CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: The American Gas Association condemns a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that would block the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-approved construction of a natural gas pipeline to serve New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Despite the fact that 73% of its capacity is pledged to natural gas local distribution companies (LD  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The American Tort Reform Association issued the following news release on July 31, 2024: * * * ATRA Monitors Liability-Expanding Agenda, Names State to 'Heat Watch' * * * Today, the American Tort Reform Association placed New Jersey on its "Heat Watch" list in the new Legislative HeatCheck (https://heatcheck.atra.org/), citing the potential passage of liability-expanding legislation that could further deteriorate the state's poor legal climate. "While New Jers  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 30 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: A team of cardiologists at Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care recently became the first in the region to implant the EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system, the first transcatheter therapy to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation. The procedure took place at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Tricuspid regurgitation, also known as tr  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cardiovascular researchers at Cooper University Health Care have discovered a revolutionary new technology that has the potential to fundamentally change how clinicians study heart and vascular function. Lawrence Mulligan, PhD, FAHA, director of research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Cooper and Associate Professor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, in collaboration with J  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 30 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Trenton, NJ Today, a coalition of environmental organizations and an impacted landowner backed by eight state Attorneys General and the New Jersey Ratepayer Advocate won their challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of the Regional Energy Access Expansion (REAE) project, which would allow a massive and unneeded expansion of gas capacity into New Jersey.   more

BELMAR, New Jersey, July 31 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release: * * * Strong Attendance Continues; Development Started and Continued on Several Model Laws; Timely Policy Discussions Held; Considine Announces Retirement * * * The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) concluded a highly successful 2024 Summer National Meeting (Meeting) from July 17th - 20th in Costa Mesa, CA. In what was the second of the organization's three Natio  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 3 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: TRENTON, N.J. -- Today, a group of New Jersey parents filed an updated complaint in their federal class action lawsuit challenging the state's policy of keeping the blood of every baby born in the Garden State without first getting their parents' voluntary, informed consent. Parents of several New Jersey kids, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), tried to resolve this case throu  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Primary elections were held on Thursday in Tennessee. Full results for women in these races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page (https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results-women-august-1st-primaries-tennessee); there are no undecided races with women candidates, so these are the final results for women in the 2024 Tennessee primaries. Full c  more

MONTVALE, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- The Institute of Management Accountants issued the following news release: * * * Confidence edged higher globally, despite the big drop in North America, with chief financial officers in particular becoming more optimistic * * * (New York and Montvale, N.J., July 31, 2024) -- Financial professionals in the U.S. and North America reported a sharp fall in confidence in the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Ce  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit vacated, or invalidated, a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allowed the construction of the Regional Energy Access Expansion project to expand the Transco pipeline to bring additional fracked gas from Pennsylvania to, primarily, New Jersey and Maryland. The Court agreed with the petitioners that FERC had overlooked "signif  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Last week, America First Legal (AFL) secured an important victory for the parents of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, when the U.S. Department of Education decided that the Cedar Grove School District violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA). According to the Department, the district violated the law by failing to provide parents with lawful prior notice of a  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Trenton, NJ Today, a coalition of environmental organizations and an impacted landowner backed by eight state Attorneys General and the New Jersey Ratepayer Advocate won their challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of the Regional Energy Access Expansion (REAE) project, which would allow a massive and unneeded expansion of gas capacity into New Jersey. In a victor  more