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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday February 25, 2024 ( 5 items )  

ACLU-Idaho: Long-Running Class Action Over Idaho's Public Defense Crisis Heads to Idaho Supreme Court for Third Time
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 22 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho lawsuit challenging the constitutional adequacy of Idaho's provision of public defense is headed to the Idaho Supreme Court for the third time since 2016. The lawsuit, known as Tucker v. State of Idaho, was originally filed in 2015 by the ACLU of Idaho, Hogan Lovells, and the National ACLU. Earlier this month, an Idaho district judge ruled that Id  more

Alliance Defending Freedom: AG Labrador Takes Biden Administration to Supreme Court to Protect Life
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: The Office of the Idaho Attorney General, with the assistance of seasoned Supreme Court litigators from Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk, filed its opening brief (https://adflegal-live-drupal-files-delivery.s3.amazonaws.com/2024-02/State-of-Idaho-v-United-States-of-America-2024-02-20-SCOTUS-Opening-Brief.pdf) Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to prevent the Biden administration from  more

Alliance Defending Freedom: Idaho Defends Law Protecting Children From Harmful Medical Procedures
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, with the assistance of attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom and Cooper & Kirk, filed an emergency motion Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to narrow a lower court's order to cover only the challengers and allow Idaho to otherwise enforce its law and protect children from harmful and experimental drugs and procedures. Although the activists have only challenged c  more

Animal Legal Defense Fund: State Animal Protection Laws Ranked - Oregon is 1, North Dakota 50
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, has released the 18th annual U.S. State Animal Protection Laws Ranking Report (2023), ranking the animal protection laws of all 50 states. For the first time, Oregon has claimed the top rank in animal protection laws -- followed by Maine (2), Illinois (3), Massachusetts (4), and Colorado (  more

Boston Scientific Announces Positive Noridian Local Coverage Determination for the Intracept(tm) Procedure
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota, Feb. 22 [Category: Medical] -- Medical Alley issued the following news release: Policy expands physician and patient access for vertebrogenic low back pain treatment MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 22, 2024 - Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has announced that Noridian Healthcare Solutions, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), published a positive coverage determination for the Intracept(tm) Procedure. The new policy went into effect on Sunday, January 28, 2  more