HELENA, Montana, May 2 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana. the law partners of Beck, Amsden, and Stalpes, and Mike Black, Esq. filed a lawsuit in state court today challenging the censure of State Representative Zooey Zephyr (HD 100). The lawsuit alleges that recent  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 6 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's signing Friday of HB 443, a bill that ensures that Montana's licensed professionals are free to live and work according to their faith: "Americans should be free to live and work consistent with their religious beliefs without fear of unjust punishment from   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, May 4 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's signing Wednesday of the Infant Care and Safety Act, a bill that protects life by providing legal protections to and ensuring appropriate medical care for children who survive abortions: "Every human life is valuable, and every baby deserves to be protected  more

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana, May 3 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following joint news release with three organizations on May 2, 2023: Conservation groups late Monday challenged a U.S. Forest Service plan to clearcut more than 5,500 acres of pine forests just outside Yellowstone National Park, in the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The plan also calls for logging across an additional 9,000 acres and bulldozing up to 56 miles of roads in the area, including through old-growth forests  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNStalk) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following statement on May 1, 2023: * * * Montana Governor Greg Gianforte recently signed Senate Bill 99 that prohibits the medical industry from experimenting on children with life-altering drugs and procedures to treat gender dysphoria. * * * Jay Richards, the director of the Heritage Foundation's DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, made the following statement about Montana's new protections for children: "In a   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Following the most anti-LGBTQ+ session in the history of the Montana Legislature, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- is calling on Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte to veto five aggressively anti-LGBTQ+ bills. The bills are pending the Governor's signature just days after Republican legislators silence  more

NEW YORK, May 3 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following joint agency statement on May 2, 2023, with five organizations: * * * A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking a rule from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) that would have effectively eliminated abortion access for most Medicaid patients in Montana. The ruling came after a lawsuit was filed Friday, April 28 by Planned Pa  more

HELENA, Montana, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: Planned Parenthood of Montana (PPMT) and its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Samuel Dickman, sought emergency relief in Montana state court against HB 575, a new law that requires all patients in Montana to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion. The lawsuit argues that this provision violates Montanans' rights to privacy and to pre-viability abortions under the  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSgov) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release: Increasing reliance by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on satellite-based data in lieu of fieldwork masks widescale abuse of America's rangelands, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). BLM is using "remote sensing" as the principal basis for wholesale renewals of hundreds of commercial livestock stock permits in areas failing the agency's own sta  more

HELENA, Montana, May 3 (TNStalk) -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following joint statement on May 1, 2023: * * * A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking a rule from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) that would have effectively eliminated abortion access for most Medicaid patients in Montana. The ruling came after a lawsuit was filed Friday, April 28 by Planned Parenthood Federa  more