ATLANTA, Georgia, June 29 -- The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers issued the following news release: ASHRAE has closed out a successful 2024 ASHRAE Annual Conference, held from June 22-26 in Indianapolis. The event gathered 2,040 registered HVAC&R and building science professionals and supporters to discuss key topics such as legislative initiatives, building decarbonization, artificial intelligence and more. Registrants explored more than 80 sessions a  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today condemned Representative Lucy McBaths' vote in favor of Republican-backed proposed legislation to bar the State Department from citing Gaza Health Ministry's Palestinian death toll statistics and expressed disgust at the amendment to H.R. 8771, the State Department Foreign Operations and Related  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 28 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia issued the following news release: On Friday afternoon, a federal judge halted part of Georgia Senate Bill 63 (S.B. 63) from taking effect while a lawsuit filed on behalf of Barred Business Foundation and two individuals, John Cole Vodicka and Steve Williams, proceeds. This order prevents the severe restrictions on charitable bail activity and the criminalization of charitable bail work contained in S.B. 63 from taking   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 25 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: On Sunday, June 23, youth activists from Sunrise Movement Atlanta held a vigil at the Atlanta City Hall to mourn the deaths from extreme heat seen in the United States and across the world. Sunrise Movement Atlanta demanded Big Oil be held accountable for their actions and called on the Biden Administration to declare a climate emergency and recognize heat as a 'major disaster' through FEMA. This was the latest  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 29 -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia will hear NetChoice's request to halt Act 564 while our lawsuit, NetChoice v. Carr, moves through the legal system. The hearing begins at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. "We hope the Court will ensure Georgians and their businesses are pr  more

EXTON, Pennsylvania, June 28 -- The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE(R) ), a subsidiary of CableLabs(R) , announces the headliner speakers for SCTE TechExpo24, which will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, September 24-26, 2024. On Tuesday morning, September 24, SCTE President & CEO Maria Popo will be kicking off things on the main stage, sh  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 27 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: This week, the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence (SR 476) convened to discuss the future of AI in Georgia. As AI technology becomes more advanced, and more industries adopt its uses, state legislators are seeking to advance policy that promotes growth and safety. The Committee's discussion focused on how AI can help to propel Georgia's continued prosperity as a business-f  more