CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 22 -- The American Bar Foundation issued the following news release: Michele Statz, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Matthew Burnett, Senior Program Officer for the Access to Justice Research Initiative at the American Bar Foundation; and Nikole Nelson, Executive Director of Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC), received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of its CIVIC Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national rese  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Maritime Administration for failing to consider shipping traffic's harm to highly endangered whales and other wildlife along the Alaska coast. The agency designated a new Marine Highway Route around Alaska, targeting the area for increased vessel traffic. But officials didn't consider the m  more