PHOENIX, Arizona, March 30 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. As part of a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general, Attorney General Mayes filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. U.S. and Moyle v. U.S., urging the court to maintain a preliminary injunction that required Idaho hosp  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 30 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Cooley, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Idaho, filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on March 28 in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States in support of allowing emergency abortion care to any patient who needs it. Lawyers Kathleen Hartnett and Patrick Hayden led the Cooley team. In August 2022, the Department of Justice sued Idaho, arguing  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf leading medical organizations in support of the federal government in the consolidated cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. The brief argues for continued access to emergency abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires Medicare-funded  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador issued a statement condemning the proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the liquid waste produced by meat and poultry processing plants in the United States. The Idaho Attorney General joins other states in expressing concern over the unnecessary and detrimental nature of this proposed regulation. "This propos  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 29 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry on March 28, 2024: All Idahoans want to know their families can access health care when they need it. Yet we are living under a dangerous abortion ban that denies medical care even when health risks are present and threatens doctors with prison time. The criminalization of medical care has damaging consequences that continue to multiply while GOP lawmakers sit idly by. Idaho has lost 22% of its   more

BOISE, Idaho, March 28 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to racist harassment directed at the University of Utah women's basketball team: "I am deeply disturbed and outraged that malicious, racist harassment cast a dark shadow on what should have been a joyous occasion for accomplished student-athletes. I condemn the people who committed these hateful   more

JEROME, Idaho, March 30 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on March 29, 2024: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is reaching out to private well owners in southwest Jerome, Idaho, to participate in a groundwater sampling program. Sampling will take place in May of this year and is free for well owners. DEQ maintains a list of degraded (https://www2.deq.idaho.gov/admin/LEIA/api/document/download/14705) groundwater areas throughout the st  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 26 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following commentary on March 25, 2024, with four members of Congress: * * * By Shortchanging Veterans Homes, Biden's VA Has Failed Our Veterans By Governor Brad Little, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, U.S. Congressman Mike Simpson and U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher As elected leaders who work regularly with and in the federal government, we're never really surprised when the feds go back on their word. However,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 30 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of today a coalition of 24 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States urging the court to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho, consistent with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). In the brief (https://illino  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 26 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: School leaders from across the state will once again have the opportunity to hear updates from Superintendent Debbie Critchfield and Idaho Department of Education staff regarding changes made to statewide education policies during the Idaho Legislature's 2024 session. "I'm happy that the department and I will once again have the chance to offer superintendents, business managers and other key school   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief that seeks to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in two consolidated cases to uphold a preliminary injunction that requires Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortion care under the fe  more

NEW YORK, March 30 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: New York State Attorney General Letitia James today spearheaded efforts to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Co-leading a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Attorney General James filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/amicus-cur  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: Reed Smith has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of two nationwide business organizations and several high-profile companies, which argue that state restrictions on reproductive rights are having a negative impact on businesses and the economy. The brief was filed in the consolidated cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States, wherein the United States has challenged the S  more