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

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

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Today, White House officials celebrated the signing of a Columbia River Basin restoration agreement with the states of Washington and Oregon and four Columbia Basin Tribes: the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, and the Nez Perce Tribe. Earthjustice joined the ceremony along   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Land Trust Alliance issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America, and The Nature Conservancy in Oregon today announced the placement of our latest Scholars for Conservation Leadership Program Fellow, Yaseen Ginnab. The Scholars for Conservation Leadership Program is a career and leadership developm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The National Association of Black Journalists issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2024: The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) expresses profound concern and disappointment regarding the recent incident involving TEGNA-owned KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon. During a live program featuring photographs submitted by viewers for a "Throwback Thursday" segment, an egregious error occurred when a racist image was aired, according to Oregon Live. It is disheartening  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 21 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement on Feb. 20, 2024: * * * On Tuesday, the Oregon Senate advanced Senate Bill 1596, Oregon's Right to Repair Act, with a vote of 25-5. Manufacturers of many consumer products frequently refuse to provide access to repair materials such as spare parts or repair guides to consumers and independent repair shops, effectively restricting repair outside of their "authorized" facilities. Senate Bill  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 15 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: An Oregon woman's religious challenge to state foster care regulations would undermine the state's ability to protect vulnerable children, asserts a just-filed Freedom From Religion Foundation amicus brief, joined by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. Jessica Bates, the plaintiff, claims that the state of Oregon violated her free-exercise and speech rights when the state  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 21 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Sally Miller, a librarian at Walt Morey Middle School in Troutdale, Oregon as the recipient of this year's Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant, which aims to recognize a librarian who has planned a creative, innovative project that promotes literacy. "I am so honored to receive the Joann Sweetland Lum grant and wan  more