -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) issued the following statement from AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher: "Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today's test flight of Starship from Starbase, Texas. This flight is an important milestone and much will be learned from the engineering data. With Starship, SpaceX is t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 14 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: In a closed-door, last-minute meeting, the Texas House Public Health Committee voted today to advance House Bill 1686 and its companion Senate Bill 14, which will ban evidence-based, life-saving health care for transgender adolescents in Texas. Texas legislators have assembled a slate of 140 invasive bills that spy on our teachers, pry into our medical decisions, and dictate our brunch entertainmen  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 (TNSawa) -- The American Association of Nurse Practitioners issued the following news: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners(R) (AANP) is pleased to announce that William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, is the 2023 AANP Towers Pinnacle Award recipient, and James Q. Simmons, DNP, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC, BSJMC, is the recipient of the 2023 AANP Sharp Cutting Edge Award. Both nurse practitioners (NPs) are exemplary leaders who have made significant contribution  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNStalk) -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement on April 19, 2023, by President and CEO Chris Jahn: * * * The American Chemistry Council (ACC) released the following statement from President and CEO Chris Jahn regarding Senate introduction of the Chemical Tax Repeal Act by Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and John Barrasso (R-Wy.) "We welcome the Chemical Tax Repeal Act and commend Senators Cruz, Kennedy, Lee  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 19 (TNSres) -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: * * * Quick action essential: call 911, begin CPR and use AED American Heart Association physician expert provides comment and perspective about an unusual condition that reportedly afflicted NFL player Damar Hamlin, which is due to blunt force trauma to the heart at exactly the wrong time of the heartbeat * * * Commotio cordis is an extremely rare and highly unusual cardiac event, yet it i  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 20 (TNSjou) -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: * * * A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that individuals who experienced depression during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease within two years after giving birth * * * Individuals who were diagnosed with depression during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease within two years after giving bi  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 20 (TNSjou) -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: * * * A new study finds hospitals in the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines(R) - Heart Failure program exhibit no disparities in heart failure care between Black and white patients * * * Black adults with heart failure (HF) are more likely to die than white adults with the same condition./1 A new study published today in JAMA Cardiology that used the American Heart Associat  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: * * * "In a 9-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay to the recent disastrous ruling in Texas that would restrict access to Mifepristone. With a 23-year history of safe use as part of an FDA approved two-drug medication abortion regime, making this drug unavailable even temporarily would have been recklessly irresponsible of the courts. Keeping Mifepristone access  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNStalk) -- The Biotechnology Innovation Organization issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * The Supreme Court ruled today that mifepristone will remain accessible during the appeals process of the April 7 Texas ruling that would have declared the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the drug invalid. BIO interim President and CEO, Rachel King, made the following statement. "Today's decision is an important development for patients and for en  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 (TNSawa) -- The American Botanical Council issued the following news release: The American Botanical Council (ABC) presented its 2023 Champion Award to Christine Burdick-Bell, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Pharmavite, a West Hills, California-based manufacturer of nutritional products and dietary supplements. The ABC Champion Award, which was first presented in 2015, is given to individuals who have devoted significant time or fund  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 19 (TNStalk) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, issued the following statement after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the nation's first municipal natural gas ban. It is attributable to CEA President David Holt. "The 9th Circuit's decision is clearly the right choice for families, small businesses and  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 20, 2023: * * * Can Power Markets Address the Capacity Adequacy Question? By Cy McGeady Texas and its electricity market are in the news again, this time centered on the political fallout of Winter Storm Uri. A host of controversial energy policy bills are making their way through the Texas legislature, headlined by SB6, a $18 billion out-of-market directive to build   more

ADDISON, Texas, April 21 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement in response to Julie Su's Labor Secretary confirmation hearing before the Senate HELP Committee today: "Senators shouldn't be fooled by Julie Su's moderate performance during today's Senate HELP Committee hearing. Su is desperate to hide her radical anti-small business positions to secure t  more

NEW YORK, April 22 (TNStalk) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on April 21, 2023, by Elizabeth Gore, senior vice president for Political Affairs: * * * This bill provides critical health care infrastructure and resources to communities facing crises at the intersection of climate and health by assessing community needs and vulnerabilities. The bill would also engage key stakeholders, including impacted communities, scientists, health care professionals and health  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a strong draft rule to reduce Texas coal plant pollution that causes regional haze in national parks and wilderness areas across the central United States. The federal Clean Air Act requires states to protect visibility in these places by reducing regional haze, a smoggy-like substance caused by sulfur dioxide polluti  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNStalk) -- The America's Essential Hospitals issued the following statement on April 19, 2023, by President and CEO Bruce Siegel: * * * We thank House lawmakers for their bipartisan leadership today to protect patients, communities, and our nation's safety net with legislation, the Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act, that would avert disastrous cuts to essential hospitals. With their bill to eliminate $16 billion in cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 21 (TNSgov) -- The Modular Building Institute issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Devin Duvak, Otis Jones Jr., Binoy Kurien, Edward "Eddie" Martin, Scott McDonald, and Stephen Shang to the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council for terms set to expire on February 1, 2025. The Council oversees the state program regulating industrialized housing and buildings. Devin Duvak of Burleson is vice president of manufacturing for I  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNStalk) -- Greenpeace issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * In response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approving certificates for Rio Grande LNG and South Texas LNG, Destiny Watford, campaigner at Greenpeace USA, said: "Someone needs to show President Biden the latest IPCC report where it clearly says that we need to move away from dirty energy sources like LNG if we want to keep our planet livable. U.S. LNG export capacity is on track to  more

NEW YORK, April 15 -- The Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that says it is committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, issued the following news release: Laws and regulations on mifepristone are rapidly changing across the United States since the District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered the Food and Drug Administration in April to revoke its approval of mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortions, in Allian  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has released its 2023 Legislative Agenda for the 118th Congress to address Hispanic higher education needs as well as critical K-16 pipeline issues into higher education and PK-12 support and funding. HACU's top priorities are: * Equitable funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions across all fe  more

ADDISON, Texas, April 20 (TNSgov) -- Job Creators Network issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Senator Tim Scott and Congressman Rick Allen introduced the Employee Rights Act (ERA) of 2023 -- a comprehensive bill that would significantly modernize our nation's labor laws. The ERA enforces employee rights, privacy, and political protection from union organizers. The bill also protects Americans looking to realize their American dream by starting a small business or franchise.   more

ADDISON, Texas, April 21 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement on a new Biden administration rule that forces mortgage borrowers with good credit scores to subsidize the mortgage costs of those with bad credit: "The Biden administration is out of control, attempting to turn the economy in a socialist direction through every federal agency, one rule at   more

ADDISON, Texas, April 20 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 19, 2023, by President and CEO Alfredo Ortiz: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement announcing Job Creators Network Foundation Legal Action Fund's plan to sue the Biden administration over its recently announced emissions regulations when finalized: "The Biden administration's new emissions regulations are extreme, not technically feasib  more

ADDISON, Texas, April 20 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 19, 2023, by President and CEO Alfredo Ortiz: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement in support of the Limit, Save, Grow Act: "The Limit, Save, Grow Act provides a smart compromise to the nation's fiscal crisis. "It puts the country on a path to fiscal solvency by limiting spending and empowering the private sector. "Many of its provisi  more

ADDISON, Texas, April 20 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 19, 2023, by President and CEO Alfredo Ortiz: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement in response to Biden's economic speech in Maryland today: "President Biden's support for a 'bottom-up' and 'middle-out' economy are mere euphemisms for his failed big government approach that wages war on the nation's true economic engine: small businesse  more

ADDISON, Texas, April 19 (TNStalk) -- Job Creators Network issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement on new Biden administration rules aimed to lower the cost of childcare: "Shifting the cost of childcare to employers is the Biden administration's latest attack on small businesses, many of which operate on razor-thin profit margins and can't afford to cover their employees' childcare needs  more

VICTORIA, Texas, April 21 (TNSgov) -- Justice Action Center issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: A federal district court in Texas has granted a motion by seven U.S. citizens over the objection of plaintiff states to become parties in Texas v. DHS, ensuring that their voices will be heard as they defend their ability to sponsor loved ones and others from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela through a recently announced "CHNV" humanitarian parole program. Justice Action Center (  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNStalk) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * In response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) 3-1 vote to approve the permits for the Rio Grande LNG and Texas LNG projects in Brownsville, Chispa Texas and the League of Conservation Voters issued the following statements: "Despite numerous visits, calls, petitions, and online campaigns spearheaded by residents of the Rio Grande Valley and members of   more

NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSgov) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz, reversing lower court rulings that had closed the courthouse doors on an effort by Rodney Reed, a Black man on death row in Texas, to access DNA evidence that could demonstrate his innocence. After being denied access to post-conviction DNA testing by Texas state courts, for a crime he likely did not commit, Mr. Re  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 (TNSgov) -- Environment Texas issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to a bill designed to prevent Fairfield Lake State Park from being converted into a private development. Meanwhile, the Senate approved legislation and a constitutional amendment to create the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund to fund the acquisition of land for new state parks. HB 4757 (Orr) would require Parks and Wildlife Departme  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNStalk) -- The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief order halting restrictions imposed by a U.S. District Court in Texas to mifepristone while the case proceeds through the appeals process in that state. The Supreme Court did not offer any reasoning behind its decision. * * * Sung Yeon Choimorrow, NAPAWF's Executive Director, issued the following statement: "The Supr  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: * * * Test Flight Paves the Way for the Transformation of Human Spaceflight * * * The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on a partially successful test flight of its new Starship/Super Heavy reusable rocket, the most powerful ever launched. Shortly after 8 a.m. Central Time on April 20, the enormous booster lifted off from the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. While   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSconf) -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: * * * Seasoned Educator, Aerospace Professional, and Retired Astronaut to Join Other Visionaries and Leaders at National Space Society Conference * * * The National Space Society proudly announces retired astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar as a keynote speaker at its annual ISDC(R), the International Space Development Conference(R), which will be held on May 25-28, 2023, in Frisco, Texas, near Dallas-For  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNStalk) -- Oil Change International issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * In response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approving the Rio Grande LNG export terminal, Rio Bravo Pipeline, and Texas LNG today, Allie Rosenbluth, Oil Change International US Program Co-Manager, said: "Despite fierce local and national opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved new LNG projects in South Texas at a time when we so clearly mu  more

EL PASO, Texas, April 21 (TNSgov) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: Approval of the proposed El Paso climate charter would make this border city a leader in local climate action among other large cities in Texas, Public Citizen said today in announcing its endorsement of the May 6 ballot measure. "What El Paso is trying to do is inspiring," said Kaiba White, energy policy and outreach specialist with the Texas office of Public Citizen. "Meeting this urgent challenge of limit  more

HEREFORD, Texas, April 20 (TNSgov) -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: "Gov. Abbott: Tax Cow Burps," urge new billboards scheduled to go up ahead of Earth Day in Hereford and Littlefield, Texas, near several cattle feedlots that emit among the highest amount of greenhouse gas emissions from cows in the United States. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which is sponsoring the billboards, also wrote to Gov. Greg Abbott to ask him to   more

NEW YORK, April 21 (TNStalk)(TNSgov) -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * The U.S. House of Representatives voted on and passed H.R. 734, a bill that attempts to ban transgender student-athletes from participating in sports. PRH Board Member, family medicine physician, and provider of gender-affirming care in Texas and Louisiana, Dr. Bhavik Kumar, responds: "As states across the country attempt to control the lives and autonomy of trans  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSgov) -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling revoking authorization for mifepristone, a safe and effective medication essential for reproductive care that was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. Not only does this ruling risk barring the use of mifepristone for safe and legal abortions for millions of American women, but it lays the groundwork for any judge to be able to overrule the evidence-based and scientific F  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * The Texas House voted today to give initial approval to HB 2127, an overreach of state government power that seeks to nullify community decisions at the city and county levels. Adrian Shelley, Public Citizen's Texas director, released the following statement: "With one vote and the fall of the Speaker's gavel, the House decided to do away with a century of precedent, eroding local contr  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on April 17, 2023: * * * The Texas Senate approved its version of the Sunset bill for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. * * * The bill, SB 1397, renews the state's environmental agency and guides its operations for another 12 years. It now heads to the House for that chamber's consideration. Adrian Shelley, the Texas director of Public Citizen, issued this statement: "This Sunset bill is a small   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: * * * SETI Institute and Mars Institute Planetary Scientist and Chief of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project Will Receive National Space Society's Space Pioneer Award * * * The National Space Society is proud to present noted planetary scientist, explorer, and Mars specialist Dr. Pascal Lee at its annual ISDC, the International Space Development Conference, which will be held on May 25-28, 2023  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: On Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a strong draft rule to reduce Texas coal plant pollution that causes regional haze in national parks and wilderness areas across the central United States. The federal Clean Air Act requires states to protect visibility in these places by reducing regional haze, a smoggy-like substance caused by sulfur dioxide pollution from  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNStalk) -- Catholics for Choice issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * Catholics for Choice, which uplifts and amplifies the voices of the majority of Catholics who believe in reproductive freedom, issued the following statement from President Jamie L. Manson, M.Div. on the Supreme Court's extension today of an administrative stay on a ruling from the U.S. District Court from the Northern District of Texas that would have decimated access to the safe, po  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 19 (TNSpp) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Southwest Research Institute showcased the latest advancements in its ongoing NEXTCAR Phase II project at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. (March 22-24). The Institute's NEXTCAR program aims to reduce vehicular energy consumption by 30% by developing innovative connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology. SwRI's technology suite, which is mid-way   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 20 (TNSconf) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will host the inaugural Global Decarbonized Mobility Summit (GDMS) on Nov. 13-17. The multi-day summit will bring together key stakeholders in the transportation industry to discuss technology challenges associated with sustainable decarbonized mobility solutions for on-and-off-road applications. The GDMS will assemble industry members   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 21 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) led a team in the unique Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) experiment to image the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, during a short solar eclipse on the opposite side of the Earth. Using four platforms in the northwest corner of Australia, the team successfully observed the million-degree solar corona  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 (TNStalk) -- The Texas Freedom Network issued the following statement on April 20, 2023: * * * The Texas State House Committee on Public Education today will hear House Bill 3614, which would allow school districts to hire chaplains instead of Professional School Counselors to perform school counseling duties. The bill would also lift the requirements for chaplains, having them bypass the years of education and experience required of current counselors. Although not l  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19 (TNSgov) -- Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: Life:Powered, an initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, sent a letter to Congress in response to an alarmist report from the United Nations designed to instill fear and promote bad policy decisions. Congress must stand in the gap and stop a climate alarmist agenda from continuing to exacerbate inflation and high energy prices. The U.N. report makes unrealistic recommendations that f  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 22 (TNSres) -- Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: A new poll conducted by WPA Intelligence for the Texas Public Policy Foundation shows Texans overwhelmingly support for stronger parental controls over kids' online activity. The survey polled register voters statewide from April 13-17 and has a margin of error of 3.5%. Findings: * 79% of all Texans and 84% of parents said tech companies do not do enough online to protect ch  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 21 -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The Academy of Country Music (ACM) announced today its plans to take over The Star in Frisco, Texas, with three days of live music, can't-miss Country Music events, and celebrations beginning Tuesday, May 9, leading up to the 58th ACM Awards. Co-hosted by global superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the ACM Awards show will take place at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, May 11 at Ford C  more

BEE CAVE, Texas, April 19 (TNSpp) -- The International Dark-Sky Association issued the following news release: The City of Bee Cave was certified as an International Dark Sky Community by DarkSky International. This certification is a huge accomplishment that the city hopes will encourage other Texas cities to move toward becoming a Dark Sky Community. The city of Bee Cave is located 14 miles west of Downtown Austin in Western Travis County. The city is 6.8 square miles with an 8.3 square mile  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 19 (TNSgov) -- Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: The Texas Legislature preliminarily passed House Bill 2127 in a victory for liberty for Texas citizens adversely affected by excessive, conflicting, and often unjust local regulations. This new law will allow the average Texan to reclaim their sovereign rights of autonomy in the face of government overreach. The bill now goes to the House for consideration. "Texans today are   more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 22 (TNSgov) -- Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: The Texas Public Policy Foundation and their federal initiative, States Trust, applaud House Republicans' proposed debt limit legislation, a bold plan that delivers on decades of promises to shrink the government, reform spending, and save taxpayers money. "We haven't balanced a budget since 2001. This is a substantive, concrete plan to get our Union's fiscal house in order," said former Congr  more