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Tipoffs on New England Newsletter for Saturday April 13, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Democratic Governors Association: Union Leader Op-Ed - "Ayotte Rewrites Her History on Reproductive Rights"
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader calls out former Senator Kelly Ayotte's lies about her votes she took in the U.S. Senate threatening in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other critical reproductive health care. The op-ed, by Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund Vice President of Public Affairs Kayla Montgomery, comes as Ayotte shamelessly attempts to rewrite her long and well-documented re  more

Maine House Democrats: House Advances Bipartisan Zager Bill to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing
AUGUSTA, Maine, April 13 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Maine House voted Tuesday to pass legislation sponsored by Rep. Sam Zager, D-Portland, that would require health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is the analysis of a patient's tissue, blood or other biological specimen for an indicator of a normal or abnormal process or pharmacologic response such as how well a person might respond to a particular treatment  more

National Aquarium: Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 13 -- The National Aquarium issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, originally known as the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, April 12, 2024. For more than four years, the National Aquarium has enthusiastically partnered with Representative William Keating (MA-9) and more than 70 organizations from 27 states and territories to advocate for this i  more

OCLC Global Council Elects Xuemao Wang, Re-Elects Anja Smit to Board of Trustees
DUBLIN, Ohio, April 13 -- The Online Computer Library Center issued the following news release: OCLC Global Council has elected Xuemao Wang, Dean of Libraries and the Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian for Northwestern University, and re-elected Anja Smit, Director of DANS, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Dutch Research Council, to the OCLC Board of Trustees. Global Council delegates elected the trustees during their March meeting. New tru  more