ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 18 -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, issued the following news release: AASA, The School Superintendents Association, the nation's premier organization representing public school system leadership, is awarding a $1,000 scholarship to Klamath Union High School, in Klamath Falls, Ore., on behalf of AASA President Kristi Wilson, the superintendent of Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Ariz. AASA annually awards a scholarship on behalf of its n  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon sued the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Marshals Service, which have deployed federal agents to Portland, Oregon. These agents, which have been deployed over the widespread objections of lo  more

NEW YORK, July 23 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: Multiple volunteer street medics are suing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests against police brutality. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by the American   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Michael Simon blocked federal agents in Portland from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or targeting force against journalists or legal observers at protests. The court's order, which comes in response to a lawsuit filed by  more

RESTON, Virginia, July 24 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news: ASCE recently announced its 2020-2021 undergraduate Society Scholarship recipients and its 2020-2021 graduate student Society Fellowship recipients: 2020-2021 ASCE Society Scholarship recipients: Jas Ahuja, S.M.ASCE, New Jersey Institute of Technology - Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship Tanzila Alam, S.M.ASCE, California State University - Fresno - Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE  more

MANHATTAN, New York, July 23 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Since the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, Portland has seen sustained protests against police violence. And in the last week, these protests have seen renewed attention after several outlets reported on the growing concerns of increased police violence against protesters by federal and Portland law enforcement. As y  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 24 -- The Chronic Disease Coalition issued the following news: The current public health crisis has forced millions of Americans to recognize that access to high-quality health care is vitally important. Without adequate or affordable coverage, a trip to the hospital can cost thousands of dollars. This is a reality that chronic disease patients face everyday, with or without the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Chronic Disease Coalition, we believe all patients deserve access t  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 22 -- The Civil Liberties Defense Center issued the following news release: CLDC attorneys filed suit in the U.S. Federal District Court in Eugene, alleging that the City of Eugene and members of the Eugene Police Department (EPD) violated journalist Henry Houston's Constitutional rights when unidentified police officers in an armored vehicle shot Mr. Houston with impact and chemical munitions, despite him clearly and repeatedly identifying himself as media. The incident o  more

SALEM, Oregon, July 24 -- Common Cause issued the following news release on July 23: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to halt implementation of a Federal District Court decision, in People Not Politicians Oregon v. Clarno, giving redistricting reform advocates more time to gather signatures with a lower signature threshold to place Initiative Petition 57 (IP 57) on Oregon's 2020 November ballot. "We are thrilled that our people-powered campaign to make redistricting in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 21 -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on July 20 by President Abigail Dillen in response to the Trump administration's unconstitutional use of federal law enforcement officers in Portland, Oregon, to suppress free speech: "Earthjustice condemns the Trump administration's lawless deployment of unidentified federal law enforcement officers in Oregon to arrest and detain people without probable cause who have been protesting following the killing of Geor  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 23 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali argues in an opinion piece in Newsweek July 22 that the deployment of personnel from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Portland, Oregon, rightly has caused widespread concern and controversy. The article, written with Tom Warrick of the Atlantic Council, argues that the "Trump administration's continued reorientation of DHS towa  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 24 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom Foundation, which filed a lawsuit earlier in July challenging Washington's mandatory mask rule, on Wednesday requested an emergency stay with the Oregon State Court of Appeals to prevent Gov. Kate Brown from imposing a similar edict in the Beaver State. "Governors in left-leaning states all over the country are making up the rules as they go - and ignoring the procedural rules their own state   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 25 -- The Freedom of the Press Foundation issued the following news: Late Thursday night, a federal judge issued an important injunction against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an agency that has made national headlines this past week for its violent and potentially unconstitutional actions against protesters in Portland. In a case brought by the ACLU of Oregon, the judge ruled that DHS was temporarily barred from arresting or attacking journalists or  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The American Association of University Professors issued the following news on July 21: In a mail ballot election, AAUP chapter and section delegates have elected Irene Mulvey of Fairfield University as the new president of the 105-year-old faculty-led organization. Paul Davis of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College was elected as vice president, and Christopher Sinclair of the University of Oregon was elected as secretary/treasurer. Chapter and section delega  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 24 -- The Journal of Education and Training Studies, a journal that says it features consumer education, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, philosophy, technology and distance education, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Articles: * Investigating the Reliability and Accuracy of Teachers' Judgement in Assessing Writing * Educating Engineering Students in Egypt: A Stakeholders' Perspective, Using N  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 21 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: In Uganda so far this July, the Ministry of Health has reported 1,062 COVID-19 cases and zero deaths. By contrast, in the United States, there have been approximately 3.8 million cases and more than 142,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention./* Uganda has a population of 45 million and the U.S., 331 million. What is to account for the drastic percentage difference in num  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to surge and a worsening economic crisis, the registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) condemned President Trump's threat to dispatch federal troops to more major U.S. cities to arrest and assault protesters. In the wake of the widely criticized use of federal agents in Portland, Oregon, Trump on Monday said he was looking at expanding these attacks on our communit  more

VANCOUVER, Washington, July 21 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: With temperatures rising and public swimming pools closed or limiting capacity in the COVID-19 pandemic, families are looking for ways to beat the heat. "Whether we're cooling off in a wading pool in our own backyard or heading to local lakes or rivers, it's essential that we know how to keep our children and teens safe," said Dr. Angela Zallen, co-chair of Safe Kids West Oregon, a nonprofit child safety advocacy organiza  more

NEW YORK, July 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America on Tuesday signed an open letter with the National Coalition Against Censorship, Defending Rights and Dissent, and 43 other First Amendment organizations denouncing the practice of federal law enforcement agents arbitrarily stopping anti-racist protesters and whisking them away, often in unmarked vehicles, without individualized probable cause. Federal agents from various law enforcement units, including U.S. Marsh  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- People for the American Way issued the following statement by President Ben Jealous in response to the ongoing developments in Portland, Oregon, including President Trump's deployment of more than 100 federal law enforcement agents last week: "It is appalling that Trump continues to deploy federal forces to Portland, and is now threatening the American public with militarized policing in Chicago and other cities around the country. "We must put an immediate end to Trump  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Public Citizen issued the following statement by President Robert Weissman: The deployment of militarized federal agents to Portland, Oregon, and now Chicago, Illinois, is much more than an attempt by President Donald Trump to distract attention from his utter failure to control the coronavirus pandemic. It is the creeping fascism of a desperate politician who cares about no one and nothing other than himself. All Americans who care about the rule of law must unite agai  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 21 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department and the New Mexico Environment Department released their long-awaited rules to reduce methane waste and pollution from the oil and gas industry in the state. WELC's Dr. Thomas Singer, who participated in the agency's Methane Advisory Panel, says these rules contain some groundbreaking provisions to reduce waste and provide tough pro  more