OAKLAND, California, May 4 -- The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), finalized a Rule under the Administrative Procedure Act that will expand health coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients by opening up Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace plans. This Rule w  more

FREMONT, California, May 4 -- The Broadband Forum, an organization composed of the industry's broadband operators, vendors, thought leaders who are shaping the future of broadband and observers, issued the following news release: Major enhancements have been made for the advancement of next-generation applications, network resilience, and support of converged services for residential customers thanks to Broadband Forum's latest 5G work that is integrating wireless and wireline networks. Broadb  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) West today condemned the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for its militarized police response to the school's anti-genocide encampment, leading to the arrest of around 200 student protesters. Early this morning, police wearing body armor and  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 3 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release: World-renowned physicians and researchers from City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, will present new findings and offer expert perspectives on leading-edge cancer research and treatment development at the ASCO Annual Meeting 2024, which will take place in Chicago from May 31 to June 4. In total, City of Hope experts will present at 64 sessions  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 4 -- The Health Access California issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * Below is a statement from Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, in response to the final rule issued today by President Biden to designate all with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration status as "lawfully present", therefore giving them full access to health care coverage through ACA health insurance marketplaces like  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 4 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following statement on May 3, 2024: * * * The Biden administration's new rule granting recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility for health care insurance will go into effect today. Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement on the new rule that allows DACA recipients  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 4 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit today against a Southern California credit union for unlawfully denying a loan to a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient on the basis of his immigration status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed the suit challenging the lending practices of Kin  more

SANTA MONICA, California, May 4 -- The Recording Academy issued the following news release: On Wed, May 1, GRAMMY(R) winners and nominees, along with industry leaders from across the country, visited the White House for conversations with top Biden administration officials on the issues facing music creators today. The visit marked the culmination of the GRAMMYs on the Hill(R) Advocacy Day, Capitol Hill's largest and most prestigious legislative event for music. Ahead of the White House visit,   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 -- The State Bar of California issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The State Bar announced today that 1,337 applicants (33.9 percent) passed the February 2024 General Bar Exam, and 197 applicants (52.7 percent) passed the Attorneys' Exam. If those who passed satisfy all other requirements for admission, they will be eligible to be licensed by the State Bar to practice law in California. "Congratulations to the 1,534 applicants who passed the Febru  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Late Wednesday the Supreme Court of California agreed to review a controversial appeals court ruling that blesses a radical new theory of liability for manufacturers of non-defective prescription drugs. The decision was welcome news for Washington Legal Foundation, which filed an amicus brief (https://www.wlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WLF-Letter-Brief-Gilead-Litigation-Amicus-Letter.pdf)   more