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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday May 09, 2024 ( 2 items )  

ACLU OF MASSACHUSETTS STATEMENT ON ARRESTS OF UMASS AMHERST DEMONSTRATORS
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 9 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, released the following in response to police arrests of University of Massachusetts Amherst demonstrators: "While other campuses across the country have engaged demonstrators in productive dialogue, we are highly concerned that University of Massachusetts Amherst leaders chose to invite armed pol  more

PETA Primate Scientist to Confront Charles River Board at Annual Meeting
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Please see the following statement from PETA primate scientist Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel regarding her upcoming attendance at the annual shareholder meeting of Charles River Laboratories on May 8. PETA is a shareholder in the company, and Dr. Jones-Engel will challenge company executives to adopt PETA's resolution calling for an annual census report on imported primates a  more