NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 1 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Princeton University to terminate the employment of a staffer who allegedly for assaulted pro-Palestine protesters on Saturday, October 28. In a video, the staffer is reportedly seen shouting at protesters,   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today echoed the message of a coalition of New Jersey Islamic centers. 60 Islamic centers from across New Jersey have co-authored a letter addressed to Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey's federal Senators and Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Center for the Study of Social Policy issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2023: Today's release of a final report by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), the court-appointed Monitor in the federal class action lawsuit Charlie and Nadine H. v. Murphy, marks the successful conclusion of almost two decades of work to improve New Jersey's child welfare system. Over this period, New Jersey has worked to bring its child welfare policies and programs   more

BELMAR, New Jersey, Nov. 2 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: This week the team at NCOIL's National Headquarters had their last shave as they gear up for the fight against cancer by participating in "No-Shave November" for the eighth consecutive year. "For the last eight years, the NCOIL staff have tossed aside their razors for the month of November, and this year we will do the same, as uncomfortable as that may be," said NC  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 31 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: According to the American Lung Association, every day, almost 2,500 children under 18 years of age try their first cigarette. Tobacco use is the number one risk factor for lung cancer, the second most common cancer in both men and women in the United States (not counting skin cancer). Monica Gilles, MAS, RRT, NCTTP, tobacco treatment coordinator at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and R  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news: Teams from five states came together this week with members of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and The City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) | Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) National Replication Collaborative for the launch of a new college completion learning community. In early September, SHEEO and CUN  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2023: * * * Today, in a divided decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and preventing the Department of Environmental Protection from enforcing the rule. RGGI is the nation's first regional market-based program to set limits on carbon pollution, and generates funding for clean energy by requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for perm  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news: Teams from five states came together this week with members of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and The City University of New York's (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) | Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) National Replication Collaborative for the launch of a new college completion learning community. In early September, SHEEO and CU  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2023: This week, Everytown for Gun Safety and the New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action took action in support of New Jersey's common-sense law keeping guns out of parks, playgrounds, bars and other sensitive places as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Koons v. Platkin, a challenge brought forward by the New Jersey affiliate of the National Rifle Association,  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 3 -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Multinational energy company 0rsted has stopped development on two offshore wind projects in the U.S., saying impairments related to the projects could be as high as $5.58 billion, reported Reuters. The 2,248-megawatt projects, Ocean Wind 1 and 2, are located in New Jersey. Stock for Danish firm 0rsted, the largest offshore wind developer in the world, fell as much as 22 percent to $37.71, its lowest v  more