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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday June 25, 2023 ( 4 items )  

Afterschool Alliance: Out-of-School-Time Programs to Help Middle School Students Transition Successfully to 9th Grade Receive $1.8 Million in Support From the New York Life Foundation
WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNSpp) -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today announced $1.8 million in new grants to 40 afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs across the United States. The grants will go to organizations in Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermon  more

Florida Architect Miguel A. Rodriguez Elected as NCARB Regional Director
TAMPA, Florida, June 19 (TNSper) -- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards issued the following news: Miguel A. Rodriguez, FAIA, NCARB, of Coral Gables, Florida, was elected as a regional director at the National Council of Architectural Registration Board's (NCARB) 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Rodriguez was nominated to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors by the organization's Region 3 (Southern Conference), which represents the licensing boards of Alabama, Arkansas, Flor  more

Sierra Club, Healthy Gulf File Lawsuit Against LDNR for Unlawfully Granting Pollution Permit to Methane Gas Pipeline in Southeast Louisiana
ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) for unlawfully granting a coastal use permit (CUP) to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for its Evangeline Pass project, a methane gas pipeline proposed for southeast Louisiana. Evangeline Pass would feed liquified methane gas to Plaque  more

TechNet Urges Congress to Pass a Federal Privacy Law Following Texas Becoming the 11th State to Enact a Privacy Law
WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNStalk) -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following statement on June 19, 2023: * * * TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives, urged Congress to pass a federal privacy law after Texas became the sixth state to enact a data privacy law this year, joining Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, and Tennessee. California, Colorado, Connectic  more