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OSCEOLA, Iowa — After years of planning, collaboration, and persistence, the Clarke County Reservoir Commission (CCRC) has reached a major benchmark in the effort to secure a sustainable water supply for South-Central Iowa, the Clarke County Development Corporation (CCDC) announced today.
STUDIO CITY, Calif. — Kord Fire Protection is sharing guidance for California facility owners, engineers, contractors and fire protection professionals on inspection, testing and maintenance considerations for private fire hydrants and underground fire service piping.
LA MESA, Calif. — In March 2025, LegalizeFerrets.org filed Form FGC-1 with the California Fish and Game Commission – the formal petition, under Government Code §11340.6, asking the state to reconsider its classification of domestic ferrets as restricted wild animals under Title 14, §671. Preparing it properly took considerable effort. The Commission accepted it as Petition 2025-003.
LA MESA, Calif. — The California Fish and Game Commission has released its final agenda for the August 12-13 meeting in Sacramento, and once again Petition 2025-003 – seeking to legalize domestic ferrets as pets in California – is not on the agenda. This meeting represents the Commission’s last regularly scheduled public opportunity to consider the petition before “Wright v. California Fish and Game Commission et al.” is heard in Sacramento County Superior Court on October 2, 2026, Legalize Ferrets announced today.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) today praised Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for becoming the first attorney general in the United States to subpoena CVS’s confidential contracts with drug manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and both chain and independent retail pharmacies.
LA MESA, Calif. — Three hundred seventy-eight days after the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to give further consideration to a petition seeking removal of domestic ferrets from California’s restricted species list, the petition remains unresolved, says Legalize Ferrets (Legalizeferrets.org).
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Charles W. Burkett, four-term Mayor of Surfside and lifelong Floridian, today announced his candidacy for Governor of Florida in the 2026 election as a No Party Affiliation candidate.
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — Protective apparel manufacturer Kappler®, Inc. marks its 50th anniversary on April 1, with a twist of corporate irony around the company’s April Fools’ founding date in 1976. As millions of emergency responders and safety professionals can attest, Kappler’s innovative chemical suits are no joking matter.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation’s largest independent cooperative network for mortgage lenders, will send its Advocacy Committee to Washington, D.C. on April 16 to meet with federal policymakers and housing agencies to discuss mortgage lending, regulatory reform and housing affordability.
LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. — Bob Stern, Ph.D., President of Save Long Beach Island (LBI) Advocacy and former manager of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Affairs for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today issued a sharp warning regarding the Senate’s consideration of the Standardized Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act.
