MONONA, Wisconsin, July 4 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * A Better Wisconsin Together Releases 4th of July Statement Demanding Lawmakers Stand Up For Our Freedoms * MADISON, Wis. -- As we mark Independence Day amid the Trump Administration's attacks on our most fundamental freedoms, A Better Wisconsin Together released the following statement: "From blatantly ignor more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on July 1, 2025: * * * Flint Finishes Lead Pipe Replacement in Historic Milestone FLINT - A decade after lead contaminated water was found in Flint, Michigan's water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is finished, a landmark milestone for a city defined by its dangerous water. Today the State of Michigan submitted a progress report to a federal court confirming that, more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 1 -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * AFSC applauds lifting of Syria sanctions Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced they were lifting most of the U.S. economic sanctions on Syria. The American Friends Committee (AFSC) - a Quaker organization with a long history in the region - welcomed the move. "I write to you from Damascus, Syria, a city that was once thriving with trade, art, and culture. The Assad re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 5 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Demands Israel Allow Baby Formula Delivery to Gaza's Starving Children, Protection for Medical Personnel * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that Israeli occupation forces allow baby formula into Gaza to feed children facing malnutrition under Israel's campaign  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on July 2, 2025: * * * Republicans and Big Labor: GOP-Union Outreach By Michael Watson Key Points * There is nothing new about Republican politicians trying to court labor bosses. * Before the second Trump administration, the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford administrations all appointed Big Labor supporters as Labor Secretaries. * Those efforts did not fundamentally change Big Labor's leftist political outlook.  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 3 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Journalists need to frame gun violence as a public health issue * Congress finally funded gun violence research. Could it all go away again? * Moderator: Kaitlin Washburn, reporter, Chicago Sun-Times; AHCJ Health Beat Leader for Firearm Violence * Garen Wintemute, M.D., MPH, director, UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention * Abene Clayton, reporter, Guardian  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Mortgage Bankers Association expressed satisfaction, in a statement, with the Republican-led tax and reconciliation package. The organization stated that the legislation preserves and strengthens pro-housing and pro-economic growth tax provisions. MBA anticipates these provisions will benefit homeowners, renters, increase housing production, and improve the financial outcomes for its single-family and commercial/multifamily members. * * * more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 5 -- The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry issued the following statement on July 3, 2025: * * * PA Chamber Applauds Passage of Pro-Growth Federal Tax Reform HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry President and CEO Luke Bernstein today issued the following statement after Congress passed the Big Beautiful Bill Act: "Making the 2017 tax cuts permanent represents a significant victory for economic growth, investment, and job creati more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 5 -- ProgressNow Colorado, an advocacy organization, issued the following statement on July 3, 2025: * * * ProgressNow Colorado and Colorado Consumer Health Initiative demand Gabe Evans stop lying DENVER: Today, the US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump's hateful budget reconciliation bill, and Colorado's most vulnerable member of Congress Gabe Evans continues to lie to his constituents. ProgressNow Colorado, the state's largest multi-issue advocacy organizati more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * REPUBLICANS PASS BIG BILLIONAIRE BUDGET AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKING AMERICANS Today, House Republicans followed the Senate's lead and passed their "Billionaire Budget" to benefit their wealthy donors at the expense of working fami more PR

EUGENE, Oregon, July 1 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Statement: Federal agencies torch 'people's environmental law' en masse while U.S. Senate forces wildly unpopular budget bill through Yesterday, federal agencies began publishing en masse radical changes to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules and policies significantly weakening and in some instances entirely eliminating otherwise longstanding protections essential to federal age more PR