WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 1, 2024: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Mayor Ras Baraka (D-NJ) statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In a statement, Mayor Baraka wrote: "The notion that all Palestinians are terrorists is not only wrong, it's racist. To justify these deaths  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 28 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: Election Watch 2024 begins now. With primaries for congressional, statewide, and state legislative elections beginning on Super Tuesday next week, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, shares CAWP resources for covering women in the 2024 elections. * 2024 Summary of Women Candidates: This fact sheet   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 28 -- Educational Testing Service issued the following news release: ETS's Praxis(R) program, the leading provider of teacher licensure assessments, announced a partnership with Study.com, an award-winning online learning platform, to help boost the teacher pipeline and provide increased support to the educators of tomorrow. The collaboration will provide high-quality Praxis test preparation for over 60 Praxis exams, which include diagnostics, personalized AI learnin  more

VINELAND, New Jersey, March 2 -- Inspira Health, a health care provider, delivering continuum of primary, acute and advanced care services, issued the following news release: Inspira Health proudly recognizes the philanthropy of Gary and Betty Galloway of Vineland, N.J., during a recognition event at Inspira Medical Center Vineland. The Galloway's gift is creating a neuroscience fund that will initially be used for advanced nursing education. In 2023, the health system joined forces with Cooper  more

VINELAND, New Jersey, Feb. 28 -- Inspira Health, a health care provider, delivering continuum of primary, acute and advanced care services, issued the following news release: Inspira Health is proud to announce that Inspira Medical Center Vineland's Medical Intensive Care Unit and Progressive Care Unit, and Inspira Medical Center Elmer's Intensive Care Unit have earned silver-level Beacon Awards for Excellence from The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Inspira's hospitals ha  more

EDISON, New Jersey, March 2 -- The NAFA Fleet Management Association issued the following news release: NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA) proudly unveils Brian Fielkow, safety expert and leader, as a keynote speaker for the upcoming NAFA 2024 Institute & Expo. The event, renowned as the premier gathering of fleet and mobility professionals, will take place from April 22-24 in San Antonio, TX. Brian is an esteemed leader in safety-sensitive industries, and brings over thirty years of exe  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 29 -- The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2024, by President and CEO Thomas Bracken: * * * I hope this is a nightmare that isn't true. We have been preaching that New Jersey needs to become more affordable, more business friendly and more competitive. Now we are shocked that there is talk of reinstituting higher taxes on businesses less than three months after the 2.5% Corporation Business Tax (CBT) surcharge expired. If the  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 28 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka issued the following statement regarding Gov. Phil Murphy's proposal of a new and permanent 2.5% surtax on New Jersey's largest job providers, returning them to a national outlier status for the highest top business taxes in the nation, as part of his FY25 State Budget proposal. "In June, Gov. Phil Murphy was asked at   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 29 -- The New Jersey Business and Industry Association issued the following news: The nearly $56 billion FY25 state budget proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy contains a new excise fee that would be levied on trucks that use warehouses - a tax that will drive up the cost of a wide range of products for businesses and consumers. The Murphy administration says the proposed $1 excise fee on trucks entering warehouse facilities would raise $10 million. The tax is being roundly c  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Researchers at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey provided expert commentary on a study exploring how changes in the structure and packaging of DNA, known as chromatin remodeling, influence the mutation patterns seen in cancer. The commentary was published online today in Nature Cancer (DOI 10.1038/s43018-024-00728-x) Background: Previous studies have shown tha  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 1 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care's credit rating for bonds issued by Camden County Improvement Authority was upgraded by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) to an "A" with a positive outlook. This is the second-straight year S&P has increased Cooper's credit rating. This follows an A+ credit rating from Fitch Ratings earlier in the month. "S&P's upgrade for a second year in a row is yet another validation of our   more