SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 9 (TNStalk) -- The Freedom of the Press Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 8, 2023: * * * Unconstitutional Gag Order Creates Mass Confusion In Idaho By Seth Stern, Director of Advocacy Judicial gag orders are often unconstitutional even when they're carefully crafted. But when they're not, they can create widespread confusion and wreak havoc on the free press. An order entered in the Idaho murder trial of Bryan Kohberger is the latest example.  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 9 (TNStalk) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2023: * * * The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- is speaking out against today's vote in the Idaho Senate to approve S. 1016, legislation that expressly allows public works contractors to refuse to provide transgender people access to bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The bill   more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 7 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Feb. 6, 2023: The Idaho Department of Fish & Game released a draft management plan to drastically reduce the state's wolf population through trapping, liberalized hunting regulations, and a state-funded bounty system that pays private contractors for every wolf killed. Over the next six years, the Department aims to cut the state wolf population by 60 percent, down from the current state estimat  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 11 (TNSjou) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: A new study shows that wolves living inside National Parks - protected from killing and harassment by humans - suffer a high chance of social disruption and pack disintegration due to human-caused deaths outside Park boundaries. Across five National Parks (Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Voyageurs, Yukon-Charley, and Denali), 82% of wolves that died of human causes over the past 35 years died were at   more