WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The American Bar Association issued the following news release: One is a veteran judge in South Carolina, who in 23 years on the bench has presided over his share of murder trials. The other has sat on the state court bench in Delaware since 2010, which is noted as the bastion for U.S. legal business disputes. While having different backgrounds, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman and Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis share a common denominator: Both   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * The following statement is released on behalf of The Philadelphia chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and ACLU-Delaware in response to a statement posted on the University of Delaware (UD) website regarding the unlawful arrest of Christina School District graduate Mohammed Sanogo by the UD Police Department following the June 15   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 1 -- The Ohio State Bar Association issued the following news release: On July 1, Robert J. Rice began his second three-year term on the Ohio State Bar Association Board of Governors. Rice was re-elected to represent Ohio Bar member attorneys in District 5, which includes Crawford, Delaware, Marion, Morrow, Seneca and Wyandot counties. The Ohio Bar Board of Governors is a 24-member volunteer body that manages the Association's business affairs, sets policy and reviews pend  more

DALE, Indiana, Aug. 4 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Riverview Energy's permit to construct and operate a cancer-causing and climate-harming coal-to-diesel refinery in Dale, IN has expired, the state environmental agency announced on Tuesday, in a major win for environmental groups who have been fighting the project for over five years. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) notified Delaware-based Riverview in a letter dated August 1, 2023 that the state  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- EMILY's List issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, endorsed state Sen. Sarah McBride for election to Delaware's At-Large Congressional District. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement: "State Sen. Sarah McBride's career in public service has been defined by a fierce commitment to fighting for the rights of women, children, families, the LGBTQ+ community  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The National Ocean Industries Association issued the following statement on July 31, 2023: * * * National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Erik Milito issued the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalized three new offshore Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Central Atlantic, offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: "With offshore wind opportunities on the rise, the states along the Central Atlantic coast are positioned   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 4 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * Three Incumbents Re-Elected * * * A journalism professor-medical writer and two freelance health reporters have been elected to the boards of AHCJ and the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, bringing freelance representation on the board up to six seats -- half the total. The new board members are Dawn Fallik, who is a tenured professor of journalism at the University of De  more