CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) is proud to announce the launch of its latest online course offering: the ABYC/MRAA Service Management Certification. In collaboration with the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas (MRAA), ABYC developed a shared certification exam and written study guide to meet the highest industry standards. Supporting the certif  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- The American Hospital Association issued the following statement on July 10, 2024, by Ashley Thompson, senior vice president for public policy analysis and development, on the 2025 outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule: * * * CMS has yet again proposed an inadequate update to hospital payments. This proposed increase for outpatient hospital services of only 2.6% comes despite the fact that many hospitals across the country continue to operate on nega  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 -- The Appraisal Institute issued the following news release: The Appraisal Institute, the leading association of real estate appraisers, released the third in its series of short videos profiling real estate appraisers. Each video highlights their professional commitment to the public trust and their communities, and different ways that appraisers bring high-level professional expertise and experience to their communities and the real estate industry. The new video   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Selectees will Partner with Local Unions for Projects Across 8 States * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to retool shuttered and at-risk manufacturing factories to produce electric vehicles (EVs). The funding will ensure almost a dozen factories across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virg  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Electrification Coalition, a group that facilitates the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles, issued the following statement on July 11, 2024: * * * On Thursday, the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to support converting 11 manufacturing facilities--all closed or at risk of closing--to manufacture electric vehicles and their components. The plants are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryla  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Illinois' severe housing shortage and rising housing costs are making it harder for people to put a roof overhead than anywhere else in the Midwest. * * * In a new report, "Regulatory reform can make housing more affordable for families (https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/regulatory-reform-can-make-housing-more-affordable-for-illinois-families/)," the Illinois Policy Institute fo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois issued the following news release: Police in Illinois conducted nearly 200,000 more traffic stops in 2023 compared to the previous year. The 12% increase in traffic stops means that more than 500 motorists in Illinois were stopped for each day of 2023 compared to 2022. Longstanding racial disparities persisted, with Black and Latino drivers stopped at higher rates than white drivers in almost all localities. The Illino  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) submitted comments to the Department of Commerce, calling on the administration to fully reinstate expired exclusions and reopen the exclusion process for products from China impacted by the Section 301 tariffs. In May, the Biden administration announced proposed modifications to the Section 301 tariffs on impor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 (TNSres) -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: As part of the profession's ongoing EDISJ efforts to redress librarianship's problematic past, practitioners from across the field are questioning long-held library authorities and standards. They're undertaking a critical and rigorous re-examination of what have been considered "best practices" and the decisionmakers behind them, pointing out heretofore unscrutinized injustices within our  more