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Ohio Safety Congress offers educational track for professionals

The conference has a dedicated educational track focused on Occupational Safety Research.




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Radians announces campus expansion, to unveil over 30 new safety solutions at 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo

Radians’ new 110,000 sq. ft. facility at 6100 Global Drive in Memphis, TN, represents a major expansion.




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News from 2024 NSC Safety Congress: Day 1

A number of awards and honors were given on Monday morning during the opening session of the 2024 NSC Safety Congress. 




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Congress promotes workplace PPE during PWFA rulemaking

Rulemaking process for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act includes workplace PPE, and OSH professionals should be paying attention.




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Cebuana-Filipino American, Granddaughter of Cebu Governor, Selected for Prestigious Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Distinguished lineage and unwavering commitment propel Isabella Sofia Aznar-Beane to represent Arizona at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders




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Actor Courtney Rioux and Congressman Jesús "Chuy" García To Discuss AI In The Workplace At Institute For Work and The Economy Event

The AI industry and its work product are growing exponentially, well ahead of critical rules and laws needed to provide safeguards, including fair use in the workplace.




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Passenger-Centricity, Autonomous Technologies and Data Privacy and Security: World Technology Congress at the House of Lords, UK Parliament

At the House of Lords, the Palace of Westminster, World Technology Congress (WTC) featured "the new mobility landscape" as a theme for the Fall Session which addressed major challenges and opportunities of the mobility industry.




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Passenger-Centricity, Autonomous Technologies and Data Privacy and Security: World Technology Congress at the House of Lords, UK Parliament

At the House of Lords, the Palace of Westminster, World Technology Congress (WTC) featured "the new mobility landscape" as a theme for the Fall Session which addressed major challenges and opportunities of the mobility industry.




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Congress is Taking Notice of High Cost of Parking Minimums

US Representative calls for parking reforms in American cities.




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Dr. Eric Chu Honored with International Board of Chiropractic Examiners Poster Award at WFC Congress

Dr. Eric Chu, Chairman of Chiropractic Doctors Association of Hong Kong (CDAHK), has been recognized with the prestigious International Board of Chiropractic Examiners (IBCE) Poster Award by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC).




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Dr. Ken Anderson Presents at the 46th Congress of the Italian Society for Hair Science and Restoration

Integrative Strategies for Hair Loss Prevention: A Holistic Approach by Dr. Ken Anderson




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CHRISTIAN DRAPEAU Announced as Speaker at Biohacking Congress in Miami, FL

Christian Drapeau, STEMREGEN founder and stem cell scientist, will speak on harnessing the power of stem cells at Biohacking Congress 2023 in Miami.




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Poets&Quants™ Announces Groundbreaking Business School Showcase at Global Sustainable Development Congress

Times Higher Education and Poets&Quants™ Highlight Business Schools in this Inaugural Partnership




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U.S. Term Limits Calls Our Representative Ken Calvert in a Series of Billboards for Refusing To Sign U.S. Term Limits Pledge for Congress

87% of Americans Support Congressional Term Limits




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Congress COVID Cover-up Conceals HIV/AIDS Mutation 'Gain-of-Function' Says Expert

World Leading Lab Virus Whistleblower Exposes Co-Conspirators' Motive




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ALIPAC Endorses GOP Congressional Reps Speaking Out Against Amnesty

25 Members of Congress who signed open letters receive support




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Congress Urgently Needs to Act On the Infrastructure and Reconciliation Bills to Safeguard Water Equity

With the announcement of the Build Back Better Framework, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative is urging Congress to take immediate action on both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better reconciliation package




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Peters: $1.5 Spending Bill Is Latest Example of Congress Passing Legislation Without Knowing What Is Inside It

Spending Bill Contained At Least Two Anti-Second Amendment Provisions




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Chevo Consulting, LLC Wins DHS ICE Prime Task Order for Budget Support Services and Congressional Budget Justification

Chevo expands long-term partnership with DHS ICE with the award of the this 5-year, $10M Task Order




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Congressional Family Business Caucus to Join Discussion on Capitol Hill Focused on Supporting Family Businesses

Caucus Members Participating in Roundtable Discussion Moderated by Dr. Frank Luntz, Family Business Executives Speaking on Key Issues Facing Family Business




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Leading Hair Restoration Surgeon Dr. Ken Anderson to Present at 32nd ISHRS World Congress

Dr. Anderson Will Provide a Deep Dive Into Photobiomodulation Therapy




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Work Comp Matters - Free Weekly Podcast - Episode 84: 30th Congressional District with Mark Reed

Mark Reed is the pragmatic candidate for the 30th US Congressional District. In this edition of Work Comp matters Steve and the guys talk to Mark about the homeless, a…




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Validation of the labor reform in Congress: litmus test for the credibility of collective bargaining

Javier Thibault weighs in on the Spanish parliament’s recent labor reform agreement and its effects on the recovery and the labor market. 

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The Bar Has Been Lowered – Congress Further Relaxes Hiring Restrictions for Banking Personnel with Criminal Histories

  • FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act loosens restrictions on hiring those with criminal records at FDIC-member banks and NCUA-insured credit unions.
  • Sections 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and 205(d) of the Federal Credit Union Act should no longer be relied upon as a basis to automatically disqualify applicants convicted of certain offenses.




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Congressional Democrats Want to Weaponize Federal Labor Law

Michael Lotito writes about unions and their allies’ attempts to sneak parts of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act into the budget bill.

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Congress Passes Bipartisan Arbitration Limitation

Update: This bill was signed into law on March 3, 2022.




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Congress Considers Banning Discretionary Clauses in ERISA Plans

On May 12, 2022, the “Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act” was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA).  Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced a companion bill in the Senate. The bill seeks to ban arbitration and discretionary clauses in employer-sponsored benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).




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Congress Debates over NLRB’s Classification of Student Athletes as Employees

Tyler A. Sims disagrees with a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional director’s ruling that men’s college basketball players at Dartmouth College are employees for National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) purposes.

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Littler’s Tyler Sims Testifies Before Congress on Effects of Student-Athletes’ Employment Status, Unionization Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2024) – Littler shareholder Tyler A. Sims testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce at a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on “Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification.”





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NAM Calls on Congress to Reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank

Westinghouse and Holtec also support the bank's re-authorization.




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NAM Praises Congressional Passage of Perkins CTE Reauthorization

U.S. House vote is a step toward closing the skills gap.




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Extensive Reading World Congress 7 (Sapporo)

ER Foundation (Extensive Reading Foundation). September 5 (Fri) - 9 (Tue) 2025, at Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan.




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A year in the life of a Congressional Science Fellow

Devon Gorby, PhD, was AGU’s 2023-2024 Congressional Science Fellow. She is now a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. From September 2023 to September 2024, I worked in the office of Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico as AGU’s Congressional Science Fellow. I used my scientific background in climate science, geology and hydrology to cover his water and environment portfolios. The experience was the …

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AGU joins letter calling on Congress to reject FY25 budget cuts

On 25 June, AGU joined 1050 organizations asking leadership in Congress to reject proposed funding cuts for FY25.    The 1,050 undersigned organizations—which represent the full breadth of investments that support all of America, every day—call on Congress to reject arbitrary and damaging funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025 and, at the very least, to fully appropriate the necessary non-defense discretionary (NDD) funds to keep pace with rising costs and …

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A year in the life of a Congressional Science Fellow

Devon Gorby, PhD, was AGU’s 2023-2024 Congressional Science Fellow. She is now a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. From September 2023 to September 2024, I worked in the office of Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico as AGU’s Congressional Science Fellow. I used my scientific background in climate science, geology and hydrology to cover his water and environment portfolios. The experience was the …

The post A year in the life of a Congressional Science Fellow appeared first on The Bridge: Connecting Science and Policy.




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Congress Sets Sights on Puerto Rico for Pharma Supply Stream

The same government that destroyed Puerto Rico’s economy and the domestic pharmaceutical industry by repealing Section 936 in 2006 is now going to tell you what heroes they are by reviving that industry. It might be easier said than done.




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Quantum Design to Showcase KTI and CTC Products at Label Congress this Fall

Quantum Design will exhibit the KTI and CTC product lines this Fall at Label Congress 2021.




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Testimony of Emily Barr at Congressional Hearing on Impact of Big Tech Competition on Local Media

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law is holding a hearing titled "Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Pres."




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New NAB Spotlight Series Features Dialogue with Members of Congress on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37) will be the inaugural guest in an exclusive new Spotlight Series from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) featuring members of Congress discussing key initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion and their perspectives on broadcast media.




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Testimony of Gordon Smith at Congressional Hearing on Communicating Trusted Vaccine Information

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith testified today before the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband at a hearing titled "Shot of Truth: Communicating Trusted Vaccine Information."




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Congressional Veterans Affairs Committee Leadership Awarded Inaugural Dingell Award




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NAB Statement on Announced Retirement of Congressman Mike Doyle

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the announcement by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA-18), chairman of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, that he will retire from Congress upon the completion of the current congressional term on January 3, 2023, the following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith:




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Testimony of Joel Oxley at Congressional Hearing on Journalism Competition and Preservation Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hubbard Broadcasting Senior Vice President and General Manager Joel Oxley testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights at a hearing titled "Breaking the News – Journalism, Competition, and the Effects of Market Power on a Free Press."




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Testimony of Curtis LeGeyt at Congressional Hearing on Performance Royalty on Broadcast Radio

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt testified today before the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on imposing a performance royalty on local radio stations for music airplay.




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NAB Statement on Congressional Passage of Low Power Protection Act

Washington, D.C. -- In response to congressional passage of the Low Power Protection Act, which provides eligible low power television stations a long-overdue opportunity to obtain interference protections, the following can be attributed to NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt:




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Nearly Two Dozen Members of Congress Added as Cosponsors of Local Radio Freedom Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Twenty-one members of the House of Representatives and two senators have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA), which signals the opposition of members of Congress to any potential legislation that imposes new performance royalties on broadcast radio stations for music airplay, now has 188 cosponsors in the House and 23 in the Senate.




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NAB Member J Chapman Touts Enduring Value of AM Radio at Congressional Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, National Association of Broadcasters member J Chapman, president of Woof Boom Radio, testified at a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology titled "Listen Here: Why Americans Value AM Radio." The following statement can be attributed to NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt:




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NAB Launches 2023 Congressional PSA Campaign Featuring Over 150 Members of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) today announced the launch of the 2023 NAB Congressional PSA Campaign, which promotes important messages in local communities across the country. Public service announcements filmed in NAB’s state-of-the-art studio featuring over 150 members of Congress and their families are available to local television and radio stations across the country through their Extreme Reach inbox.




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Curtis LeGeyt Urges Congressional Action to Ensure Continued Consumer Access to Local Broadcasting

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NAB President and CEO Curtis LeGeyt testified today at a House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled "Lights, Camera, Subscriptions: State of the Video Marketplace."