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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday July 21, 2024 ( 12 items )  

$1.4M PLANNING PROJECT IS UNDERWAY TO REHABILITATE SCARBOROUGH MARSH
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 17 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: * * * Maine's Largest Saltmarsh Under Siege Due to Rising Seas, Over Development * * * Ducks Unlimited (DU) is partnering with Scarborough Land Trust, the Maine Coastal Program, Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and others on a $1.4 million restoration of Scarborough Marsh, a 3,100-acre estuary comprised of tidal marsh, salt creeks, freshwater marsh, and uplands. Scarborough is also Maine's l  more

2024 SkillsUSA Plumbing Championship Winners
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association issued the following news release: FALLS CHURCH, Va. (July 15, 2024) - The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors--National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation is proud to announce the six plumbing students who received top honors in the plumbing championship held June 26th and 27th in Atlanta, Ga. at the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The Plumbing Championship winners are:   more

AFBF Statement on Failed Assassination Attempt
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following statement on July 14, 2024: * * * American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall today commented on the failed assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump yesterday at a political rally in Pennsylvania. "We condemn in the strongest terms the failed assassination attempt against former President Trump. In a democratic society, political differences must be resolved through dialogue and   more

CAIR Condemns 2nd White Supremacist March With Nazi Flags in Tennessee
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned another march by members of a neo-Nazi white supremacist group in Nashville, Tennessee. For the second weekend in a row, a white supremacist group carrying Nazi flags shouting the Nazi salute "Sieg Heil" and wearing "Whites Against Replacement" sh  more

CMA Welcomes New Class Of Women's Leadership Academy
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 16 -- The Country Music Association issued the following news release: * * * Professional Development Program Serving 16 Women Within the Country Music Industry in its Third Year * * * The Country Music Association, the premier membership trade association of the Country Music industry, has announced a new class for its Women's Leadership Academy (WLA). Selected through an application process, the professional development program, in its third year, is an interacti  more

Constitutional Accountability Center: 6th Circuit Panel Grapples With Effect of Supreme Court's Loper Bright Decision on Title X Regulation
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Constitutional Accountability Center issued the following statement on July 18, 2024: * * * Following oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit this morning in Tennessee v. Becerra, Constitutional Accountability Center Appellate Counsel Miriam Becker-Cohen issued the following reaction: "In this case, Tennessee is asking the Sixth Circuit to order the federal government to reinstate its Title X funding even though the state has refused to comp  more

DATE SET FOR MILESTONE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS TAKING PLACE ON MAY 8, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * FROM FORD CENTER AT THE STAR - WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS IN FRISCO, TEXAS [EDITOR'S NOTE]: For assets and show logos please click HERE (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/se0k5msrsgqj8x6p2c3la/ADwdQIVJNyLPScRlCW98G7Y?rlkey=uxdgzzz3ebprcb7kflvx9gjyq&st=frex1eag&dl=0) * * * Today, Prime Video, the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and Dick Clark Productions announc  more

ERLC Announces 2024-2025 Research Fellows
WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued the following news release: * * * Fellows to Assist in Areas of Life, Religious Liberty, Marriage and Family, Human Dignity * * * NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 16, 2024 --The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention announced the 2024-2025 Research Fellows at its annual gathering this week in Nashville, Tennessee. The Research Institute is an initiative o  more

Higher Ed Professionals Workforce Data Show That Women and People of Color Have Lower Representation Among the Highest-Paying Professional Jobs
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSres) -- The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources issued the following news release: New research from CUPA-HR on the state of the professional workforce in higher education shows that women and people of color are not only being paid less than White men in the same position, but also are less likely to hold higher-paying positions. CUPA-HR's research team analyzed data from the Professionals in Higher Education Survey, a comprehe  more

Revoke July Month of Prayer proclamation, FFRF urges Tenn. governor
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 17 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pressing Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to rescind his unconstitutional Month of Prayer proclamation anointing July as a month to pray. Lee has signed House Joint Resolution 803, which designates the entire month of July to "be recognized as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee." HJR 803 is titled "A RESOLUTION to seek God's hand of mercy healing on Tenne  more

SOUTH CAROLINIAN TO LEAD DU PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 17 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: * * * New board member Mike McShane brings extensive experience in the Palmetto State * * * Charleston, S.C. - July 15, 2024 - Ducks Unlimited (DU) recently appointed South Carolina native Mike McShane as a new member of the Board of Directors. As Senior Advisory Vice President of Public Policy, McShane will serve as the volunteer leader of the Public Policy Committee, which works with DU policy staff to advoca  more

US Governors' Chiefs of Staff Return From Israel Mission With Combat Antisemitism Movement
MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas, July 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The Combat Antisemitism Movement issued the following news release: A delegation of chiefs of staff from governors' offices across the United States has returned from a successful six-day mission to Israel, organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM). The group, which included chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs of staff, and senior advisors representing Republican governors from states including Florida, Georgia, Montana, Nevada, Nort  more