ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 14 -- The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization issued the following news release: More than 100 hospice and palliative care advocates from across the country met with over 150 congressional offices this week to discuss key legislative and regulatory priorities for ensuring and expanding access to hospice and palliative care. The meetings were part of Hospice Action Week, hosted in Washington, DC by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NH  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 12 -- The Carter Center issued the following agency statement on June 11, 2024: * * * The Carter Center's partner in Montana, the Montana Election Observation Initiative (MEOI), today issued preliminary findings on its pilot program to observe Missoula County's June 4 primary election process. MEOI's nonpartisan election observers monitored the testing of voting equipment, ballot processing, tabulation, and in-person voting on election day in Missoula County and will co  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Senators Jon Ossoff, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Reverend Raphael Warnock are introducing a bill to honor the late Judge Harold L. Murphy, who passed away in December 2022. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock today introduced legislation to rename the Federal building in Rome as the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse" to honor the late Judge Murphy at the courthouse   more