SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 6 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release: The promise of this country is about free speech and opportunity for all. At the core of our work as human, civil and immigrant rights organizations, that is what we fight for. For decades, we have worked alongside immigrant communities in Texas to defend human rights, advocate for the shared prosperity of all communities, and protect ourselves from exactly the type of baseless attacks w  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 6 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Healdsburg, CA; September 5, 2024: A homeowner in Healdsburg, California, filed a lawsuit today against the City, arguing that its inclusionary zoning fee for new construction violates the law. Jessica Pilling and her husband want to build a new family home with an accessory dwelling unit on a portion of their property. After subdividing their property, they applied for construc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 -- The Project on Predatory Student Lending issued the following news release: * * * Borrowers from predatory for-profit institutions continue to receive collection notices and show balances more than a year after ED cancelled their loan obligations * * * OAKLAND (September 5, 2024)-- California student borrowers have filed a lawsuit alleging that the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) failed to implement student loan discharges ordered by the De  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following exerpts of a commentary on Sept. 6, 2024, to NK News: * * * Spick and Span: How North Korea's Clean Streets Sanitize Its Image Abroad By Benjamin R. Young Signs that North Korea plans to further ease its COVID-19 border closure and reopen to tourism (https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korea-to-reopen-to-international-tourism-in-december-travel-agencies-say/) mean foreigners could start visiting Pyongyang in large numbe  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 6, 2024, to Project Syndicate: * * * How to Make the Most of the Kursk Gambit By Samuel Charap and Charles A. Kupchan Ukraine's bold incursion (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraines-gamble) into Russia's Kursk region gives the country a much-needed breakthrough on the battlefield, and represents yet another setback for the Kremlin. Yet the operation is not a military game-chang  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * The United Kingdom Is Late to Economic Security Planning-But Not Too Late By Francesca Ghiretti This week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the country that this October's budget would be "painful." Grappling with the country's books, the new government needs to reconcile short-term cuts with the long-term investment that drives future productivity and supports national income. That   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 6 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release: WOLCOTT, VERMONT- A new 735-acre Community Forest within walking distance of the Wolcott town center has been permanently protected as of Sept. 5, 2024. Conserved and created in partnership by the Town of Wolcott, Trust for Public Land, the Northern Rivers Land Trust, and the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, the new public land is within walking distance of Wolcott Village and directly adjac  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Sept. 7 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: LAS VEGAS - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the Draft Environmental Impact Statementfor the Bonanza Solar Project, a 2,413-acre photovoltaic project on public lands that would be built in what experts have determined to be the most crucial Mojave desert tortoise connectivity corridor in Southern Nevada, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Over three square m  more