State & Local Government News
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Autel Enterprise is Announcing Its Made in USA EVO II Dual Bundles
Under the Autel Enterprise label, Autel Robotics offers end-users the opportunity to use aircraft manufactured in the USA with foreign and domestic parts and labor. - September 03, 2020 - Autel Robotics
Gebhart Campaign Supports Teachers with First FDA Approved Clear Masks
Endorsed Democratic candidate for Ward 9 of the Warwick City Council, Vinny Gebhart, has donated clear face masks to the Warwick Teachers Union to support teachers in the classroom during COVID-19. - September 03, 2020 - Gebhart For Warwick
E.J. Ward Inc. Announces New Organizational Structure with the Formation of Two New Operating Business Groups
A new organizational structure within E.J. Ward Inc. provides increased product value offering for customers. - September 02, 2020 - E.J. Ward, Inc.
Medcom Benefit Solutions Integrates Enrich Financial Wellness Platform Into Consumer-Driven Health Plan Portfolio
Medcom Benefit Solutions is offering Enrich Financial Wellness to help participants better understand consumer-driven health plans, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA), while improving overall financial health. - September 01, 2020 - iGrad
Job Seekers Can Earn Work Experience While Giving Back to Their Community Through the Monterey HELP Program
The Monterey County Workforce Development Board has developed several initiatives in order to support both employers and job seekers as we work together to overcome obstacles related to the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected us all. The Monterey HELP program provides workers impacted by COVID-19... - August 30, 2020 - Monterey County Workforce Development Board
Local Child Welfare Leader Champions Foster Kids with Lived Experience
Michelle Canaday, Circuit Director for the 15th Judicial District of the Florida Guardian ad Litem Program, is the perfect example of what happens when someone speaks words of life and encouragement to a child. Canaday, who is the product of the Wisconsin foster care system, remembers a childhood... - August 28, 2020 - Speak Up for Kids
Manimas Contends States Can Block Elector Votes for Impeached Trump
Shows how any state can pass a law that forbids presidential electors to vote for Donald Trump because he has been impeached, based on Supreme Court decision in Chiafalo v. Washington, #19-465, July 6, 2020. The Supreme Court voted 9-0 that state legislatures have absolute control over who their presidential electors can vote for and cannot vote for. - August 26, 2020 - John Manimas Campaign
Fecteau Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal
U.S. Army Major Matthew J. Fecteau was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on August 11, 2020 while serving with the U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command in the Greater Middle East. According to Army Regulation, the Meritorious Service Medal is “awarded to any Service member of... - August 26, 2020 - Matt Fecteau for Congress
ISI and FEMCIC Partner to Envision a More Sustainable and Resilient Mexico
Partnering together, ISI and FEMCIC will bring the Envision framework and rating system to Mexico to help public and private organizations design and build more sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure. That means better roads, bridges, dams, parks, data centers, airport runaways and taxiways, and water- and wastewater-treatment plants. That also means designing and building infrastructure that protects the environment, combats climate change, boosts the economy, and enhances human health. - August 21, 2020 - ISI
Credit Union 1 Partners with iGrad to Offer Enrich Financial Wellness Platform
Credit Union 1 launches the Enrich financial wellness platform to its credit union members, offering them a hyper-personalized interactive educational experience. - August 20, 2020 - iGrad
Alignment Simple Solutions Expands GSA Product Pricing to NGO and All Fleet Operators
Alignment Simple Solutions, the leader in portable wheel alignment solutions, is expanding their government products and pricing to all fleet owners, local and state government entities. - August 20, 2020 - QuickTrick - Alignment Simple Solutions
Manimas Shouts Out "Make Voting Viral"
A brief explanation of how simply having 10% of the electorate, or one fourth of habitual non-voters -- about 23 million voters, register to vote as no-party voters would accomplish a "revolution by vote" that would stop the destructive two-party seesaw. John Manimas, presidential candidate stated: "They can vote however they wish, but just registering as a no-party voter would throw the red/blue seesaw into a spin." - August 19, 2020 - John Manimas Campaign
TestPros Awarded $44 Million BPA for IT IV&V Support Services for Nuclear Regulatory Commission
TestPros has been competitively awarded one of two GSA Federal Supply Schedule Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to provide a broad range of Independent Verification and Validation support services to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The maximum value of the BPAs, collectively, is $44... - August 18, 2020 - TestPros, Inc.
Axiom: A Small Business Making Huge Strides and Bold Moves for NOAA’s HPC Cloud-based Solution for Weather Forecast Models
Axiom Consultants Inc. (Axiom) announces a bold approach to get out in front of a high performance computing (HPC) strategy by developing an independently funded prototype that demonstrates Axiom’s understanding of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) research-to-operations (R2O) weather prediction goals and strategies. - August 18, 2020 - Axiom Consultants, Inc.
Schools, Businesses, Events, Sports and More Are Restarting Safely with Text-Based COVID Symptom Screening Using HealthShield
Organizations nationwide are safely reopening and remaining open by using a simple, text-based COVID symptom screening tool, HealthShield(TM) by 42Chat. With HealthShield, businesses can remotely capture CDC-compliant information for anyone entering their establishment/location via a two-step,... - August 13, 2020 - 42Chat
Robert Cherry Honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Robert Cherry of Denison, Texas has been honored as a VIP Member for 2020 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding achievements and high level of success for almost 50 years in the fields of crime prevention and criminal justice. About Robert Cherry Robert Cherry is a... - August 13, 2020 - Strathmore Worldwide
Manimas Offers Electoral Vote Donation to DNC
Write-in Presidential candidate John Manimas and the Real Democracy Party have extended an offer to donate any electoral votes awarded to John Manimas to the Democratic candidate but only if the House of Representatives first passes specified elections reforms, including mandatory voting. - August 12, 2020 - John Manimas Campaign
NAFA Warns of Adverse Consequences from DOL’s Proposed Class Exemption
Comment Letter Seeks Relief for Insurance Professionals - August 08, 2020 - NAFA, National Association for Fixed Annuities
Meadows Bank Total Assets Reach $1 Billion
Meadows Bank, headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, announced today that it had reached $1.1 billion in Total Assets as of June 30, 2020. Total Equity Capital also grew 17% to $126.8 million. At June 30, 2020, the bank had Total Loans of $994.6 million which represented a 25% growth or $195.9 million... - August 06, 2020 - Meadows Bank
Evolon Awarded 2020 ESX Innovation Award
Panel of industry experts recognize Evolon Verify(TM) as the winner in the Enhanced/Verified Monitoring category. - July 31, 2020 - evolon
Mutual of Omaha Offers EAP Customers Financial Wellness Resources Through iGrad's Enrich™
Mutual of Omaha is now offering an interactive financial wellness platform to employees at client organizations. - July 30, 2020 - iGrad
Ameritas Now Offering Enrich Financial Wellness Program to Employees
Ameritas is now offering an interactive financial wellness platform to empower employees. - July 21, 2020 - iGrad
Ex-Police Chief Saving the Lower Ninth Ward; Kristle Bautista's Book, "The Pivotal Moment," Nominated for Global Award
“The Pivotal Moment," written by Kristle Bautista, has been nominated for a 2020 Author Academy Award, an honor bestowed for literary merit and publishing excellence in the writing and publishing industry. "The Pivotal Moment" is up for an award in the Memoir category. #1 New Release and #1 Best Seller on Amazon for 3 weeks. - July 19, 2020 - Kristle Bautista Consulting
iGrad Partners with Florida International University to Provide AI-Powered Student Financial Wellness Platform
Florida International University (FIU) partners with iGrad to offer interactive financial literacy education to its 58,000 college students. - July 16, 2020 - iGrad
John Manimas Tells All "Who Gets the Money"
Write-in Presidential Candidate John Manimas has posted a series of humorous campaign videos, on YouTube channel "primacycinema," to illustrate his thinking and why the non-voters of America can save our country from the two-party disaster. - July 15, 2020 - John Manimas Campaign
SolarCraft Completes Solar Power Installation at Tomales Fire Station - West Marin Fire House Flips the Switch to Solar
Novato and Sonoma based SolarCraft, a leading North Bay clean energy provider for over 35 years, recently completed the installation of a 38.4 kW DC solar electric system at Tomales Fire Station in the remote West Marin town of Tomales, CA. The solar power system was designed and installed by SolarCraft, lowering their carbon footprint and utility costs by almost $14,000 per year. - July 14, 2020 - SolarCraft
The Coming Depopulation of Public Schools to Begin This Fall
As schools announce reopening plans, parents begin to question whether public schooling is for them anymore. Gone are the days of strategically moving to a prestigious neighborhood to secure a coveted school with quality education and a wide array of opportunities. Regardless of a family’s... - July 09, 2020 - The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
New Book, "Bombshell in the Barrio" Reveals How Educators Defeated the FBI, DOJ, the Texas Education Agency, and El Paso's Oligarcy
This new book by Parrhesia Press examines the experience of five El Paso educators who refused to admit to crimes they didn't commit. It documents the terrorist tactics they endured from the FBI, DOJ, corrupt politicians, and a media that refused to question the authorities' side of the story, even as the case unraveled. Finally, it corrects the official narrative and demonstrates how their miraculous victory ultimately exposes the facts behind the fiction. - July 06, 2020 - Parrhesia Press
Public Safety Industry Professional Joins GeoComm’s Product Management Team
GeoComm is excited to announce the addition of Dan Craigie to the Product Management Team serving as the Business Development Program Manager. Dan was most recently the 9-1-1 Program Manager for Emergency Communication Networks Division at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and has... - July 03, 2020 - GeoComm
PreLynx Portals Allow You to Reopen with Confidence
With COVID-19 cases soaring, reopening has slowed across the nation. Even where the government permits reopening, most businesses must rely on consumers, customers, students or visitors feeling comfortable with the steps taken to ensure their safety. PreLynx Portal provides that... - July 02, 2020 - 123 Design
Farmers2Market, Connecting Farmers to Their Communities and Communities to Their Farmers
SNtial Organics proudly Announces the Launch of Farmers2Market.ca - July 01, 2020 - SNtial Organics Inc.
Accend Networks Received Coveted Master Services Competency (MSC) Certification for Network Virtualization
Accend Networks, a leading network security and IT solutions provider in the United States, becomes one of top fifty companies to receive the Master Services Competency (MSC) Certification. - June 30, 2020 - Accend Networks
"YBF POLITICS" (TheYBF.com's New Vertical) Sits Down with Congressional Hopefuls Dr. Cameron Webb and Jaime Harrison
Natasha Eubanks of The YBF Sits Down with VA's history making Democratic pick Dr. Cameron Webb and SC's rising star for Senate Jaime Harrison; Launching the site's new politically focused content vertical "YBF POLITICS." - June 26, 2020 - The Young, Black & Fabulous, LLC (The YBF)
Clever Coding Introduces Emergency Management for the Digital Age
Clever Coding has created a white label mobile app that allows agencies and employers to migrate their local Emergency Management plans to their very own mobile app on the App Store. - June 26, 2020 - Emergency Ready App
Pandemic Experts Launch the American BioDefense Institute
American BioDefense Institute launched as a new model for fighting pandemics. - June 25, 2020 - American BioDefense Institute
Youth Sports Nonprofit Uses HealthShield to be First in Country to Get Kids Back on Lacrosse Field Safely; Intermountain Lacrosse Scans Nearly 4000 Players on Opening Day
42Chat, an award-winning provider of AI chatbot solutions, announced that Intermountain Lacrosse (IMLAX) was able to open up its fields to players before any other league in the U.S. by using HealthShield, an SMS-based COVID screening tool to help businesses reopen quickly. IMLAX is a 501(c)3... - June 23, 2020 - 42Chat
John Manimas Recommends a Right to Integration
Write-in presidential candidate John Manimas presents his views on racism in America in a five-minute video, entitled JMCamp.pos02racism, on his YouTube channel "primacycinema." - June 23, 2020 - John Manimas Campaign
Stanford Hospital Accused of Alleged $468 Million Dollar Healthcare Billing Fraud; DOJ Filed its Second Statement of Interest in Federal Court
The Department of Justice just filed a “Statement of Interest” in Federal Court in support of the false claims action (“FCA”) against Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Hospitals & Clinics). The case is captioned United States vs. Stanford et. al. The Complaint alleges Stanford engaged in government fraud in excess of $468 Million Dollars. - June 19, 2020 - GJLaw
RSA Assists Main Street USA Businesses Reopen in Partnership with Canon USA
RSA announces its Printer Package Program (PPP) in conjunction with Canon USA. Main Street Businesses can purchase an RSA Printer Package Bundle including Canon IPF printer, PosterArtist software and 2 rolls of starter media to create their own COVID-19 social distance and hygiene signage for their business. With complete customization capability, businesses can promote their products and services and safe customer and employee experience at the same time. Let's Get Back to Work. - June 18, 2020 - Reprographic Services Association
MOC1 Solutions Revolutionizes Hospital Security, Care and Human Resources
MOC1 Solutions announces the availability of a hospital identity and access management solution using artificial intelligence, machine learning and facial recognition into one integrated solution. The Hospital Identity and Access Management System (HIAMS) has become the center of innovation in the... - June 15, 2020 - Mobile Office Communications Inc. DBA MOC1 Solutions
Bestselling Author’s New Book Explaining How to End Racism Will be Free June 16-18
In his latest release, Stephen Hawley Martin puts a finger on what he believes to be the root causes of racism and what must be done to end the scourge, and it won’t cost readers anything to find out. The Kindle edition is free to download from Amazon, June 16-18. - June 15, 2020 - The Oaklea Press
Telemedicine Breaks Out of Prisons to Widespread Use During Pandemic
Remote care providing fast, efficient treatment - June 08, 2020 - KaZee Inc.
Cross-Cultural Training Program Badges2Bridges to Provide Training on Race, Racism & Anti-Black Racism to Police Officers
New cross-cultural training program for law enforcement to provide training on race and racism to police officers - June 05, 2020 - Mosaic Cross-Cultural Solutions
STOMP Out Bullying Challenges the Public to #TakeAKnee Everyday at 1:00 PM (EST)
The leading nonprofit is dedicated to reducing and preventing discrimination, racism and hatred - Today, STOMP Out Bullying announces the #takeaknee campaign which will take place daily at 1:00 pm (EST). The leading nonprofit has always been dedicated to reducing and preventing discrimination, racism and hatred. Now, more than ever, the public must work to “End The Hate and Change The Culture.” - June 03, 2020 - Love Our Children USA
COVID-19 Survivor Warns Others with a Video; Metro-Detroiter Wants to Spread Story Nationally to Flatten the Curve
Victor Cunningham created a video “Do Not Underestimate COVID-19” to discuss his story with the world after being hospitalized. His experience has been from hallucination to the fear of being ostracized by family and friends by testing positive. The video was produced within one week with the help of Sylvester Foster, owner of Seal Productions. - May 28, 2020 - Seal Productions
GeoComm Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Empowering Customers to Create Powerful 9-1-1 and NG9-1-1 System Public Safety Grade GIS Data
This year GeoComm, an industry leader in public safety location-based solutions, is excited to reach an important company milestone by celebrating their twenty-five year anniversary of empowering their customers to create public safety grade GIS data to be used in their 9-1-1 and NG9-1-1... - May 23, 2020 - GeoComm
Harris County Public Library Will Resume Curbside Pick-Up May 26th, 2020
Harris County Public Library (HCPL) has announced it will resume no-contact, curbside pick-up service starting Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 - May 21, 2020 - Harris County Public Library
Infographic by the Canadian Association for Safe Supply Educates BC About Drug Safety Concerns
Be informed and understand BC's prescription supply options. - May 20, 2020 - Canadian Association for Safe Supply
Bid4Assets to Host First-Ever Online Tax Sale for Nye County, Nevada Treasurer
Over 580 tax defaulted properties will be offered in May 31 online auction. - May 20, 2020 - Bid4Assets Inc.
Petroleum Supplier Hightowers Petroleum Co. Keeps Ohio Running During COVID-19 Pandemic
Since March 24, mandatory “stay at home” orders have been in effect for the state of Ohio – excluding essential businesses. Despite the thousands of businesses forced to close their doors, one company has stepped up to keep the state running – laying the foundation for... - May 20, 2020 - Stephen L. Hightower