NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 (TNSper) -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release: The Academy of Country Music(R) is announcing new hires and promotions across several departments. Kris Reyes has been hired as Director, Finance and Operations; Kortney Toney has been hired as Manager, Programming & Community Engagement; Libby Gardner has been promoted to Senior Manager, Content & Editorial; Jesse Knutson has been promoted to Senior Manager, Publicity & Media Relations; Ha  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following agency statement on July 8, 2023: * * * A panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has accepted a request by Tennessee's attorney general to lift an injunction issued by a lower court blocking enforcement of the state's ban on gender-affirming care for tra  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSgov) -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release on July 8, 2023: Late last night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted a stay of a lower court injunction in L.W. v. Skrmetti-allowing to go into effect Tennessee's law that protects children from irreversible chemical castration and genital mutilation. Tennessee passed its law with bipartisan support earlier this year, and it was promptly challenged by in  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to launch a transparent investigation of a violent assault Israeli soldiers perpetrated against a Palestinian-American from Tennessee who filmed them abusing other Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A family   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNStalk) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on July 12, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today reiterated its support for the removal of the Confederate flag from the seal of Williamson County, Tennessee. A Chancery Court judge will decide whether or not Williamson County can remove a Confederate flag from its seal. The local Sons of Confedera  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 13 (TNSgov) -- The American College of Physicians issued the following news release: The American College of Physicians (ACP) is distressed and alarmed by the recent shooting of a physician inside a clinic in Collierville, Tennessee. Physicians all too often come face-to-face with the tragedy of the gun violence epidemic and in this case, become the target. As recently as May, there was a shooting in a medical facility in Atlanta, which reminds us that with   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 (TNSres) -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: Data from NMMA's recently released 2023 economic impact study, which measured the U.S. recreational boating industry's total economic activity as well number of jobs supported, is a helpful tool when meeting with decision makers or marketing the importance of recreational boating to local and national economies. NMMA continues to countdown the top 20 states throughout the sum  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 14 (TNSper) -- The National District Attorneys Association issued the following news release: The National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) inaugurated a dynamic new leader on Monday, July 10, as they elected J. Charles (Charlie) Smith III, current State's Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland, as their next president. Smith was sworn in at NDAA's annual summer summit in Nashville, Tennessee. With a professional legacy marked by an unwavering commitment to justi  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSjou) -- The Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today named a student team from the University of Tennessee-Martin as winner of the 2023 Community Bank Case Study Competition. Teams from Iowa State University and Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pa., placed second and third, respectively. "The work of these three teams was top rate, and we are pleased to see such in  more