SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, July 22 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb will be available for media interviews Wednesday following a hearing in federal district court in an ACLU lawsuit challenging Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act. ADF attorneys represent female athletes who filed a motion, which will be considered with other motions at the hearing, to intervene in the case in defense of the state's law.  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 23 -- The Idaho Education Association issued the following statement by President Layne McInelly: Public education in Idaho is on a collision course, with two trains barreling toward each other. On one track is an out-of-control increase in cases of a deadly virus. On the other track is Idaho's woeful funding of public education. It is unfortunate, but a somewhat self-inflicted dilemma. State and local officials want to reopen schools, but they lack the resources to do it s  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation issued the following news release: A new KFF analysis finds that 80 percent of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. to date were age 65 or older, though the share varies considerably by state -- from a high of 94 percent in Idaho to a low of 70 percent in the District of Columbia. The analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides clear evidence of the toll that the novel coronavirus has taken o  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Executive Committee announces the formation of a special committee focused on Race & Insurance. The special committee will be co-chaired by Ray Farmer, NAIC President and Director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance, and David Altmaier, NAIC President-Elect and Commissioner of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation  more