20Jul/18

‘Dark Money’ Victory: US Lobby Groups No Longer Have to Disclose Donors – Sputnik International


Sputnik International

‘Dark Money’ Victory: US Lobby Groups No Longer Have to Disclose Donors
Sputnik International
According to a Washington Free Beacon report from 2017, OSPC has hired lobbyists to influence bills such as the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 and the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Appropriations Act of 2017
Other Voices: The IRS found a way to make ‘dark money’ spent on politics even darkerGreeley Tribune

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20Jul/18

MI Organ Donor Registry Growing – News/Talk 94.9 WSJM

News/Talk 94.9 WSJMMI Organ Donor Registry GrowingNews/Talk 94.9 WSJM… has made getting more people registered to be donors a top priority of her two terms. Health officials say every donor can potentially save as many as eight lives through organ do…

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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