WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, along with the New Jersey chapter of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP-NJ) today condemned a planned real estate event to allegedly sell illegally-occupied Palestinian land at a Teaneck synagogue. The groups also called for a federal probe into the   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 7 (TNSres) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: * * * Patient advocates & public health leaders rally around legislative effort to alleviate medical debt in New Jersey * * * As state lawmakers consider proposals that aim to reduce the financial impact of disease on patients and families, a new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows that medical debt is associated with worse health status, more premature  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 7 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * California Will Have No Woman Senator * * * Primary elections for congressional and state races were held yesterday in Alabama, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, and Texas, with additional contests in the presidential primaries around the country, and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Ru  more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, March 7 -- The Joint Commission, an organization that says it assists public health agencies, health care organizations, health ministries and others to improve the quality and safety of patient care, issued the following news release: Four hospitals within Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most integrated health network, are first in the nation to achieve The Joint Commission's Sustainable Healthcare Certification (SHC). These hospitals have met r  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 8 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release March 6, 2024: In a paper published today in Nature, scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study; the University of Victoria, Canada; and the University of Warwick, U.K., have proposed a new theory that explains why a puzzling population of white dwarf stars stopped cooling for ten billion years. Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you'll likely learn  more

EDISON, New Jersey, March 8 -- The NAFA Fleet Management Association issued the following news release: As excitement continues to build for Institute & Expo (I&E), NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA), the industry's leading membership association, is excited to share the lineup for its new Ride & Drive Experience. Powered by Bobit, the Ride & Drive Experience provides the opportunity for attendees to interact with the latest models, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, and cutting-edge  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 9 -- The National Association of School Nurses issued the following news release: The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) recently named eight professionals for induction into the National Academy of School Nursing. They are: * Jane Carol Boyd, Delaware * Sharon Guthrie, Iowa * Kathleen A. Hassey, Massachusetts * Lisa Kern, Florida * Lynnette Ondeck, Washington * Cynthia E. Samuel, New Jersey * Louise F. Wilson, Wisconsin * Catherine Yonkaitis, Il  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 6 -- The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: With measles cases on the rise across the US, experts at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) are urging the public to follow longstanding public health recommendations by making sure they are up to date on measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination. As of February 2024, 41 measles cases have been reported in 16 states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 6 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news: NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka says the governor's plan for a permanent 2.5% tax on corporations to fund NJ TRANSIT is worse than the temporary surcharge on corporate income tax it replaces, and she is calling for legislators to do better for New Jersey business. In an op-ed published Monday in ROI-NJ, Siekerka pointed out the proposed "Corporate Transit Fee" outlined recently  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 8 -- The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: A plan to raise the state's per-gallon gas tax by 1.9 cents per year over five years to fund the state highways, roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects has garnered the approval of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce. "There is no better investment New Jersey can make than in our infrastructure," said Tom Bracken, president and CEO of the N.J. Chamber of Commerce, at a hearing in fron  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 5 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news on March 4, 2024: In testimony before the Senate Economic Growth Committee today, NJBIA Chief Government Affairs Officer Christopher Emigholz said New Jersey needs to better capitalize on opportunities for pro-growth investment, while reducing taxes and regulatory burdens to improve the state's economic landscape since the COVID-19 pandemic. "We have an unrelenting tax environment," Emigh  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 8 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news: NJBIA is opposing a constitutional amendment that attempts to establish that every person has a legal right to a clean environment because it will lead to a surge in costly litigiation and create uncertainty that would jeopardize financing for public infrastructure and private development projects. Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (Greenstein, D-14; Zwicker, D-16), which is up for discuss  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 5 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news on March 4, 2024: NJBIA testified on Monday against a climate-related bill and resolution that the association says will harm New Jersey's economy and be counterproductive to the state's climate goals. The Senate Energy and Environment Committee voted to release bill S-198, which calls for the state pension and annuity funds to divest from the 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel compa  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 9 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news: While a bill to raise New Jersey's gas tax by nearly 10 cents over the next five years is driving on the fast track, NJBIA currently has a neutral position on it. Although the association strongly supports New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund program and transportation infrastructure investments, there is a need to tap the brakes before accelerating on another tax increase. "Transport  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 8 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news: NJBIA Chief Member Strategy Officer Betty Boros was among 18 trailblazing New Jersey executives named to South Jersey Biz magazine's 2024 Women to Watch list this week. The 2024 honorees were recognized for their "work to improve the industry landscape while bringing up those around them," the magazine said. "Boros is an executive leader who supports strategic initiatives, provides high  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 6 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on March 5, 2024: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey together with RWJBarnabas Health, the state's leading cancer center and only Comprehensive Cancer Center as recognized by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), has scored in the "exceptional" range and was redesignated by the National Cancer Institute, placing it among the top cancer centers reviewed in 2023. The prestigious designation f  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 8 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: Tengteng Wang, PhD, MSPH, MBBS, cancer epidemiologist in the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received more than $700,000 from the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov/) (R00CA267557) to support her research on examining the association between reproductive factors, gut microbiome, and benign breast disease (BBD). R  more