BOISE, Idaho, June 1 (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: An Idaho law criminalizing gender-affirming health care for transgender youth is being challenged by families in federal court. In a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Idaho, Wrest Collective, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSres) -- First Five Years Fund, an organization that advances ways to increase access to high-quality early childhood education for children from low-income families, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Child Care & Development Block Grant in Idaho The Child Care & Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the primary federal grant program that allows states to provide child care assistance to low-income working families with children under age 13. The majority of these fund  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSgov) -- Human Rights First issued the following news: The governors of Virginia, South Carolina, and West Virginia announced deployments of National Guard personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border, following announcements from Florida, Mississippi, Idaho, Tennessee, and Iowa. These announcements, as well as President Biden sending 1,500 troops to the border last month, serve little purpose beyond politicizing our military, enabling extremism, and dehumanizing migrants. "Sendin  more

JACKSON, Wyoming, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: Nine conservation organizations sent letters today urging the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Idaho Department of Fish and Game to require black bear hunters to take a bear identification course before getting a hunting license. Hunters continue to kill grizzlies, claiming they thought they were black bears. In May a man shot a 530-pound grizzly bear just   more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, May 26 (TNSgov) -- The National Ground Water Association issued the following news release: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chantell and Michael Sackett in their case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 25. The case originated after the Sacketts began building a new home in Idaho and placed a large quantity of sand and gravel on their empty plot of land. The EPA soon notified the Sacketts that their property contained protected wetlands that qual  more