ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 27 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-TX Statement on Walz / O'Rourke Town Hall in Houston # Mar 27, 2025 by AFP ROSENBERG, TX - Americans for Prosperity-Texas (AFP-TX) bashed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's tone-deaf town hall event with former Congressman Robert "Beto" O'Rourke in the Houston area on Monday, calling on them to take their out-of-touch progressive policies elsewhere. Genevieve Colli more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, March 28 -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * America needs a robust federal health workforce rather than a depleted one Statement from APHA Executive Director Georges C. Benjamin, MD This is a nonsensical rearrangement of the agencies under their charge and an excuse to devastate the workforce for financial reasons. It will increase the morbidity and mortality of our population, increase health costs and more PR

TAMPA, Florida, March 28 -- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business issued the following news release: * * * At Historic U.S.-Vietnam Trade Mission, AACSB Champions Education as Catalyst for Economic Growth Geoff Perry, Executive Vice President and Chief Membership Officer of AACSB International, represents business education in the 2025 US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) Business Mission to Vietnam. Representing the world's largest business education alliance, Perry joined a more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 27 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * ATA Backs Bipartisan Effort to Eliminate Truck and Trailer Tax Mar 27, 2025 Washington - Today, the American Trucking Associations applauded congressional leaders for introducing legislation to repeal the antiquated federal excise tax on the purchase of new trucks and trailers. "First implemented over a century ago to help finance America's effort in Worl more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 28 -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Australian investors urged to tackle fossil fuel companies' methane time bomb 28 March 2025 (IEEFA Australia): Investors in Australia have the opportunity to encourage faster reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by pushing for improved methane reporting and abatement efforts from fossil fuel companies. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that increases the climate- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget posted the following news release: * * * CBO: Debt Will Rise to 156% of the Economy in 30 Years The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook today, showing that under current law, debt will rise from 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of this fiscal year to 156 percent of GDP by 2055. Interest as a share of GDP will incre more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Small Business Majority issued the following statement on March 27, 2025: * * * Cutting HHS Staff Puts Healthcare Access at Risk for Small Businesses Statement from Small Business Majority Founder & CEO John Arensmeyer on what it could mean for small businesses if a reduction in Health and Human Services Staff impacts Affordable Care Act, Medicaid "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' plan to cut about 10,000 staff on top of 10,000 staffers who have alrea more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * ECOPETROL'S METHANE PROBLEM, COLOMBIA'S METHANE OPPORTUNITY WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Earthworks released a comprehensive analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Ecopetrol facilities on the final day of the World Health Organization's Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in Cartagena, Colombia. The analysis indicates what appear to be routine and possibly unlawful methane emis more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * EPA Rollbacks of Clean Air and Water Protections Will Cost 200,000 Lives and Harm America's Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) condemns the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) reckless decision to roll back 31 critical clean air and water regulations, a move that represents an egregious assault on public health, environmental integrity and economic sta more PR

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Over 130 Organizations and Members of Congress Denounce Attacks on Latino Communities Washington, D.C. - From ICE Raids targeting previously safe communities to the cancelation of critical federal programs that were addressin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Appliance Standards Awareness Project, an organization that says it advocates for appliance, equipment and lighting standards that cut planet-warming emissions, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * House Bills Axing Efficiency Standards for Commercial Refrigeration Would Cost Businesses, Strain Electric Grid Washington, DC--Resolutions passed by the U.S. House today would block updated efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and for commercia more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Arizona Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent. The average annual TCJA tax cut for Arizona households is $1,354. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, TCJA PROVIDED: 16% tax cut for Arizona ho more PR

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Foreign Trade Council issued the following news release: * * * Multiassociation Letter on US Global Technology Leadership The Honorable Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20508 RE: United States Global Technology Leadership Dear Ambassador Greer: The undersigned organizations represent the U.S. economy's leading innovators, creators, manufacturers, and service providers who both develop and deploy tech more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * New Trust for Public Land Report Highlights Economic Power of Mountain Biking for Rural Communities SAN FRANCISCO - Trust for Public Land (TPL) has released a groundbreaking new report, Economic Benefits of Mountain Biking, revealing the significant economic impacts of mountain biking on communities across the United States. The study showcases how natural-surface  more PR

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, March 27 -- Harte Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * Nurdle Patrol Funding Extended as Partnership with Texas A&M-CC, HRI Finalized CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Nurdle Patrol began in September 2018 when a nurdle, or plastic pellet, spill was found on the beaches of Corpus Christi on the Texas coast. There was no designated group for cleanup, impact monitoring, or addressing accountability for plastics entering the ocean. Within a week, five volunt more PR

TUSTIN, California, March 28 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following news: * * * Quantifying the Variables that Determine Our Prosperity It is nearly impossible to read a policy document on the topic of energy or water that won't make frequent references to carbon. In California, the race to achieve a "carbon neutral" economy by 2045 has spawned a carbon accounti more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 27 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Security Industry Association posted the following news release: * * * Security Industry Association Releases New Research on the Mexico Physical Security Market The report - produced by Omdia for SIA members - shares critical insights on the economic importance of the Mexico security market, examines how technology is changing the market and offers assessments of the industry in Mexico by equipment type, solution, vertical  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * SEIA Adds Top Manufacturing, Project Development Firms to Board of Directors WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that it is adding Recurrent Energy and Unirac, Inc. to its board of directors, and adding Novasource Power Services as a premium Gigawatt member. These industry-leading companies represent critical sectors of t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Financial Services] -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, posted the following news release: * * * The SEC's Decision to Stop Defending the Climate Disclosure Rule Moves It from Investor Protection to Management Protection WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO, issued the following statement in response to the SEC's vote t more PR