WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Action on Smoking and Health issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) released the 3rd edition of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Lobbyist and Lobbying Firm Registration Tracker for the current cycle. The ASH Lobbyist Tracker is the first source to compile and standardize tobacco industry lobbying in the United States. The tracker compiles public records from the varying registration and reporting systems within all 50 U.S. states and t  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: To provide the best care possible and highest chance for a successful liver transplant for families in North Carolina, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital has partnered with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to expand its pediatric liver transplant program. Specifically, the partnership will allow Levine Children's Hospital to expand its abilities to transplant livers in   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 3 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Chesapeake Bay Program announced today that the seven jurisdictions that make up the Chesapeake Bay watershed-Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia-continue to make progress in reducing the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution that is flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Dail  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Adrianne Peters Sipes, founder of Compass Estate Planning and Elder Law, Clearfield, will become chair-elect of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) at the close of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. As YLD chair-elect, Sipes will serve on the 2024-25 PBA Board of Governors. Within the YLD, Sipes has served as a voting member o  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, May 2 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: Major new report addresses how standards activities in innovative industries underpin sustainability efforts. A major new report from ASTM International highlights the impactful role that standar  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Stephanie F. Latimore, assistant director, Legislative Reference Bureau of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, will begin a three-year term as the woman governor, representing the interests of women lawyers, on the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Board of Governors at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. A leader within the PBA, Latimore is a former  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Melissa Merchant-Calvert, owner, Law Offices of Melissa Merchant-Calvert, Mercer, will become chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) at the close of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. As YLD chair, Merchant-Calvert will serve on the 2024-25 PBA Board of Governors. Within the YLD, she has held the offices of zone co-chair  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Plain English Committee will present its 2024 Clarity Award to Pamela Brightbill, administrative officer for the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, Harrisburg, at an awards luncheon on May 9 during the PBA Annual Meeting in Hershey. The charge of the Plain English Committee is to "reward and encourage efforts to improve access to the law by de  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: James A. Wells of Gay, Chacker & Ginsburg PC, Philadelphia, will begin his second year of a two-year term as chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) House of Delegates at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. The House of Delegates is the policy-making body of the PBA. A member of the PBA House of Delegates since 2001, Wells is active   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission issued the following news: The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) and the Pennsylvania State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) are now accepting applications for the Historical & Archival Records Care (HARC) grant program. The application deadline is August 1, 2024. Funding is available to historical records repositories, such as historical societies, libraries, universities, local gove  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Jennifer A. Galloway, chief fiduciary officer at Counsel Trust Company in York, will become the immediate past chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) at the conclusion of the association's Annual Meeting on May 10 in Hershey. As YLD immediate past chair, Galloway will serve on the 2024-25 PBA Board of Governors. In addition to her role as Y  more