ROSEMONT, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) issued the following statement in response to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's professional anesthesia service reimbursement policy update: AANA is vehemently opposed to Anthem's reimbursement policy change that, effective November 1, 2024, Anthem will be reducing QZ services rendered by a CRNA to 85% of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a law that will eliminate the state grocery tax by 2026. The catch: local governments will gain the ability to pass their own 1% grocery tax, without any requirement for voters to approve those new taxes, likely resulting in a net zero cut for most taxpayers. Pritzker has said that repealing the grocery tax is "one more important part of lifting the burden  more

ITASCA, Illinois, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release: * * * Trends Also Vary by Race, Ethnicity, Study Finds * * * Students in California with minoritized sexual and gender identities reported significantly more experience with binge drinking compared with heterosexual and cisgender peers, and the disparities were evident by 6th-8th grades, according to a study published in the September Pediatrics. The study, "Binge Drinking Disparities  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The American Dairy Science Association issued the following news release: * * * Advances in dairy nutrition science may be able to deliver a 60% reduction in enteric methane emissions in the coming years, according to a new Journal of Dairy Science(R) invited review * * * Philadelphia, August 6, 2024 - Research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock has exploded as the dairy and agriculture sectors all work toward shared sustainability a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release: With less than a month remaining before thousands of delegates and other participants gather in Chicago for the 2024 Democratic National Convention, a group of protestors are asking the federal appeals court in Chicago to allow their challenge to the City of Chicago's "Footprint" Ordinance to move forward (https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/bodies_outside_v_chicago_-_appellate  more

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following news release: The inaugural Rm8 iNov8 Pitch Competition was held August 5 at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA)'s 2024 Annual Congress in San Diego. The competition showcased innovative solutions that improve patient safety, outcomes, or provider experience for anesthesia providers such as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), also known as nurse anesthesiologists   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The Illinois Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: The Illinois Chamber of Commerce congratulates Representative Eva-Dina Delgado for receiving our Bridge Builder Award. The Bridge Builder is our newest award which recognizes bipartisanship and collaboration in the General Assembly. Today's release is the first of four to be issued this week. Rep. Delgado has served in the General Assembly since 2019 where she is the Chair of th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The Joyce Foundation issued the following news: The headlines are full of stories about artificial intelligence (AI) and the boom in data centers to power it. We are starting to see elected officials introduce bills to incentivize data center development (for example, in Chicago and Michigan). However, there is no clear indication of the economic benefits to communities hosting these facilities. What we do know is that data centers require a lot of electricity and   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association issued the following news release: New York, August 6, 2024 -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced today an MDA Research Infrastructure Grant for $300,000 to Joshua Burns, PhD towards establishing a global certification standard for clinical evaluators focused on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), with the potential to revolutionize the field of muscle disease research. Through collaboration with his team of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 6 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: Following the introduction of the bipartisan Protecting Whales, Human Safety, and the Economy Act of 2024, sponsored by Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) released the following statement: "With this bipartisan legislation, Senators Manchin and Graham are leading the way to protect marine lif  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- People's Action issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * National Organizing Network Cheers Walz Record on Workers' Rights, Climate Justice, and Education * * * WASHINGTON, D.C.-People's Action today cheered news that Vice President Kamala Harris will select Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential pick on the 2024 Democratic ticket. Citing Walz's record on workers, families, climate, and democracy, leaders of the organization expresse  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The Institute of Food Technologists issued the following news release: The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is pleased to announce that Stefhanie Loaiza-Sanchez from the University of Costa Rica in San Pedro Montes de Oca, San Jose, has won the IFTSA Undergraduate Research Competition for her research on the "Prevalence and inactivation of Salmonella spp  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from Radboud University, University of Galway, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines common events during the lifecycle of a variety of technology products from adoption to disposal and how companies must consider how they support or limit consumers' "entropy   more