Saturday - April 19, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Friday April 18, 2025 ( 6 items )  

CARE-supported Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities at Shelter Centers in Gaza Destroyed by Israeli Airstrikes
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 -- Care, is an organization that says it is dedicated to ending poverty, issued the following news release: * * * CARE-supported water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities at shelter centers in Gaza destroyed by Israeli airstrikes April 16, 2025 - Humanitarian aid assets funded by the EU that helped restore access to water, sanitation and hygiene to thousands of displaced people who lost their homes and are sheltering at schools across Gaza have either been damaged o  more

Emory University-Rollins School of Public Health: Affordable Access to Preventive Services Has Been Lifesaving. Will It End?
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Affordable Access to Preventive Services Has Been Lifesaving. Will it End? By Kelly Jordan Early next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that could decide the fate of preventive health coverage in the United States. Under the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans are required to cover evidence-based services graded with an "A" or "B" by the U.S. Pre  more

Lawsuit Pushes Trump Administration to Save Brook Floater Mussel
WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Pushes Trump Administration to Save Brook Floater Mussel WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration for denying protections to the brook floater mussel under the Endangered Species Act. The mussels were once widespread across the East Coast from Canada to Georgia, but because of pollution and habitat destruction they're no  more

Recent Attacks on Ukraine Threaten Humanitarian Access and Imperil Lives
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 -- Care, is an organization that says it is dedicated to ending poverty, issued the following news release: * * * Recent attacks on Ukraine threaten humanitarian access and imperil lives Kyiv, Ukraine, 16 April 2025 -The devastating Palm Sunday (April 13) attacks on civilians in the Ukrainian city of Sumy earlier in the week, left more than 30 people dead, including children, and more than 100 injured. On the night of April 16-17, drone attacks in Dnipro killed thre  more

Regulatory reform efforts stall in 2025 session
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 17 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Regulatory reform efforts stall in 2025 session The 2025 legislative session saw progress in several policy areas, including the passage of landmark tort reform and a reduction of the state income tax. No session comes and goes without some measure of disappointment, though. This year, Georgia had an opportunity to join other states in passing regulatory reform and failed to do so. Se  more

U.S. Government Illegally Detains Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison
COLUMBUS, Georgia, April 18 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Government Illegally Detains Father of Two in Notorious Salvadoran Prison The American Immigration Council, National Immigration Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights today filed an amended habeas corpus petition on behalf of Mr. Edicson David Quintero Chacon. He is one of more than two hundred people the U.S. government has been paying to imp  more