NicoKick Statement in Support of North Dakota Legislation to Study Nicotine Harm Reduction Products
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WASHINGTON, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today NicoKick released the following statement in support of North Dakota Senate Bill 2189, which would encourage a statewide study of reduced harm nicotine products to help current tobacco users transition to safer, less harmful products. States like North Dakota are leading the way in helping smokers switch to less harmful products such as tobacco-free nicotine pouches, gum, and lozenges. Harm reduction studies, like the one included in North Dakota State Senate Bill 2189, are a good first step toward putting in place policies that will incentivize smokers to transition to safer products, and we encourage the legislature and Governor Burgum to pass and sign this bill into law. Policymakers at both the state and federal level should follow suit and pass legislation that recognizes
ECEC Applauds Passage of the American Rescue Plan
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Yesterday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law. ARPA is a sweeping COVID-19 pandemic relief package providing over $42 billion in direct relief funds to the child care industry, including $24 billion to stand up a child care stabilization fund, $15 billion through the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program and $3.5 billion in mandatory funding through the Child Care Entitlement to the States. In addition to direct relief, the package also includes $1 billion for Head Start programs and robust one-year expansions of three critical tax relief programs the Child Tax Credit, the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and Dependent Care FSAs.
Biden Decision to Cancel Immigration Public Charge Sticks it to Taxpayers, Says FAIR
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The following statement was released in response to the Biden administration s decision to cancel the public charge rule in the midst of an immigration crisis. The statement should be attributed to Dan Stein, president, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). After decimating immigration enforcement and creating a crisis on our southern border, the Biden administration has decided to stick it to the American taxpayers by canceling a rule that would have barred people who are likely to become public charges from immigrating to the United States legally.
/PRNewswire/ Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act..
Coalition of Law Enforcement Unions Applauds State Lawmakers for their Work on Police Reform
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A broad coalition of Washington state law enforcement unions, representing more than 14,000 officers, released a letter Wednesday urging lawmakers to continue their work on police accountability reform in the 2021 legislative session. We do not want the tragedies that have occurred across our nation and here in Washington to be repeated, said Teresa Taylor, Executive Director of WACOPS. We support accountability for officers and employers. We support fairness, balance, and objectivity. We want to help build policies that will make the law enforcement profession better and our communities safer.