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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Dakota Newsletter for Sunday February 25, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Animal Legal Defense Fund: State Animal Protection Laws Ranked - Oregon is 1, North Dakota 50
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, has released the 18th annual U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report (2023), ranking the animal protection laws of all 50 states. For the first time, Oregon has claimed the top rank in animal protection laws -- followed by Maine (2), Illinois (3), Massachusetts (4), and Colorado (  more

Boston Scientific Announces Positive Noridian Local Coverage Determination for the Intracept(tm) Procedure
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota, Feb. 22 [Category: Medical] -- Medical Alley issued the following news release: Policy expands physician and patient access for vertebrogenic low back pain treatment MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 22, 2024 - Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has announced that Noridian Healthcare Solutions, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), published a positive coverage determination for the Intracept(tm) Procedure. The new policy went into effect on Sunday, January 28, 2  more

CodePink: Condemnation of Hate Crime Attack on Fargo Community Organizers
FARGO, North Dakota, Feb. 21 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following agency statement on Feb. 20, 2024: * * * We, the coalition of human rights activists and concerned members of the Fargo-Moorhead community, issue this statement to condemn in the strongest terms the heinous hate crime perpetrated against three attendees at a peaceful protest on February 11, 2024. On tha  more