Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday July 07, 2024 ( 6 items ) |
Accuracy in Media: Elections in Idaho Critical in Continued Push for School Choice
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news:
By Tim Worstall
We here at Accuracy in Media investigated the teaching of Critical Race Theory in Idaho schools two years ago.
The year before that, the governor had signed a law insisting that CRT not be taught in Idaho schools - it's divisive and even racist in and of itself. So, how well were the schools obeying the law?
As our investigation showed, they weren't. They simply renamed those concepts and carried on teaching t
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ATA Applauds Feenstra, Crapo Effort to Roll Back Electric Truck Mandate
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 2 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release:
Today, the American Trucking Associations applauded the more than 150 Members of Congress who launched a new effort to push back against the Environmental Protection Agency's Phase 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. In a letter spearheaded by Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and supported by ATA, the lawmak
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In Our Own Voice: Supreme Court's Non-Decision on Emergency Abortion Care Means More Uncertainty for Pregnant Patients
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- In Our Own Voice - National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda issued the following statement:
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Today, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, allowing federal emergency abortion care protections to supersede Idaho's abortion ban while the case proceeds in lower courts.
In response, Dr. Regina Davis Moss, President and CEO of In Our Own Voice, released the following statement:
"Black women are almost three times as li
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LCV Education Fund Announces Expanded Multi-State Voter Registration Program Focused on Historically Excluded Communities
WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release:
Today, ahead of the Fourth of July, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF), in partnership with LCVEF's state affiliates, announced the expansion of nine community-based, multi-state voter registration programs. Mobilizing efforts will focus on communities in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wisconsin to meet communities where t
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Leadership Conference: Supreme Court Delays Decision on Emergency Abortion Care, Pregnant People Deserve Better
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement:
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Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in the consolidated cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States:
"Abortion is health care, and everyone should be free to make their own decisions about their bodies, their lives, and their health care. No politician s
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SCOTUS Ruling Upholds Emergency Abortions for Now
SAN DIEGO, California, July 2 (TNSres) -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release:
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Experts say the court's failure to definitively act puts pregnant women, hospitals, doctors and public health nationwide at risk
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Last week the Supreme Court ruled that, at least temporarily, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act's basic guarantee of hospital emergency care will once again go back into effect for pregnant women in Idaho. Its decision thus bar
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