MIAMI, Florida, May 14 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida announces the appointment of Bacardi L. Jackson as its new executive director, succeeding interim executive director Howard Simon. For over 25 years, Jackson has been a seasoned litigator and trial attorney, championing civil rights and social justice causes in Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. For the last four years,  more

NAPLES, Florida, May 14 -- The Foundation for Government Accountability issued the following news release: Last week, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed an amicus brief (https://thefga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FGA-Hile-v.-Michigan-Amicus-Brief-FINAL-DRAFT-v3.pdf) in the Supreme Court of the United States case, Hile v. Michigan. In the amicus, FGA argues that the Court should grant certiorari on this case and allow the Hiles to argue their case. The brief cites multi  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 (TNSres) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on May 13, 2024: TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS: * 19 states are currently in session as of May 10 * 25 states have ended the session as of May 10 * So far we are tracking about 825+ bills: - 210+ pro-equality - 440+ anti-LGBTQ+ - Twenty-seven anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law: Alabama: SB 129, Alabama: SB 48, Alabama: HB 89, Florida: C.S./H.B. 1425, Florida: C.S./H.B. 1291, Idaho: HB 668, Ida  more

CARY, North Carolina, May 15 -- INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry issued the following news release: INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, and AFS, the American Filtration & Separations Society, are pleased to announce they are entering into a strategic partnership to create the FiltXPO 2025 Conference Program. FiltXPO, the International Filtration Conference & Exhibition, will co-locate with IDEA25 from April 29 to May 1, 2025, in the Miami Beach Convention C  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 14 -- The James Madison Institute issued the following news release: "The signing of the school choice bill, HB 1403, cements Gov.Ron DeSantis' place in the 'Florida Education Choice Hall of Fame' -- and guarantees the inclusion of House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate Education Chairman Corey Simon as well. "This trio followed up their historic 2023 universal scholarship legislation with a less-glamorous-but-nevertheless-important 2024 "streamlining" bill (HB 1403).   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia's Cobb County School District and Florida's Collier County Public School District for creating a hostile environment for students through practices that include censoring books and learning materials that feature, tell   more

COCOA, Florida, May 15 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: Hosted by Melissa Navia of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," the ISDC Features Over 100 Sessions and Keynotes by Major Aerospace and Newspace Leaders. The National Space Society's International Space Development Conference(R) (ISDC(R)) will be held in Los Angeles, California, next week from May 23-26. The ISDC is the annual keynote event of NSS, bringing together leading executives, managers, engineers, scie  more

SANTA MONICA, California, May 14 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following news release: Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states, according to a new RAND report. Some states (Arkansas, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi) had relative prices under 200 percent of Medicare, while other states (California, Florida, Georgia,   more

MAITLAND, Florida, May 15 -- Save the Manatee Club issued the following commentary on May 14, 2024: * * * New Rules Hold Potential to Safeguard Endangered Species and Critical Habitats By Beth Brady, Senior Science and Conservation Associate In 2019, the United Nations released a report revealing that approximately 1 million animal and plant species are currently facing the threat of extinction, with some at risk within mere decades. Over the past decade alone, the International Union for Co  more

COCOA, Florida, May 15 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: On May 25, the National Space Society will give its prestigious Space Pioneer Award for Media to Rod Pyle, noted space book author and historian, writer of numerous NASA publications, space journalist and podcaster, and editor of the NSS "Ad Astra" magazine. The award will be presented at the society's annual International Space Development Conference, being held this year in Los Angeles, California, from Ma  more