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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Tuesday October 08, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Congressman Kevin Kiley: A True Trucking Champion
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 7 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: Few issues are of greater significance to the trucking industry than the rights of independent contractors. The opportunities and flexibility of this arrangement give truckers the ability to control their own schedules, set their own routes, and run their own small businesses. Independent truckers are an integral part of our supply chain, and the industry has relied   more

Electronic System Design Industry Posts $4.7 Billion in Revenue in Q2 2024, ESD Alliance Reports
MILPITAS, California, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 18.2% to $4,685.5 million in the second quarter of 2024 from the $3,962.7 million registered in the second quarter of 2023, the ESD Alliance (https://www.semi.org/en/communities/esda), a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in its latest Electronic Desi  more

Justice Action Center and Make the Road New York Respond to Twin Court Orders Issued Friday Night in the Case Challenging Keeping Families Together Parole
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 8 -- Justice Action Center issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS--Friday night, in an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirmed a district court ruling that impacted individuals could not intervene in Texas v. DHS, a case challenging the Biden administration's Keeping Families Together parole process. The process, which has been frozen by the so-called "administrative stay" since earlier last month, would allow certain und  more

Pacific Bluefin Tuna is Yellow Rated for the First Time in the 25 Year History of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program
MONTEREY, California, Oct. 8 -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a non-profit that focuses on conservation of the ocean, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: * * * With a new assessment showing Pacific bluefin tuna rebounding, Pacific nations can build on progress with a long-term management plan * * * For the first time in the 25-year history of the program, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch today released new assessments for Pacific bluefin tuna fisheries in the Eastern Pacific  more

Women in Localization Grows to 32 Chapters With New Portugal, Madrid, and Turkiye Chapters
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 8 -- The Globalization and Localization Association posted the following news from its affiliate Women in Localization: * * * SUNNYVALE, California, USA, September 25, 2024. Women in Localization (W.L.) is excited to announce three new additions to our growing international community. The organization recently launched three new chapters in Portugal, Madrid, and Turkiye in its mission to bring community to members throughout the globe. The leadership teams from all t  more