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Cirql App Expands Political Search Database outside of Texas

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cirql, a mobile app that provides the most efficient means to access information on Texas' elected officials, has expanded its services to include new states. Establishing itself as the most efficient means to access information on statewide officials, lobbyists, and campaign finance, Cirql has expanded its database to include the following states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and US Congress.

Key Points: 
  • Groundbreaking political info search app now has databases in 10 states and U.S. Congress.
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cirql , a mobile app that provides the most efficient means to access information on Texas' elected officials, has expanded its services to include new states.
  • Founded by Eric Wright in 2020, Cirql aggregates detailed information including contact information, official websites, campaign websites, committee memberships, staff listings, vote counts, staff emails, and more.
  • With over 25 years of experience within the Texas state government, Wright wished to create an accessible political platform to help communities get in touch and stay informed with their local representatives.

From the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing - The Senate & IRS are Going After Offshore Shell Banking and Tax Evasion

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) is intended to combat tax evasion by requiring account holders to report their offshore assets.

Key Points: 
  • FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) is intended to combat tax evasion by requiring account holders to report their offshore assets.
  • However, a somewhat popular "shell banking" technique has been used to hide these assets and avoid reporting requirements.
  • Since FATCA only requires reporting when U.S. persons hold these offshore accounts, many investors instead use a shell company to hold these accounts.
  • This risk also adds increased urgency for anyone facing potential offshore IRS criminal tax investigation, auditing of foreign financial accounts, or criminal tax prosecution for shell banking schemes.

WCG FDAnews Announces: PDUFA and BsUFA Reauthorization Developments Webinar on Nov. 8, 2022

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PDUFA and BsUFA Reauthorization Developments What Regulatory, Compliance, and Quality Professionals Need to Know Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EST https://wcg.swoogo.com/pdufa-and-bsufa

Key Points: 
  • Former FDA official will provide the clarity you need in preparation for the PDUFA, BsUFA reauthorization changes.
  • After challenging debates, Congress passed a bare-bones reauthorization of the prescription drug and biosimilars user fee programs.
  • What does the future hold for the accelerated approval and clinical trial diversity drug- and biologic-related riders?
  • Now is the time to prepare for the inevitable changes.

ATA President Says Federation Committed to Winning on Behalf of Industry

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Monday, October 24, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today,the American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear said the Federation was committed to continuing delivering wins on behalf of the trucking industry.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today,the American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear said the Federation was committed to continuing delivering wins on behalf of the trucking industry.
  • "Since taking this job, I've made it clear that your association's primary objective is winning winning on behalf of the members and this great industry, no matter who the electorate sends to Washington," Spear said.
  • "With six states having already enacted lawsuit abuse legislation, the ATA federation is using its reach in every state to put the plaintiffs' bar on defense," he said.
  • Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.

WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO INCREASE CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS U.S. DEMOCRACY FALTERS. SITE FILLS COVERAGE GAP IN POLITICAL JOURNALISM.

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Monday, October 24, 2022

The coverage will continue in the 118th Congress and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • The coverage will continue in the 118th Congress and beyond.
  • VoteFacts.com organizes its coverage in alphabetical order under topics including Abortion, Biden Agenda, Democracy, Equality, Foreign Affairs, Guns, Immigration, Labor/Workplace and Law Enforcement, allowing readers quick access to concisely presented information.
  • The company is now in transition to a nonprofit business model to support its free-of-charge website.
  • VoteFacts.com is based at the open-source publishing platform Newspack.pub , an affiliate of WordPress.com and the Google News Initiative.

NCPA to DOD: Express Scripts Jeopardizing Tricare Patients’ Pharmacy Access

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Tricare patients earned their benefits, and it is imperative that they retain convenient access to their health care providers, said NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey, pharmacist, MBA, in his letter to Sec.

Key Points: 
  • Tricare patients earned their benefits, and it is imperative that they retain convenient access to their health care providers, said NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey, pharmacist, MBA, in his letter to Sec.
  • Without this action, access to needed medications for Tricare beneficiaries is in peril.
  • He calls Express Scripts network changes unacceptable and asks DOD to take immediate steps to address these urgent concerns.
  • Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), asking for answers about Express Scripts stripping local pharmacy access away from Tricare families.

Biden’s Plan to Cancel Student Debt Undermines Nonprofits, Argues NCLA in Cato Institute Lawsuit

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Cato Institute is a nonprofit organization that promotes individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations.

Key Points: 
  • The Cato Institute is a nonprofit organization that promotes individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peaceful international relations.
  • Like other nonprofits, including the ACLU and NCLA, it attracts and retains talented employees who have student loans with incentives enacted by Congress through the PSLF program.
  • The Biden administrations effort to cancel massive amounts of student loan debt, an exercise of legislative power, is as illegal as it is irresponsible.
  • NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State.

READOUT: SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman visits Kansas City

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

The Administrator was also joined by SBA Kansas City District Director Michael Barrera and Deputy District Director Ram Basnet.

Key Points: 
  • The Administrator was also joined by SBA Kansas City District Director Michael Barrera and Deputy District Director Ram Basnet.
  • Kansas City small business owners and local leaders continue to inform how the SBA does our work supporting local entrepreneurs to build resilient businesses and create good jobs.
  • Administrator Guzman traveled to 1889 Pizza Napoletana, a small business in Kansas City, KS for dinner.
  • Administrator Guzman joined Senator Roger Marshall for a full small business roundtable that focused on capital access with local Kansas businesses.

Landlord Groups Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Los Angeles County

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Friday, October 21, 2022

The Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc. (AOA) and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) jointly announced today that they have been granted a preliminary injunction they had been seeking to prevent enforcement of Los Angeles Countys broad-based moratorium on residential tenant evictions.

Key Points: 
  • The Apartment Owners Association of California, Inc. (AOA) and the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) jointly announced today that they have been granted a preliminary injunction they had been seeking to prevent enforcement of Los Angeles Countys broad-based moratorium on residential tenant evictions.
  • Los Angeles Countys so-called, temporary eviction moratorium has remained in place nearly three years, and is set to expire on December 31, 2022.
  • The Countys COVID-19 eviction protections cover not only the Countys unincorporated areas, but also most of the incorporated cities within the County.
  • Founded in 1917, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles seeks to promote the highest levels of professionalism within the multifamily rental housing industry.

Tyler Technologies Signs Third Statewide Agreement for Enterprise Supervision in Oregon

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Friday, October 21, 2022

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced it has signed a software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement with the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) for Tylers Enterprise Supervision and Supervision Access solutions.

Key Points: 
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced it has signed a software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement with the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) for Tylers Enterprise Supervision and Supervision Access solutions.
  • We believe Tylers Enterprise Supervision and Supervision Access solutions will meet our evolving needs.
  • Our Enterprise Supervision solution can quickly and efficiently accommodate the varying needs of a statewide project such as this one.
  • Oregons Enterprise Supervision implementation will be Tylers third statewide implementation; other deployments are currently underway in Washington and Kansas.