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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday March 26, 2023 ( 6 items )  

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT COALITION: STATE LEGISLATORS ON THE FRONT LINES IN FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT AND EQUAL PROTECTIONS ON THE BASIS OF SEX
WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSgov) -- The ERA Coalition issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: A dozen state houses are currently considering Equal Rights Amendment-related resolutions on what is the 51st anniversary of Congress' passage of the ERA. California started the trend last year by passing a resolution affirming the validity of the amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and Colorado passed a bipartisan resolution last month. Legislators in Georgia, Hawaii, I  more

IFA Urges No Vote on New Jersey Anti-Hospitality Bill
WASHINGTON, March 21 (TNSgov) -- The International Franchise Association issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: The International Franchise Association (IFA) today urged a "no" vote on New Jersey bill A-1958, which the organization warns would undermine the franchise business model in the state. The legislation would insert the state government into private franchise contracts, promote litigation, and diminish brand standards - the foundation of the franchise model. The bill is be  more

Institute for Advanced Study: Astrophysicists Show How to "Weigh" Galaxy Clusters With Artificial Intelligence
PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 24 (TNSjou) -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release: Scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study have used a machine learning algorithm known as "symbolic regression" to generate new equations that help solve a fundamental problem in astrophysics: inferring the mass of galaxy clusters. Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the Universe: a single cluster contains anything from a hundred to many thousands of galaxies, alongs  more

Kobalt Music Founder and Chairman Willard Ahdritz To Keynote Music Biz 2023
MARLTON, New Jersey, March 23 (TNSconf) -- The Music Business Association (formerly the National Association of Recording Merchandisers) issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: The Music Business Association (Music Biz) today announces that Kobalt Founder & Chairman, Willard Ahdritz will participate in a keynote conversation on Tuesday, May 16th during the organization's upcoming Music Biz 2023 conference, to be held May 15 - 18, 2023 at the JW Marriott Nashville. This and all keyn  more

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: New Jersey Energy Workers Win Bid to Remove Unwanted Union
FAIR LAWN, New Jersey, March 24 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Calmac Corp employee Carlos Flores and his coworkers have won their effort to free themselves of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation ("SMART") Local 137 union. The worker's decertification effort recently became official when the SMART Local 137 union officials preemptively "disclaimed" interest in representing the Calmac Corp workers, rather than face a vote on w  more

Sierra Club: Thousands Urge EPA to Close Unlawful Polluter Loopholes
WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Environmental justice and public health advocates from Illinois, New Jersey, and Texas will deliver over 7,000 public comments to EPA urging the agency to eliminate all unlawful loopholes from federal clean air rules. EPA allows industrial facilities throughout the country to ignore normal health-based permit limits and release deadly air pollution any time a facility starts-up, shuts-downs, o  more