CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 28 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines(R)-Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award in recognition of the health system's commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times, and fewer rea  more

COTATI, California, July 27 -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: * * * The Animal Legal Defense Fund celebrates New Jersey authorizing animal care agencies to seek payment of court-approved care expenses from those whose animals were seized from their possession due to alleged cruelty. * * * On July 26, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took action in support of animal victims by signing S.981 into law. Prior to its enactment, New Jersey was one of o  more

COTATI, California, July 27 -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: On July 26, a bill to ban the crates used to cruelly confine mother pigs and calves raised for veal was signed into law by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy. The bill is sponsored by State Sen. Vin Gopal and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji. It passed the state Senate in June 2023 and state Assembly in May 2023. The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to update regulations for h  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 28 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Governor Phil Murphy for signing into law the latest state ban on extreme confinement of breeding sows. The measure passed the Senate some weeks ago 35 to 1 and passed the Assembly by a count of 73-1. New Jersey is the 11th state to adopt an anti-gestation crate policy. S. 1298/A.  more

WESTFIELD, New Jersey, July 27 -- The Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers issued the following news release: The Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Attensi, a digital simulation training company with measurable, scalable game-based training solutions. "Hospitality employees need to be truly engaged to learn and deliver memorable customer experiences. Attensi's innovative digital training solutions are at the cutting edge of peopl  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Gov. Phil Murphy sat down with New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Tom Bracken on Wednesday, July 26, at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark to discuss ways to improve and expand the state economy. The governor used the event to announce a trade mission this fall to Japan and South Korea, with the primary goals to be attracting jobs and investments to   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 23 -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release: The Government of Andhra Pradesh, in conjunction with ETS, the world's largest assessment, research and learning organization, announced today a joint agreement to provide customized English assessments to students in the state's government schools. Under the visionary directives of the Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the agreement aims to fortify language ca  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Today, a bill to ban the crates used to cruelly confine mother pigs and calves raised for veal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy. The bill is sponsored by Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji. It passed the state Senate in June 2023 and state Assembly in May 2023. The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to update humane standards regulati  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) has filed a brief before a New Jersey federal district court in a case challenging a New Jersey law banning private contractors from operating federal alien detention centers in the state. Both in New Jersey and around the country, the federal government relies on private contractors to house aliens who have violated federal law but have ele  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 28 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Are Americans entitled to a regular court with a neutral judge when their livelihoods are on the line? The answer today from a federal court in New Jersey is "no." Joe and Russell Marino, owners of the now-shuttered Sun Valley Orchards, teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to challenge the U.S. Department of Labor's administrative courts and will appeal today's ruling. "Today'  more

BELMAR, New Jersey, July 28 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) concluded a highly successful 2023 Summer National Meeting (Meeting) from July 19th - 22nd in Minneapolis. In what was the second of the organization's three National Meetings in 2023, there were 338 participants consisting of 55 legislators from 30 states, 17 first-time legislators, 5 Insurance Commissioners (o  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, July 28 -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization advancing technology for humanity, announced today that 12 of IEEE's new fully open access journals launched in 2020 were accepted for indexing by Clarivate and received their first Journal Impact Factors according to the 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate, released in late June   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news on July 26, 2023: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a plan on Wednesday to incentivize the installation of electric heating and cooling systems in buildings as part of the state's decarbonization strategy, which NJBIA said was a mandate on state utilities and ignores power reliability and cost concerns. "It is irresponsible for the state to move ahead with new sources of d  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 28 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * New Jersey legislators have passed an important bill requiring that mother pigs be provided with 24 square feet of space--which is slightly bigger than a twin bed--instead of being confined to gestation crates, in which they cannot even turn around. Below, please find a statement in response from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk: Although pigs raised for meat still s  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 28 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: * * * The New Jersey native is the first Filipino American elected to lead the 124-year-old organization * * * Duane Sarmiento of Gibbstown, New Jersey, was elected today as the new national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a congressionally chartered veterans service organization comprised of approximately 1 million eligible combat veterans and military service membe  more