WASHINGTON, June 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news: As Colorado, New York, and Utah Primary voters head to the voting booth, they deserve to know where their candidates stand on crucial issues such as taxes and spending. Candidates often make campaign promises not to raise taxes, only to abandon taxpayers once elected. The Taxpayer Protection Pledge requires candidates to put their commitment in writing - making it harder to   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news: Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) commends Taxpayer Protection Pledge signers in Colorado, New York, and Utah for their recent primary victories. By signing the Pledge, these candidates have made a written commitment to taxpayers to oppose and vote against any and all income tax increases if elected to Congress. The following Primary winners signed the Pledge: Colorado:   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect pro-environment candidates, announced today the endorsement of Caroline Gleich for election to the U.S. Senate representing Utah. "We need climate champions who will fight to protect communities, clean air and water, our public lands, and our future generations, which is why LCVAF is thrilled to endorse Car  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 27 (TNSres) -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: * * * Results for women in the June 25th primaries in Colorado, New York, and Utah from the Center for American Women and Politics * * * Primary elections were held on Tuesday in three states: Colorado, New York, and Utah. Runoff elections were also held in South Carolina (find those results incorporated into the complete South Carolina results here [https://cawp.rutge  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: * * * In addition to climate damage, the railway would harm public lands, rare plants and wildlife habitat. * * * The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that it will consider part of an appellate court decision tossing out the U.S. Surface Transportation Board's permit for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway. The project is designed to quintuple oil production in Utah's Uinta Basin and move crude through   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 25 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: On a matter of vital importance, the Supreme Court of the United States today granted certiorari in the case of Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado. This case presents a crucial opportunity to address the extensive and often overreaching applications of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which have significant implications for infrastructur  more

PROVO, Utah, June 26 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news release: * * * Students from Purdue University-Northwest win Surveying Competition, Georgia Tech students win Sustainable Solutions Competition * * * After three intense days of competition, a team of students from The University of Florida was named the winner of the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Concrete Canoe Competition, which is part of the ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships  more