PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 23 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys represent Jessica Bates after Oregon officials discriminated against her for her religious beliefs * * * A broad coalition of foster and adoptive parents, religious liberty groups, free speech and family advocates, 20 states, and detransitioners filed friend-of-the-court briefs last Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in support of an Oregon mother of fiv  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2024: * * * Today, the Oregon Joint Interim Committee on Addiction and Community Safety announced that they plan to reverse the state's public health approach to addiction and impose a criminal penalty for people not able to access treatment. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) has issued the below statement in response. Statement from Kellen Russoniello, Senior Policy Counsel, Drug Policy Alliance: "As commu  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 23 -- Cascadia Wildlands issued the following news release with Willamette Riverkeeper and Oregon Wild: In response to legal pressure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew the proposed 4,600-acre Big League logging project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene. In November, conservation organizations Willamette Riverkeeper, Cascadia Wildlands, and Oregon Wild challenged the agency's failure to take the required "hard look" at the project'  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 23 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release with Willamette Riverkeeper and Cascadia Wildlands: In response to legal pressure, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew the proposed 4,600-acre Big League logging project in the Calapooia and Mohawk River Watersheds northeast of Eugene. In November, conservation organizations Willamette Riverkeeper, Cascadia Wildlands, and Oregon Wild challenged the the agency's failure to take the required "hard look" at the pr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 24 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * The global humanitarian and development organization Mercy Corps is partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand internship opportunities in international development for students at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). MSIs are focused on serving minority populations and comprise more than 400 institutions across the United States, including Historic  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 24 -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: Silvia I. Rondon, Ph.D., professor, extension entomology specialist, and director of the Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center at Oregon State University, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of the Entomological Society of America's book-publishing program. In November 2023, the ESA Governing Board elected to expand the scope of the editor-in-chief position of ESA's Thomas Say Pu  more