Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Wednesday February 12, 2025 ( 43 items ) |
"Mayor Adams Isn't Above the Law" Says LatinoJustice
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release:
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"Mayor Adams Isn't Above the Law" Says LatinoJustice
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"Mayor Adams Isn't Above the Law" Says LatinoJustice
Civil Rights Organization Condemns Dropped Charges Against Mayor Adams
New York, NY - The United States Department of Justice has ordered the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to drop all criminal charges against Mayor Eric Ada
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'Structural poverty' maps could steer help to world's neediest
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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'Structural poverty' maps could steer help to world's neediest
Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to mapping poverty that could help policymakers identify the neediest people in poor countries and target resources more effectively.
Eliminating extreme poverty - defined as surviving on $2.15 per person per day, in 2017 U.S. dollars
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2025 STABLE Act Fails to Protect Consumers From Stablecoin Risks and Gives Big Tech Too Much Power Over Economy Without Proper Guardrails
YONKERS, New York, Feb. 12 [Category: Business] -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025:
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2025 STABLE Act Fails to Protect Consumers From Stablecoin Risks and Gives Big Tech Too Much Power Over Economy Without Proper Guardrails
Consumer Reports Urges House Financial Services Committee to Strengthen Flawed Bill
WASHINGTON DC - Consumer Reports urged the House Financial Services Committee today to address several key gaps in regulation, consumer protection,
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Advocates Move to Appoint Receiver to Oversee Healthcare in Arizona Prisons
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release:
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Advocates Move to Appoint Receiver to Oversee Healthcare in Arizona Prisons
PHOENIX - The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Arizona, Prison Law Office, and Disability Rights Arizona asked a federal judge today to appoint a receiver
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Building High-Quality, Sustainable Youth Arts Programs
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The Wallace Foundation issued the following commentary:
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Building High-Quality, Sustainable Youth Arts Programs
Prioritizing three evidence-based practices can help make afterschool arts programs successful
There's no getting around it: designing a high-quality youth arts program takes time, work, and resources. However, costs don't have to stand in the way of success. There are strategies for making quality choices while sustaining programming in budget, according
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Career Readiness Through Local Immersions
SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news:
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Career Readiness Through Local Immersions
A common question for college students nearing graduation is, "What's next?" According to a May 2024 Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab, 68% of college students feel at least "somewhat" apprehensive about life after graduation. To help ease that uncertainty for students in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) | Maxwell School of Citizenship a
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Chaotic springs, long summers mean uncertainty for NY grape growers
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Chaotic springs, long summers mean uncertainty for NY grape growers
At first blush, the warmer average winter temperatures brought on by climate change would seem to be a boon for New York's grape growers and winemakers. But warmer autumns and more "false" springs are disrupting the signals grapevines rely on to gain cold hardiness for the winter and blossom effectively in the spring, according to new research fr
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: No Two Plants
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Feb. 11 [Category: Science] -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory posted the following news:
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No Two Plants
Every year on February 11, we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, honoring women and girls' contributions to a field long dominated by men. Among these trailblazers is Nobel laureate Barbara McClintock, whose groundbreaking work at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reshaped our understanding of genetics.
For the filmmaking co
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College of Law to Host US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for In-Person Oral Arguments
SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news:
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College of Law to Host US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for In-Person Oral Arguments
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will hold oral arguments at the College of Law on March 28 from 10 A.M. to 11:30 a.m. The oral arguments are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
The court session will be held in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall at 950 Irving
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DEEP Air Permit is Connecticut's Last Chance to Stop Brookfield Compressor Station Expansion
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release:
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DEEP Air Permit is Connecticut's Last Chance to Stop Brookfield Compressor Station Expansion
BROOKFIELD, Conn. - New York's Department of Environment Conservation has approved air permits for the expansion of two compressor stations along a state-crossing pipeline that cuts through Connecticut. As part of the expansion project, Berkshire Hathaway and TC Energy are also seeking to double the
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Continues to Set New Standards in Research
SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news:
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Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Continues to Set New Standards in Research
A College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) professor recently received the highest recognition for his exceptional contributions to communication sciences and disorders from the field's leading professional organization.
Jonathan Preston
Jonathan Preston, a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disor
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Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought
The surface of the Earth's inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study from scientists that detected structural changes near the planet's center.
The findings were published Feb. 10 in Nature Geoscience by a team of researchers led by the University of Southern California and from Cornell Engineering.
The changes of the inner core have long been
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EFF Sues OPM, DOGE and Musk for Endangering the Privacy of Millions
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025:
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EFF Sues OPM, DOGE and Musk for Endangering the Privacy of Millions
Lawsuit Argues Defendants Violated the Privacy Act by Disclosing Sensitive Data
NEW YORK--EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing millions of Americans' private, sensitive inform
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Environmental Defense Fund's Caribbean Team Receives Prestigious AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release:
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Environmental Defense Fund's Caribbean Team Receives Prestigious AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that EDF's Daniel Whittle, Valerie Miller, and Eduardo Bone Moron, are the recipients of the 2025 AAAS David & Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy.
The award recognizes an individual or a small gro
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Falk's Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations
SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news:
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Falk's Miriam Mutambudzi Furthers Research on Health Disparities Among Older, Vulnerable Populations
From late 2007 until mid-2009, economies around the world plunged into a market decline known as the Great Recession-the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
In the United States, unemployment rates skyrocketed, housing prices and stock portfolios plummeted, and the lives of mi
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Groups Petition EPA to Phase Out Toxic, Flesh-Melting Refinery Chemical to Protect Public
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release:
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Groups Petition EPA to Phase Out Toxic, Flesh-Melting Refinery Chemical to Protect Public
Refineries across the country are still using an unnecessary and dangerous chemical that can create poison acid clouds, according to a petition delivered to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by community and environmental groups today. The petition calls on the agency to phase out the use of h
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $1.365 Million for State-of-the-Art Interventional Radiology Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust issued the following news release:
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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $1.365 Million for State-of-the-Art Interventional Radiology Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus
NEW YORK, February 10, 2025 - The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ("Helmsley") has announced a grant of $1.365M to Rambam Health Corporation for the purchase of an angiography system for the interventional radiology unit at Rambam Health C
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ICYMI: New Mexico Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Take Over the Capitol as Gun Safety Legislation Moves in the Roundhouse
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: New Mexico Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Take Over the Capitol as Gun Safety Legislation Moves in the Roundhouse
SANTA FE, N.M. -- The New Mexico chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statements following a week of action in Santa Fe. This comes as
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Immigrant, Civil Rights Organizations Continue Fight to Expand Voting Rights for All New Yorkers
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release:
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Immigrant, Civil Rights Organizations Continue Fight to Expand Voting Rights for All New Yorkers
Appeals court hearing on municipal voting rights for lawful permanent residents and authorized workers marks critical moment in OCOV coalition's efforts
New York, NY - Today, the New York State Court of Appeals heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of extending municipal voting rights to lawful permanen
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Incoming Editors: Annals, Collections, and AMJ
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York, Feb. 12 -- The Academy of Management, an association for management and organization scholars whose members are professors and PhD students in business schools at universities, academics in related social science and other fields and practitioners who value knowledge creation and application issued the following news release:
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Incoming Editors: Annals, Collections, and AMJ
AOM announces the incoming Editors of Annals, Collections, and AMJ.
The Academy of Mana
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Joint Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the 'Xiamen Gathering' Crackdown
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release:
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Joint Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the 'Xiamen Gathering' Crackdown
26 December 2024 marked the fifth anniversary of the crackdown on the "Xiamen gathering", a private gathering that about 20 Chinese human rights defenders and lawyers convened in Xiamen, China in December 2019 to
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Kevin Hart to serve as first-ever on-court emcee of the reimagined 2025 NBA All-Star Game
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release:
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Kevin Hart to serve as first-ever on-court emcee of the reimagined 2025 NBA All-Star Game
NEW YORK - The NBA announced today that comedy superstar Kevin Hart will serve as the first-ever on-court emcee of the NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Chase Center - home of the Golden State Warriors - and air at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, TBS, truTV and MAX.
Hart,
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LDF Condemns President Trump's Decision to Dismiss EEOC Commissioners ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news:
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LDF Condemns President Trump's Decision to Dismiss EEOC Commissioners...
Recently, President Trump illegally terminated two commissioners at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This decision undermines the independence and integrity of an agency meant to ensure fair treatment in the workplace. Trump also fired EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride, who wa
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LEI for the Euro Area Declined in January
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release:
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LEI for the Euro Area Declined in January
Using the Composite Indexes: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below.
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (r) (
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Leveraging Public Funding to Strengthen Worker Protections
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- Demos, a think tank for the racial justice movement, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025:
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Leveraging Public Funding to Strengthen Worker Protections
A successful union drive at a bus manufacturing company demonstrates how employers listen to their workers much better when their public funding is on the line.
Weeks into President Trump's second term, everyday working people are already suffering the brunt of conservative attacks, from ICE raids and ma
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Mapping of blood vessel cells may yield diabetes treatments
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Mapping of blood vessel cells may yield diabetes treatments
The distinct population of endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the insulin-producing "islets" of the human pancreas have been notoriously difficult to study, but Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have now succeeded in comprehensively detailing the unique characteristics of these cells.
The resulting atlas advances basic research on the biol
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New eCornell courses bring best practices of community-engaged learning to Cornell and beyond
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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New eCornell courses bring best practices of community-engaged learning to Cornell and beyond
The Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has launched a set of comprehensive online courses on the best practices of community-engaged learning, in partnership with eCornell. Developed by Richard Kiely, the Einhorn Center's director of academic initiatives, and Amy Newman, senior lecturer of management communication a
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New YouTube Digital Series With JED and Room 1041 Aims to Engage Teens on Mental Health
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 12 -- The Jed Foundation issued the following news release:
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New YouTube Digital Series with JED and Room 1041 Aims to Engage Teens on Mental Health
Premiering February 11 for Safer Internet Day, new video series featuring top content creators like Gavin Magnus, NEVADA, Crash Adams, Ashley Yi, Tim Chantarangsu, Lexi Hensler, Matt Peterson, zoeunlimited, Symonne Harrison, Dylan Lemay, Cassandra Bankson, GloZell, and Rosanna Pansino with JED experts
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Launches Women's Heart Health Clinic
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release:
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Launches Women's Heart Health Clinic
Largest public hospital in Queens aims to decrease gender disparities and improve heart health for women in the community
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst's Women's Heart Health team, hospital CEO Dr. Helen Arteaga-Landaverde, and NYS Assembly Member Catalina Cruz at the ribbon-cutting for the hospital's ne
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NYCLU on CCRB Report Finding Alarming Increase in NYPD Misconduct Complaints
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement:
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NYCLU on CCRB Report Finding Alarming Increase in NYPD Misconduct Complaints
NEW YORK CITY - The Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) issued a new report yesterday finding a rise in misconduct complaints against the NYPD and a lack of accountability for officer abuse. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union released the following statement attributable to Senior Staff Attorney Lupe Agu
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Outrage Over Detention of Booksellers and Raid on Palestinian Bookstore in East Jerusalem
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release:
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Outrage Over Detention of Booksellers and Raid on Palestinian Bookstore in East Jerusalem
(NEW YORK)--PEN America is appalled by Israeli authorities' raid on the Palestinian Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, and outraged that its owners were detained and now banned from their own sh
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PEN America Calls on Florida Senate to Reject Bill that Would Ban Flags Associated with Racial and LGBTQ Communities
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release:
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PEN America Calls on Florida Senate to Reject Bill that Would Ban Flags Associated with Racial and LGBTQ Communities
(MIAMI)-- PEN America, in a letter sent today to Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, called on the Senate to reject SB 100, which explicitly targets racial and LGBTQ+ i
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Raphael Saadiq, DJ Cassidy, E-40, Too $hort, Saweetie and En Vogue to lead musical tributes to Bay Area at NBA All-Star 2025
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release:
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Raphael Saadiq, DJ Cassidy, E-40, Too $hort, Saweetie and En Vogue to lead musical tributes to Bay Area at NBA All-Star 2025
NEW YORK - The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced a star-studded lineup of musical performances celebrating the Bay Area's rich musical culture as part of NBA All-Star 2025.
Renowned maestro, DJ Cassidy, will lead a special Bay Area e
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Scholars Publish Plan to Fix Education Department
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The National Association of Scholars issued the following news release:
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Scholars Publish Plan to Fix Education Department
New York, NY; February 11, 2025--The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has launched a new report, Waste Land--The Education Department's Profligacy, Mediocrity, and Radicalism. The report details the Department of Education's (ED) long and controversial history, its weaponization by bureaucrats and policymakers over the years, and its curren
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SEC Will Reconsider Climate Risk Disclosure Rule That Helps Protect Americans' Money
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release:
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SEC Will Reconsider Climate Risk Disclosure Rule That Helps Protect Americans' Money
(Washington, D.C. - February 11, 2025) Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda publicly criticized the SEC's climate risk disclosure rule. Uyeda asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit not to schedule arguments in a case challenging it while the
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Statement From Jorge Elorza, CEO of Democrats for Education Reform, on the Senate Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Education
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2025:
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Statement from Jorge Elorza, CEO of Democrats for Education Reform, on the Senate Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Education
As the Senate prepares to hold a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon, DFER urges lawmakers to use this opportunity to ensure the nominee is committed to staying focused on substantive education matters and not on divisive c
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The key to some nations' public support for mental health care
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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The key to some nations' public support for mental health care
Home to more than 2,000 patients with severe psychiatric illness in 1950, Pennsylvania's Allentown State Hospital was shuttered in 2010 and razed in 2020, an end common to former mental asylums in the U.S.
As that hospital was being demolished, another in the French village of Billiers was expanding its services, adding: in-home care; vocational tra
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UANI's Shipping Campaign Roundup 2024
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following news release:
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UANI's Shipping Campaign Roundup 2024
(New York, N.Y.) -- In 2024, Iran exported a staggering 587 million barrels of oil--an increase of 10.75% from 2023. This marks a total of nearly 1.98 billion barrels exported since the start of the Biden Administration, despite sanctions aimed at curbing these activities.
This illicit revenue fuels Tehran's human rights abuses, nuclear ambitions, and proxies like H
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UB Conference to Focus on Building Leadership Skills in Sustainability and Business
BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 12 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release:
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UB conference to focus on building leadership skills in sustainability and business
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Leaders from the business, nonprofit and academic worlds are invited to come together April 23 for a conference hosted by the University at Buffalo School of Management's Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE).
The daylong event, "Leadership No
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UB School of Management to Honor Scott Bieler, Alumni Executives
BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 12 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release:
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UB School of Management to honor Scott Bieler, alumni executives
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scott Bieler, president and CEO of West Herr Automotive Group, will be honored as the 2025 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
Bieler will accept the honor at the School of Management Alumni Association's 74th Annual Awards Ceremony,
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USCIB Contributes to First Multistakeholder Advisory Group Consultation for the Internet Governance Forum
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on Feb. 11, 2025:
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USCIB Contributes to First Multistakeholder Advisory Group Consultation for the Internet Governance Forum
USCIB participated in the First Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) consultation for the 2025 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held on February 5-7. Cheryl Miller, USCIB VP for Digital Policy, negotiated the overarching theme of the IGF with input from stakeholders and Norwa
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Webinar On-Demand: President Trump's Nuclear Arms Challenges and the Dangers Ahead
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Pulitzer Center, an organization that say it combines journalism and engagement, issued the following news:
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Webinar On-Demand: President Trump's Nuclear Arms Challenges and the Dangers Ahead
Author:
Kendra Grissom
Pulitzer Center Staff
Presented by the Pulitzer Center, the Outrider Foundation, the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Rachel Oswald, foreign policy reporter for CQ Roll Call, and Scott D. Sagan, co-director
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White House Attack on the CFPB Intensifies as Acting Director Orders Staff to Cease All Supervision and Examination Activity, Threatens Funding
YONKERS, New York, Feb. 12 [Category: Business] -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025:
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White House attack on the CFPB intensifies as acting director orders staff to cease all supervision and examination activity, threatens funding
Consumer Reports warns that gutting the CFPB will harm working families, leaving them vulnerable to fraud and abusive financial practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House's latest efforts to undermine the Consumer Financial
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