BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 9 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * President Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday night to a joint session of US Congress. In his speech, Biden touched on accomplishments and challenges from the past year, but he focused primarily on making the case for his re-election and differentiating himself from his predece more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Action on Smoking and Health issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: In a decision that is likely to spur similar laws in other towns, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today upheld a law in the town of Brookline that bans the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000. The gradual phase-out of tobacco sales based on birthdate is often called Tobacco-Free Generation (TFG). The law forbids only commercial sales, not the purchase, more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 9 (TNSres) -- Community Catalyst issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Emily Stewart, Executive Director of Community Catalyst, issued the following statement following the President's State of the Union address last night: "We applaud President Biden for using his most high profile address of the year to focus on affordability and equity in our health care system. What the nation saw on Thursday night was a president proudly advocating for increa more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 9 -- The National Association of School Nurses issued the following news release: The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) recently named eight professionals for induction into the National Academy of School Nursing. They are: * Jane Carol Boyd, Delaware * Sharon Guthrie, Iowa * Kathleen A. Hassey, Massachusetts * Lisa Kern, Florida * Lynnette Ondeck, Washington * Cynthia E. Samuel, New Jersey * Louise F. Wilson, Wisconsin * Catherine Yonkaitis, Il more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 9 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * In response to President Biden's call for a slate of plans to raise taxes on billionaires and corporations in tonight's State of the Union address, Nabil Ahmed, Oxfam America's Director of Economic and Racial Justice, said: "This State of the Union was a forceful rejection of trickle-down economics. Raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations is a crucial step toward tackling billion more PR