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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ford Conservatives’ plan to privatize Ontario’s water was conclusively exposed today as leaders from CUPE Ontario and the Ontario NDP were joined by a lawyer from Goldblatt Partners LLP to release a legal opinion that reveals the true intent of Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025. CUPE Ontario commissioned a legal review of Schedule 16 of Bill 60 as part of the union’s fight against the Ford government’s plans to privatize publicly owned regiona...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and its Chicago area affiliate organizations the South Side Help Center (SSHC) and CALOR will team to host a street protest and give testimony before the Chicago Department of Health’s HIV Planning Committee at an emergency public meeting on Friday, March 13, to oppose and halt planned grant funding cuts. The organizations’ actions are part of an effort to restore funding of AHF's HIV Primary Care Services and SSHC's Early Intervention...

DUMFRIES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tailored Testing Services (TTS) extends its warmest congratulations to Governor Abigail Spanberger on her historic election victory. In partnership with the National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association (NDASA), TTS is committed to supporting the Governor’s administration in addressing substance misuse, opioid addiction, and workforce safety across the Commonwealth. The Governor’s distinguished background in federal law enforcement uniquely positions her to a...

LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CentralSquare Technologies, a leading provider of public sector software in North America, today announced the East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District in Louisiana is nearing completion of its migration to CentralSquare’s Public Safety Suite®, strengthening the technology that supports emergency response and daily operations across the parish. The East Baton Rouge implementation was part of a record day for CentralSquare, delivering six public safety cl...

ABERDEEN, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spokane Regional Emergency Communications expands public safety software modernization initiative and partnership with National Public Safety Group....

MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In its first few months since replacing their entire transit network with Via’s mobility platform, the City of Mobile is pleased to report major improvements to bus reliability, driver staffing, and day-to-day operations — all without increasing the City’s budget. Prior to introducing Via, Wave Transit relied on a piecemeal system of legacy software making it difficult for agency staff to perform their jobs and providing a lack of visibility into network performan...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & FORT POLK, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider, and Velarium Energy, a trusted services and solutions partner to the Department of War (DOW), today announced the successful completion of an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) valued at over $30 million to modernize U.S. Army military family housing at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The upgrades are projected to reduce the Fort Polk family housing portfolio’s an...

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 1698 members have voted in favour of ratifying their new collective agreement with the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL). The FVRL’s board also ratified the agreement late last week. “We are pleased Fraser Valley Regional Library resumed negotiations instead of locking out CUPE 1698 members and disrupting the crucial services we provide,” says Laurie Dyck, president of CUPE 1698. “By coming back to the table, we were able to reach a collec...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cirrascale Cloud Services, the expert neocloud built for Private AI, today announced a strategic partnership with Google Public Sector to provide high-performance AI solutions for higher education and research institutions. In conjunction with this collaboration, Cirrascale has established Cirrascale Government Services, a dedicated public sector division focused on delivering secure, AI infrastructure and implementation expertise required to navigate complex public...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Siting data centers at strategic points of congestion along the power grid can harness unused solar power and avoid pollution usually associated with AI computation. A new report, commissioned by Next 10 and led by University of Pennsylvania Professor Benjamin Lee, compared siting data centers in an urban setting vs a rural location close to solar generation. Results reveal an alternative solution to costly infrastructure upgrades through the use of curtailed ene...