INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 30 -- Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Contractors seeking to perform work for the federal government should be exempt from certain non-discrimination rules if they show strong evidence that their purpose is substantially religious, Attorney General Todd Rokita argues in a court filing. And that means enforcing 2020 rules that clarify the manner in which contractors may qualify for such exemptions. Under curr more PR

BEVERLY HILLS, California, April 2 (TNSPar) -- The Advertising Council issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative today announced a new partnership in support of ChristiansAndTheVaccine.com, with a coalition that includes the National Association of Evangelicals, Values Partnerships, Public Square Strategies and Redeeming Babel. This effort will reach the evangelical community with information from trusted messengers about the COVID-19 vaccines. I more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 30 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a motion to intervene as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the State of New York against the U.S. Department of Labor challenging the Department's rule clarifying the scope and application of religious exemptions for federal contractors. The 12-state intervention motion, led by the State of Alabama, was filed today in the U.S. District Court for  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSPol) -- Business Roundtable issued the following statement on March 29, 2021: * * * "As the Senate considers changes to its rules, Business Roundtable urges Members to carefully consider the long-term and wider implications of any such changes. Business Roundtable opposes efforts to alter the Senate's longstanding practice of requiring 60 votes before ending debate and moving to final passage of legislation. The higher threshold encourages bipartisan deliberation and c more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46738) on March 29, 2021, entitled "Executive Orders: An Introduction" by legislative attorney Kevin T. Richards: SUMMARY Executive orders are written instruments through which a President can issue directives to shape policy. Although the U.S. Constitution does not address executive orders and no statute grants the President the general power to issue them, authority to issue such orders is accepted a more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr joined a motion to intervene in litigation to defend a U.S. Department of Labor rule clarifying the scope and application of religious exemptions for federal contractors. The 12-state intervention motion was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. "The Trump-era Department of Labor rule provides needed clarity to potential federa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections issued the following testimony by Debo P. Adegbile, partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot" on April 1, 2021: * * * My name is Debo P. Adegbile. I am here in my personal capacity as a citizen and as a voting rights litigator for several decades, not in any other capacity. Thank you for inviting me to testi more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 31 -- Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued the following news release on March 30, 2021: Attorney General Daniel Cameron today joined a 12-state coalition in moving to intervene in a lawsuit to defend religious protections for federal contractors. In the lawsuit, a group of states, led by New York, is challenging a U.S. Department of Labor rule clarifying the scope and application of religious exemptions for federal contractors. Attorney General Cameron see more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 3 -- Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Larry Hogan today issued the following statement on the confirmation of Dennis R. Schrader as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health by the Maryland Senate: "Secretary Schrader has served the citizens of Maryland well and faithfully during the biggest public health challenge we have ever faced, and I am very proud of the work he and his entire department are doing to save lives more PR