ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 27 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release: As the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program seeks public input on the next phase of Chesapeake Bay restoration, this week a bipartisan group of 25 U.S. Senators and Representatives from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New York, and the District of Columbia urged regional leaders to recommit to the Chesapeake Bay. The June 24 letter from members of Congress to a committee of state and federal leaders comes a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 26 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania issued the following statement on June 25, 2024: * * * The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today passed legislation requiring insurance companies to cover contraception, at no cost to consumers. Supporters of the bill, introduced by Rep. Leanne Krueger of Delaware County, hailed the bipartisan vote as a step forward for reproductive freedom in the commonwealth and for lowering barriers to contraceptio  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following CAIR In the News wrap up on June 25, 2024: CAIR-Philadelphia: UD faces lawsuit over high school student arrest at 2023 graduation (https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2024/06/25/university-of-delaware-lawsuit-high-school-student-arrest-graduation-2023/74202570007/) - Delaware Online The action was announced Tuesday in downtown Wilmington, as attorneys from the Philadelphia chapter of the Council o  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Children's Hospital Association issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Children's Hospital Association (CHA) today announced it is joining the Elizabeth Dole Foundation's Hidden Helpers Coalition to support military connected-families. At an event hosted at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, and co-hosted by U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and EDF, CHA joined the Coalition to advocate for hidden helpers, the children and teens who provide care to, or  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The American Economic Liberties Project issued the following statement on June 24, 2024: * * * In response to news that the Delaware legislature has passed SB 313 - which amends corporate governance provisions in Delaware law- the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement. "Delaware Governor John Carney must veto SB 313, a reckless piece of legislation that poses the most radical and ill-considered revision to corporate governance policy in de  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, June 26 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Delaware - Security guards posted at federal buildings across the state of Delaware will soon cast ballots in a "deauthorization election" that may strip officials of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union of their power to force guards to pay union dues as a condition of employment. Newark, DE-based security guard Steven Bowden requested the vo  more