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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday November 12, 2023 ( 11 items )  

Center for American Women and Politic: History in Mayoral Elections
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 9 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: * * * Setbacks and Advancements in State Legislative Races * * * With a number of races still too close to call, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, reports on results from the 2023 elections. In Kentucky, elections were held for statewide elective executive office; in New Jersey and Virginia, ele  more

Cooper University Health Care Establishes Center for Advanced Practice to Support the Role of Advanced Practice Providers Across the Health Care Continuum
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 9 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care recently became the first hospital in New Jersey, and part of a small, select group of academic medical centers in the nation, to launch a Center for Advanced Practice (CAP) to promote and support the role of advanced practice providers in the health care continuum. Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care professionals who work collaboratively with ph  more

Cooper University Health Care First in New Jersey to Become Member of the National Network to Treat Acute Radiation Exposure
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 11 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care recently became the first hospital in New Jersey to join an elite group of medical organizations around the country prepared to respond to a radiological event. The Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) is a national network of more than 75 medical centers nationwide with expertise in the management of casualties from a distant large-scale radiologic incident. Hospi  more

Cooper University Health Care Medical Team Returns to Tanzania to Provide Education
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 11 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: For the second consecutive year, a team of physicians and other health professionals from Cooper University Health Care's Critical Care Medicine department traveled to Tanzania to provide advanced medical education at Muhimbili University and Hospital in Dar Es Salaam. Muhimbili Hospital is the largest hospital in Tanzania, with 1500 beds serving a city with a population of more than 7 million people  more

IFPTE Attends Post-Election AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2023: This week, IFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, and Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee attended the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting's agenda included a full analysis of Tuesday's election results, including but not limited to the many victories by labor backed candidates in New Jerse  more

IFPTE Responds to 2023 Election Results
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2023: * * * International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint statement on behalf of IFPTE in response to last night's election results: "Yesterday's election results marked a number of important victories for working families, as well as for our nation's d  more

Inspira Health's Elmer, Mullica Hill and Vineland Hospitals Earn 'A's on Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grade From The Leapfrog Group
MULLICA HILL, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- Inspira Health, a health care provider, delivering continuum of primary, acute and advanced care services, issued the following news release: Inspira Medical Centers Elmer, Mullica Hill and Vineland, part of Inspira Health, each earned an "A" for the Fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This national distinction recognizes hospitals' excellence in patient care by protecting patients from preventable harm and error. "Safety is at the center of all we do   more

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: Piscataway L'Oreal Employee Says RWDSU Union Boss Threats and Misinformation Undermined Vote to Oust Union
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Nov. 7 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Ana Maria Hoyos Lopez, an employee of L'Oreal USA Products, is asking for a rerun election based on charges that Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW) Local 262 officials interfered in a vote she and her coworkers requested to remove the union. In election objections filed with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 22 in Newark, Hoyos Lopez maintain  more

NCOIL PUSHES BACK ON DOL ENCROACHMENT OF THE STATE-BASED SYSTEM OF INSURANCE REGULATION
BELMAR, New Jersey, Nov. 8 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following statement on Nov. 7, 2023: * * * NCOIL CEO Commissioner Tom Considine issued the following statement regarding the recently announced Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule: "This proposed rule from the DOL is both unnecessary and burdensome to many of the consumers it seeks to protect. Further, it undermines the well-established and continually reaffirmed framework of the state-based syst  more

NJ Chamber Statement on Election
TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 9 -- The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on Nov. 8, 2023: * * * Congratulations to the winners of yesterday's election - and we look forward to working with the Administration and legislators in the new legislative session. The 2023 election has passed and New Jersey voters, in exit polling, overwhelmingly stated that strengthening the economy and tackling affordability is their No. 1 issue. These have been priority issues the New Jerse  more

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Announce Transformative Investment in Cancer Research and Care
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 10 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: Building on their already exceptional partnership, RWJBarnabas Health, the state's largest academic health system, and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, are announcing a transformative investment to conquer cancer through groundbreaking research and personalized, compassionate patient care. By investing i  more