BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 18 -- The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Organizations Awarded Over $530,000 to Bring More Than Fifty Artists and Ensembles to Communities Across the Region * * * Mid Atlantic Arts congratulates our 2024-2025 ArtsCONNECT, Iber Exchange, Jazz Touring Network, Mid Atlantic Tours, and Special Presenter Initiatives grantees! These regional touring program grant recipients will be hosting over 50 artists and ensembles from July 1, 2  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following CAIR In the News wrap up on July 16, 2024: CAIR: Delta Air Lines flight attendants push back after Palestinian flag flap leads to a blanket ban on uniform pins (https://www.fastcompany.com/91156817/delta-air-lines-palestinian-flag-pin-uniform-policy-change-flight-attendants-fight-back) - Fast Company CAIR Welcomes Delta Apology for Anti-Palestinian Post (https://x.com/CAIRNational/status/1813214693546156307)   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the two-year sentence imposed on a New Jersey man for sending racist, antisemitic and anti-Muslim threats to schools, synagogues and people in 2022. Nikolay Levinson, of Palisades Park, reportedly sent threatening letters to victims in Manhattan,   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 17 -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release: engage2learn and ETS are excited to announce a new partnership: together, they will bring an innovative solution to K-12 school districts that is designed to address and solve urgent teacher recruitment and retention challenges. Through this partnership, engage2learn and ETS will use targeted first-year coaching to support candidates who need to pass the Praxis exam. Efforts like these aim to allev  more

BRISTOL, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- The Delaware Riverkeeper Network issued the following news release: Today, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Hudson Riverkeeper have joined forces to submit notices of intent to sue for the illegal killing of Atlantic sturgeon to three states: New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. According to the 60-day notices, which are required by federal law before the organization can actually file their litigation, Atlantic sturgeon are being killed in high and unac  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: * * * Governor Murphy can still stop the widely opposed polluting scheme * * * The Murphy administration's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an environmental justice approval to a plan to build a fracked gas power plant at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) facility in Newark. The proposal to add a new source of air and climate pollution in an overburdened community has generate  more

VINELAND, New Jersey, July 17 -- Inspira Health, a health care provider, delivering continuum of primary, acute and advanced care services, issued the following news release: Mullica Hill, NJ (July 16, 2024) - Inspira Health's Courtney Timberman, Associate Vice President of Ambulatory Shared Services, has been honored by the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) with its 2024 Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes Courtney as a vital asset to the growth and success of Inspira's ambulator  more

BELMAR, New Jersey, July 20 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * Considine's Tenure Marked by Significant Growth & Financial Stability * * * NCOIL CEO Commissioner Tom Considine today announced his retirement effective December 31, 2024. The announcement came during the Welcome Breakfast of the organization's 2024 National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Summer National Meeting in Costa Mesa, CA. Considine has   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 18 (TNSres) -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * Reincarcerating people for minor infractions has a high cost for individuals and tax payers * * * NEWARK (July 16, 2024) A new report, titled "Voices from the Inside: Restructuring the Conversation on Technical Parole Violations" documents the harms caused by New Jersey's parole system, which send people back to prison for minor violations of parole policies. The re  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause issued the following news release: Today, after deliberating for two days, a jury found New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez guilty of all 16 counts in a federal corruption trial, including bribery, obstruction of justice, and acting as a foreign agent. The senator was accused of accepting gifts in exchange for official favors to Egypt and Qatar. The gifts, from New Jersey businessmen, include cash, gold bars, luxury watches, car payments to  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 18 -- The Cooper Foundation issued the following news release: In a commitment to furthering its partnership with Cooper University Health Care and bolstering essential services for the Camden community, Subaru of America, Inc., has announced its continued support of $30,000 for durable medical equipment and transportation services to continue to fuel Cooper's mission. This donation, part of the Subaru Loves to Care(R) initiative, aims to provide access to vital medical  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 17 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: * * * RWJUH and Rutgers Cancer Institute remain one of the leading cancer programs for oncology in the state as recognized by U.S. News & World Report. * * * Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has again been named by U.S. News & World Report as a 2024-2025 Best Regional Hospital in New Jersey and is ranked #22 (tie) in the highly-competitive Ne  more

ELIZABETH, New Jersey, July 19 -- UNITE HERE, a labor union for workers in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation and airport industries in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following news release: * * * Gate Gourmet truck drivers perform physically strenuous jobs on airport tarmacs; some trucks lack working air conditioning * * * Airline catering workers who drive trucks for airline subcontractor Gate Gourmet at EWR Airport gathered with  more