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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Thursday May 30, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Africa's Biggest Airline Caught Shipping Endangered Monkeys to Laboratories, PETA Reveals
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 29 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Today, PETA is launching a campaign against Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest airline, after learning that the company reportedly flew 250 long-tailed macaques across the Atlantic Ocean to a Florida-based importer that sells monkeys for use in laboratory experiments. Ethiopian Airlines, which has been implicated in transporting monkeys illegally captured in their f  more

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties: Op-Ed - 'Tikkun Olam' - Let's Leave Behind a Legacy of Good Deeds for Others
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, May 30 -- The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties issued the following news: Leaving a legacy is so much more than just money and volunteering. It's making sure your good deeds will be perpetuated forever by influencing others by example to help those less fortunate. Being involved philanthropically in this community for decades, I believe that the best way to ensure that my legacy of giving continues is through both my son and the Community Foundat  more

Florida Realtors Lisa Baltozer: A Real Estate Advisor and Market Expert
GAINESVILLE, Florida, May 30 -- Florida Realtors issued the following news release: Lisa Baltozer, like many others, has not had a straight path to real estate. Serving as a broker associate at Keller Williams Gainesville Realty Partners, she started her real estate career in her college years during 1990s as a leasing agent. She then transitioned to property management before discovering her ultimate calling in sales. After earning her broker's license in 1997, she chose to take a hiatus from  more

MALDEF SUES FLORIDA CREDIT UNION FOR UNLAWFULLY DENYING LOAN TO DACA RECIPIENT
MIAMI, Florida, May 30 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: A Latino civil rights group is suing a Florida credit union over unlawful lending policies that discriminate against immigrants, according to a filing in federal court Wednesday. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Orlando-based Symphorien-Saavedra Law filed the suit against Space Coast Credit Union on behalf of Jose Rendon Leyva. Rendo  more

Southern Shrimp Alliance: BAP-Certified Choice Canning Added to Import Alert 16-129
TARPON SPRINGS, Florida, May 30 (TNSres) -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance issued the following news release: On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an updated Import Alert 16-129, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to Nitrofurans," to now include Choice Canning Company Unit II (A Division of Choice Trading Corporation Pvt Ltd). With the FDA's announcement, the Choice Canning processing plant joins twelve other Indian shrimp processing   more