WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho issued the following joint statement on April 15, 2024, with American Civil Liberties Union: The Supreme Court of the United States issued a partial stay today against a statewide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Idaho's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, allowing the law to be enforced against families and medical providers other than the plaintiffs in this case while that case proceeds i  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (https://dm1l19z832j5m.cloudfront.net/2024-04/Labrador-v-Poe-2024-04-15-SCOTUS-Grant-Emergency-Motion-for-Stay.pdf) Monday to narrow a lower court's order to apply only to the challengers and allow Idaho to otherwise enforce its law that protects children from harmful and experimental drugs and procedures. Although activists challenged only certain parts of Idaho's commonsense   more

BOISE, Idaho, April 19 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on April 18, 2024: * * * A statement from Randy Johnson, Idaho Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) on State Representative Sue Chew's passing: "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Idaho State Rep. Sue Chew from pancreatic cancer. On behalf of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, we extend our deepest condolences  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: A new Center for American Progress column examines how Idaho v. United States and Poe v. Labrador are interconnected--as are the threats they pose to abortion and transgender medical care in Idaho and across the country. The connections between these cases reveal that patients and medical providers bear the ultimate consequences when political actors and a far-right judiciary fuel the politicization of m  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on April 15, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay request in Poe v. Labrador, siding with Idaho's ultraconservative Legislature and allowing the state's ban on transgender medical care for minors to go into effect for the first time since the case began more than two years ago. Although the stay will remain until litigation is resolved, it does not apply to the families who br  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 20 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 10 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 10 comprises Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are   more