SACRAMENTO, California, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Health Access California issued the following news release: * * * * The 2024-2025 state budget agreement announced between the State Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom rejects most harmful health care cuts proposed in the May Revision. * Agreement will ensure that thousands of undocumented Californians continue to receive their IHSS benefits, funding is preserved for the Indian Health Program, Medi-Cal benefits will be maintained at their cur  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: By Tim Worstall It is finally possible to see who was arrested at the University of California, Irvine. In April, several hundred protesters at UC Irvine entered the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall on campus and surrounded the building. Forty-seven of them were arrested, primarily for failure to disperse. The university reportedly suspended several student protesters, and UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman responded to the es  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today condemned recent real estate events held at two California synagogues allegedly promoting the sale of land located in the illegally-occupied Palestinian territories. CAIR-LA also called for an investigation into the violence that broke out at the real estate event in Los Angeles. Th  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 25 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * Research focused on potentially reducing hypoglycemic episodes, why more men might have diabetes than women, and targeting glucose control * * * Researchers with City of Hope(R), one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States and a leading research center for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, presented novel study results at the 84th Scientific   more

REDDING, California, June 25 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the release of the proposed Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan (NCIP) and the Final Environmental Impact Statement, updating management for public lands in BLM's Arcata and Redding field offices. Conservationists praised the plan for proposing to designate many new Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACE  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: * * * In a Companion Column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman Analyzes Why the Election Represents a Fork in the Road for the Federal Government's Role in Health Care * * * KFF today launched a new side-by-side comparison tool of the records and policy positions of President Biden and former President Trump across a range of key health policy   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- The Environment California Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: As summer brings waves of visitors to California's beaches and coastline, members of the State Assembly debated Tuesday how the state can keep more of its ocean heritage safe. The Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee voted 10:1 to pass ACR-210, a resolution introduced by Assemblymember Steve Bennett that calls on state agencies to prioritize creating new ma  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 24 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Honolulu, Hawai`i -- Last Thursday, the Hawai`i Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in the long-running water case over Na Wai `Eha, "The Four Waters" of Waihe`e, Waiehu, Wailuku, and Waikapu in central Maui. In a 134-page unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sabrina McKenna, the court ruled in favor of Maui community groups Hui o Na Wai `Eha and Maui Tomorrow Foundation, who were  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * New poll underscores the surge of support from the veterinary community to ban the cruel practice. * * * An invasive surgical procedure, sometimes misconstrued as a 'quick fix' to stop cats from scratching furniture in the past, has become a prominent topic in legislatures across the country. New York, Maryland, and Washington D.C. have already banned declawing cats with narr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * New report reveals that current labeling regulations put consumers at risk and fail to comply with federal law. * * * The Animal Legal Defense Fund released a report showing that consumers care about what goes into the food products they purchase but are not able to accurately discern whether a product contains animal-derived ingredients based on current U.S. Food and Drug Ad  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 -- The State Bar of California issued the following news release: Strategies and Stories, a free online program designed to support law students with stress-reduction strategies before taking the California Bar Exam, has helped over 1,000 applicants to achieve a passing score over the last six years. That's the conclusion of a study presented to the State Bar's Committee of Bar Examiners Friday by partner firm The Equity Accelerator (EA). Dr. Victor D. Quinta  more