WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Open-Source AI: The Debate That Could Redefine AI Innovation By Angela Luna Executive Summary * A major debate around artificial intelligence (AI) is whether to promote closed or open-source AI; proponents of open-source - AI systems with their components available for further study, use, modification, and sharing - argue they promote AI development, greater transparency, and reduce mark  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today, a coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submitted a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the agency to reject a petition filed by Republican attorneys general seeking to rescind critical Title VI protections . The attorneys general petition, referred  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 30 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary: * * * California Points to Future Power Blackouts in Minnesota Written by Bill Glahn For decades we've been told that trends in California foretell the future of America. It used to be a promise, now it's a warning. This week saw a l  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 4 -- The California Manufacturers and Technology Association issued the following news release: * * * This month's Government Relations Update video (https://youtu.be/F8B9bRRI5s8) highlights crucial legislative developments for California's manufacturing sector. * * * This proposed legislation, which aims to introduce a manufacturing tax credit for qualified manufacturing equipment and research and development (R&D) purchases, has recently cleared a critical hur  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: A coalition of clean air and health advocates filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to stop industry giants from releasing cancer-causing air pollution, like benzene from coke oven plants. In Western Pennsylvania, Northern Indiana, Alabama, and other locations throughout the U.S., coke oven plants superheat coal in a kiln. The process releases   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps to limit the damage from a Trump-era Clean Air Act giveaway, which had allowed nearly half the nation's hazardous air pollution sources, some 4,000 individual polluters, to shut down their pollution control systems, stop reporting their toxic emissions, and escape critical permitting requirements. In today's final rule, EPA s  more

SAN RAFAEL, California, Sept. 4 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: In August Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened local leaders who have not cleared homeless encampments to do so or risk losing state funding. City and county officials statewide are responding. Last Monday, the Sacramento Police Department attracted scrutiny when it barred reporters from access to the high-profile clearing of Camp Resolution. The Sacramento Bee reported: "The city of Sacramento might ha  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 4 -- The Health Access California issued the following news release: * * * AB 3129 (Wood) protect patients by giving the Attorney General oversight on certain private equity acquisitions in our health care system * * * As private equity in our health care system grows, the California Legislature voted on Saturday to pass AB 3129 by Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Jim Wood to put more oversight on certain transactions that may harm consumers. The bill gives the state's   more