ST. GEORGE, Utah, June 21 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization 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 on June 20, 2023: Last Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Utah granted Southern Utah Drag Stars' (Drag Stars) request for a preliminary injunction to allow them to host a family-friendly drag performance on June 30, 2023. In l  more

TAMPA, Florida, June 19 (TNSper) -- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards issued the following news: Sylvia Kwan, FAIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, of San Francisco, was elected as secretary of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at the organization's 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Kwan previously served a term as the organization's regional director of Region 6, which is comprised of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada,   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: Hotter weather linked to climate change drove up crop insurance costs for heat-related crop damage and losses in the Southwest, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis of federal data from 2001 to 2021. Average annual temperatures increased in almost all counties in the Southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah over the 21-year period. Over   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 22 (TNSpp) -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release and letter on June 21, 2023: The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once again written the Davis School District, to object to its hypocritical vote yesterday to restore the King James Bible to lower grade libraries, while keeping many other book bans in place. The district in Farmington, Utah, can't use one set of criteria to evaluate the sex, violence and vulgarity in the bible and  more

CANOGA PARK, California, June 21 -- The Free Speech Coalition issued the following news release: Free Speech Coalition, the advocacy organization for the adult industry, has filed a legal challenge in Louisiana over the state's unconstitutional age-verification law. The Louisiana law gives the state the power to fine sites with adult content up to $5,000 per day, a direct violation of the First Amendment. FSC filed a similar suit against the state of Utah in May. Joining Free Speech Coalition   more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSconf) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Industry leaders will examine how to better address the growing consumer need for supplemental health, disability insurance (DI), and long-term care insurance (LTCI) at this year's Supplemental Health, DI & LTC Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, from August 2 - 4. Recent LIMRA research reports that 61% of consumers say they need long-term care insurance, and nearly half (48%) say they need disability insurance  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNStalk) -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following statement on June 19, 2023: * * * TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives, urged Congress to pass a federal privacy law after Texas became the sixth state to enact a data privacy law this year, joining Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, and Tennessee. California, Colorado, Connectic  more