Thursday - May 22, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Thursday May 08, 2025 ( 4 items )  

IMAN Network, CAIR Maryland Call on MD Leaders to Condemn Israeli Call for 'Gaza Holocaust,' Demand End to Genocide
WASHINGTON, May 7 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * IMAN Network, CAIR Maryland Call on MD Leaders to Condemn Israeli Call for 'Gaza Holocaust,' Demand End to Genocide The IMAN Network and the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for Maryland's political leaders to condemn in the strongest possible terms a prominent Netanyahu-backed Israeli TV producer Elad Barashi's public  more

National Nurses United Applauds Reintroduction of VA Employee Fairness Act Bill Ensures Full Collective Bargaining Rights for Nurses, Other VA Clinicians
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 8 -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * National Nurses United applauds the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act Bill ensures full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other VA clinicians Bill ensures full collective bargaining rights for nurses and other VA clinicians National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) applauds Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintrod  more

NWRA and SWANA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Safety, Education, and Advocacy on Behalf of the Waste and Recycling Industry
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 8 -- The Solid Waste Association of North America issued the following news release: * * * NWRA and SWANA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Safety, Education, and Advocacy on Behalf of the Waste and Recycling Industry The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) this week during a signing ceremony at WasteExpo(R) 2025 in Las Vegas. The agreemen  more

U.S. Government Ordered to Comply With Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 7 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * U.S. Government Ordered to Comply with Court Orders in Refugee Ban Lawsuit or Face Sanctions SEATTLE, WA -- CWS, HIAS, LCSNW, and IRAP welcomed the compliance order issued yesterday in Pacito v. Trump, reaffirming that the government must process and provide resettlement support to refugees who were conditionally approved and had travel scheduled before January 20  more