TRENTON, New Jersey, June 21 (TNSgov) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Today S.1298/A.1970, a bill to ban the crates used to cruelly confine mother pigs and calves raised for veal, passed the New Jersey state Senate. The bill is prime-sponsored by Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji and will now go to Gov. Murphy for his signature. The bill passed the state Assembly in May 2023. The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Agricul  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 21 (TNSgov) -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Today Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded state lawmakers in New Jersey for passing a measure to ban gestation crates by an overwhelming vote of 35 to 1. The Assembly previously passed the measure by a count of 73 - 1. S. 1298/A.1970 seek to ban the cruel practice of confining pregnant sows in immobilizing c  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Primary elections were held yesterday in Virginia, and the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, is tracking results for women candidates in these races. In 2023, more than twenty percent of women incumbents in the Virginia legislature did not seek re-election. While women set a   more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 23 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Activists with CODEPINK, National Network on Cuba and the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace took over Senator Bob Menendez's office Wednesday morning after being refused a meeting with the New Jersey senator. The coalition demands the  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 (TNSgov) -- Helicopter Association International issued the following news release: Operators, FAA, law enforcement, airport representatives, Helicopter Association International (HAI), and other stakeholders from the New York City-New Jersey region met last week at a joint FAA-HAI Helicopter Symposium to proactively address the concerns of residents with helicopter operations in their area. Sound complaints were at the top of that list. Jeff Smith, HAI's current  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 (TNSgov) -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Today S.1298/A.1970, a bill to ban the crates used to cruelly confine mother pigs and calves raised for veal, passed the New Jersey state Senate. The bill is prime-sponsored by Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblyman Raj Mukherji and will now go to Gov. Murphy for his signature. The bill passed the state Assembly in May 2023. The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Agricu  more