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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for 2024-12-15 ( 8 items )  
Academy of Country Music Reveals 2025 LEVel Up Cohort, Featuring Ten Rising Leaders in Country Music Industry (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 14 -- The Academy of Country Music issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Today (12.13), the Academy of Country Music's LEVel Up: Lift Every Voice program reveals the class of individuals selected for the lauded program's 2025 cohort. Designed to elevate and drive the next generation of rising leaders in the Country Music industry, this two-year, intensive program is funded entirely by the Academy, with a mission to empowering participants to find new and more PR

Appalachian Voices: Advocates Weigh in on Tennessee Valley Authority's Long-Term Planning Process as Comment Period Closes (10)
BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: NASHVILLE -- Today the Tennessee Valley Authority concluded the public engagement process for its draft Integrated Resource Plan -- a long-term plan for how TVA will produce electricity over the next 25 years. After releasing its draft IRP in September, TVA held 10 public open houses at different locations throughout its service area and two virtual webinars. The agency also accepted public  more PR

Association of Health Care Journalists Issues Commentary: 6 Story Ideas as the Supreme Court Mulls Transgender Health Care (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 11 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * 6 Story Ideas as the Supreme Court Mulls Transgender Health Care By Lara Salahi After more than two hours of oral arguments last Wednesday, the Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. For both local and national journalists, stories covering this case shouldn't understate its potential implications for transgen more PR

Los Tennessee Titans de la NFL suman metodos para salvar vidas a la cadena de supervivencia en 20 escuelas de Nashville (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tennessee, 11 de diciembre de 2024 Representantes de 20 escuelas publicas locales de Metro Nashville (Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS) se unieron a la American Heart Association (la Asociacion Americana del Corazon) y a los Tennessee Titans el 21 de noviembre para recibir capacitacion en reanimacion cardiopulmonar (RCP) y uso de desfibriladores externos automaticos more PR

NFL's Tennessee Titans add lifesavers to the chain of survival in 20 Nashville schools (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 11, 2024 Representatives from 20 local Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) joined the American Heart Association and Tennessee Titans on Nov. 21 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training at Brick Church Middle School in Nashville. According to American Heart Association data, nearly 9 out of 10 people who e more PR

Proposed ESA Listing for Eastern Hellbender Comes Not a Moment Too Soon (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to list the eastern hellbender salamander as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, providing critical protections to a species whose habitat strongholds in western North Carolina and Tennessee were decimated earlier this year by Hurricane Helene. "The eastern hellbender needs help now more than ever," said Tracy Davids, Senior Sout more PR

Sierra Club Members Urge TVA to Ditch Expensive Fossil Fuels, Embrace Affordable Clean Energy (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Knoxville, T.N. Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is closing its public comment period on its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The IRP is the federal utility's long-term energy plan that maps out how it plans to provide reliable energy for its ten million customers over the coming decades. Throughout the comment period, Sierra Club members submitted over a thousand comments, calling more PR

SME Education Foundation Establishes Ford Philanthropy Blue Oval City Society Society of Manufacturing Engineers: Scholarship Fund to Boost Students Pursuing Manufacturing Education in West Tennessee (10)
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Dec. 14 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: The SME Education Foundation announced the Ford Philanthropy BlueOval City Scholarship today, made possible by a generous grant from Ford Philanthropy. The scholarship will support students in West Tennessee pursuing manufacturing and industrial-related degrees at regional technical and community colleges. The Foundation operates as the philanthropic arm of SME, the nonpro more PR