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NJ Patient Notification Law Introduced by Congress to Help Prevent Opioid Addiction Nationally News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Representative David Trone (D-Md.), along with Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and David McKinley (R-W.V.), has introduced the bipartisan  Opioid Patients Right to Know Act to help prevent opioid addiction across the country that is based on the success of the New ...

As we jump into 2021 with eagerness to put 2020 behind us, one area in which we hope to see positive change is cosmetics development and regulation. We have identified activity from 2020 that signals expected progress and risk exposure in 2021 to help the cosmetics industry plan ahead. 1. A New Year “Free of” COVID and Toxins While we are hopeful that 2021 will be a year free of COVID-19, we can expect that cosmetics formulations will be free of known “toxins.” This practice is in large...

Syracuse NAACP rejects city’s claims of partnership on police reform plan Gabe Stern | Enterprise Editor Board members of the local NAACP branch speak in front of the Onondaga County Justice Center at the Saturday press conference. Facebook Google+ The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. The Syracuse-Onondaga Chapter of the NAACP on Saturday rebuked recent statements suggesting the chapter part...

Brooklyn councilmembers Brad Lander and Antonio Reynoso have partnered before, advocating for reforms across the city over the last eight years in the city council. Now, term-limited, they seek to become the city’s next Comptroller and Brooklyn Borough President, respectively, and are endorsing each other, the two progressive legislators announced today. Brad Lander speaking at the 9th Street Vision Zero Redesign walkthrough (Photo: Nathan Haselby/Bklyner) Lander, who represents Park Slope, C...

Source: IAPP Five states are making progress this year toward passing privacy legislation along the lines of Californias Consumer Privacy Act, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals. If Virginia, Minnesota, New York, Washington and Oklahoma succeed in enacting new privacy laws this year, the total number of states with privacy regulations would go up to eight, says Caitlin Fennessy, research director at the IAPP. Previously, Maine and Nevada, in addition to Calif...

TALLAHASSEE — Sunday marks the three-year anniversary of Florida’s worst school shooting, a tragic milestone for families of the 17 murder victims and countless traumatized survivors. The horrific event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland sparked the March For Our Lives movement, a nationwide gun-control effort launched by the school’s students and joined by hundreds of thousands of other teens, parents and supporters. Florida lawmakers, who were in the midst of the 2018 ...

Feb. 14, 2021, marks the three-year anniversary of the Parkland school shootings. Sunday will mark the three-year anniversary of Florida’s worst school shooting, a tragic milestone for families of the 17 murder victims and countless traumatized survivors. The horrific event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland sparked the March For Our Lives movement, a nationwide gun-control effort launched by the school’s students and joined by hundreds of thousands of other teens, parents ...

The Best Phthalate-Free Shampoos to Reduce Your Family’s Exposure to the Common Ingredient Health.com 1/27/2021 © Provided by Health.com Adobe Stock Over the past few weeks, you may have heard about the class action lawsuits filed against Tresemmé for its shampoo containing formaldehyde-releasing preservative DMDM hydantoin allegedly causing hair loss. Switching to products without formaldehyde is a great start, but its not the only ingredient worth paying attention to in your beauty pr...

Common Council approves grants for additional police, fire equipment Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer The additional equipment includes body armor for SPDs Public Order Unit and thermal imaging cameras for the fire department. Facebook Google+ The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. The Syracuse Common Council approved over $300,000 in federal grants for new police and fire equipme...

5:50 The City of Newburgh held a public hearing Monday night on its draft report on police reform. It’s part of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order requiring local police agencies to modernize their strategies and programs based on community input. One of the related laws the city adopted over the summer faced a lot of backlash, and the city manager announced at the start of the hearing that the law was now tabled. Newburgh City Manager Joe Donat made the announcement before ca...