| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for Sunday May 12, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: New Texting Program Helps Families Navigate a Hearing Loss Diagnosis in Infants and Toddlers
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 7 -- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association issued the following news release on May 6, 2024:
A new text messaging program announced today by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Bright by Text, and the Helping Adults Talk to Children (HATCH) Lab at Idaho State University will put trusted information into the hands of families with children who have--or may have--hearing loss.
In the United States, 3 out of every 1,000 babies are born with
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HRC's Weekly State Fights Report: South Carolina Poised to Plunge South Into Health Care Crisis for Transgender People
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on May 6, 2024:
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TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS:
* 24 states are currently in session as of May 3
* 20 states have ended the session as of May 3
* So far we are tracking about 820+ bills:
- 210+ pro-equality
- 435+ anti-LGBTQ+
- Twenty-six anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law: Alabama: SB 129, Alabama: SB 48, Alabama: HB 89, Florida: C.S./H.B. 1425, Florida: C.S./H.B. 1291, Idaho: HB 668, Idaho: HB 4
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PETA: Idaho Attorney General Is Asked to Investigate Yellowstone Bear World's Bogus Marketing Claims
BOISE, Idaho, May 10 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on May 9, 2024:
PETA fired off a letter to Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador this morning calling on him to investigate Yellowstone Bear World for what appear to be violations of the Idaho Consumer Protection Act, noting that the bear-breeding and -selling operation--which charges people to feed and pose for photos with months-old bear cubs prematurely removed from their mothers--is activ
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