ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 3 -- The American Society of Radiologic Technologists issued the following news release: The American Society of Radiologic Technologists will award Life Member status to two members during the ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on June 28. The Society's newest Life Members are Catherine Kukec, B.M.E., R.T.(R)(M)(QM)(BD), CN-BI, FASRT, and Bettye Wilson, M.A.Ed., R.T.(R)(CT), RDMS, FASRT. * * * Life Member Award Establis  more

LAKE MARY, Florida, April 3 -- Florida Realtors issued the following news release: "I originally got real estate license 23 years ago," recalls Dan Lopez, broker/owner of Legends Realty in Lake Mary. He started out in a career as a medical lab technologist but was not fulfilled by it. However, real estate was always part of his life; his parents were part-time real estate professionals and his grandfather was an investor. In June 2000, he made the bold decision to leave the laboratory behind an  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, April 3 -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, issued the following statement on April 2, 2024: * * * Statement of leaders of MomsRising, the online and on- the- ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, including tens of thousands in Florida, on yesterday's Florida State Supreme Court rulings relating to abortion: "The Florida Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 3 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Florida has fallen to anti-abortion crusaders. A crushing decision on Monday, April 1, by the state Supreme Court approved one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. The Freedom From Religion Foundation calls it appalling that the ruling will effectively eliminate abortion access throughout the South when the ban takes effect in 30 days. Hope is found in a separate decision issued on the s  more

LAKE MARY, Florida, April 3 -- The Institute of Internal Auditors issued the following news release: The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is pleased to invite internal audit leaders and stakeholders to participate in the global Topical Requirements public comment survey on the draft pilot Cybersecurity Topical Requirement. Through the survey, the internal audit community will have the opportunity to provide valuable feedback that will help shape the structure of the Topical Requirement and   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, in a 5-2 ruling, the Florida State Supreme Court advanced a proposed adult-use cannabis legalization initiative to the November 5, 2024, ballot. "This is one of the most important cannabis legalization campaigns in recent years," said Matthew Schweich, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "We have the opportunity to end the injustice of cannabis prohibition fo  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, April 3 -- The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision allowing an amendment expanding abortion access to appear on the November ballot this year. If approved by voters, Amendment 4 would amend the state constitution to allow abortions up to 24 weeks, limiting government interference with abortion access. In a separate ruling, the court also disappointingly uphel  more

NEW YORK, April 3 -- Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement on April 2, 2024: * * * Today, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 15-week abortion ban. A six-week abortion ban in the state has already been passed and the language states that it will go into effect 30 days after the 15-week ban goes into effect. Therefore, 30 days from now, Floridians will live under a six-week abortion ban. This devastating news came on the same day that the state heard that it  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine issued the following statement on April 2, 2024: * * * The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) issued the following statement in response to the Florida Supreme Court rulings on Monday, April 1. "The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is outraged by the Florida Supreme Court's decision to uphold the state's 15-week ban on abortion, functionally allowing a 6-week ban to go into effect as soon as May 1. This decision undoes   more