20Jul/18

Raimondo and Brown spar over contributions linked to energy companies – The Providence Journal

Raimondo and Brown spar over contributions linked to energy companies
The Providence Journal
But the truth is that Brown gave multiple speeches in 2006 calling global warming a “serious global threat” even as he accepted the fossil fuel-related donations,″ Samsel said. She alluded to an explanation Brown’s campaign gave the news site

20Jul/18

New York Legislature Expands the New York Paid Family Leave Program – JD Supra (press release)


JD Supra (press release)

New York Legislature Expands the New York Paid Family Leave Program
JD Supra (press release)
The second bill, the Living Donor Protection Act of 2018, expands the definition of the term “serious health condition” under the NYPFL law to expressly include “transplantation preparation and recovery from surgery related to organ or tissue donation.

20Jul/18

Top Climate Change Donors Pull Back the Curtain on Their Past and Future Giving – Inside Philanthropy


Inside Philanthropy

Top Climate Change Donors Pull Back the Curtain on Their Past and Future Giving
Inside Philanthropy
Neither Klein nor Sea Change Foundation has ever solicited or accepted contributions from non-family related sources,” Simons said (see the full statement below). Rather, the couple said, Klein is entirely derived from a large trust in Bermuda whose …

20Jul/18

UK launches campaign to boost Asian organ donation – Business Standard


Business Standard

UK launches campaign to boost Asian organ donation
Business Standard
According to a new report released earlier this week, only 7 per cent of donors last year were from BAME backgrounds, with Indians accounting for just 1.9 per cent of the state-funded National Health Service’s (NHS) Organ Donation Register (ODR).
Organ donation: just talk about it says drag queen Di AlysisNewcastle Star

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20Jul/18

Attorney General Bondi and Commissioner Putnam Join FTC and Other States to Combat Fraudulent Veterans Charities – Florida Trend


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Attorney General Bondi and Commissioner Putnam Join FTC and Other States to Combat Fraudulent Veterans Charities
Florida Trend
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, the Federal Trade Commission, charity regulators and state attorneys general from around the country today announced Operation Donate with Honor.
Iowa Attorney General joins national effort to stop veterans charity fraudKCRG
Feds crack down on bogus military charitiesCBS News
Fake charity pledged to fight veteran suicide. Instead, it kept millions of dollars.Sacramento Bee

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20Jul/18

MCCONNELL’S ULTIMATUM — Schumer shuns SCOTUS nominee — SENATE GOP PULLS JUDICIAL NOMINATION … – Politico

MCCONNELL’S ULTIMATUM — Schumer shuns SCOTUS nominee — SENATE GOP PULLS JUDICIAL NOMINATION …
Politico
Related read: “How members of Congress cultivate wealthy donors through a little-known PAC,” from The Washington Post’s Michelle Ye Hee Lee: https://wapo.st/2uLl9TS. SENATE PANEL ADVANCES IRS NOMINEE — The Senate Finance Committee …

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