SAINT MARIES, Idaho, June 21 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on June 20, 2024: Conservation groups lost their appeal at the Ninth Circuit court (https://westernwatersheds.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-Ninth-Cir-Order.pdf ) this week, cementing a lower court decision that concluded that bear-baiting in Idaho and Wyoming national forests doesn't harm federally-protected grizzly bears. The court order comes on the heels of this week's news that a hunter in  more

SAINT MARIES, Idaho, June 21 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: Conservation groups lost their appeal at the Ninth Circuit court this week, cementing a lower court decision that concluded that bear-baiting in Idaho and Wyoming national forests doesn't harm federally-protected grizzly bears. The court order comes on the heels of this week's news that a hunter in Idaho's Panhandle killed a grizzly bear at a bait station after mistaking it for a black bear, exactly the situa  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, June 19 -- The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying issued the following news release: NCEES is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 NCEES Surveying Education Award. This annual award recognizes surveying programs that best reflect the organization's mission to advance licensure for surveyors in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public. NCEES awarded the Idaho State University Surveying and Geomatics Engineeri  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives, today announced Rose Feliciano as Executive Director for Washington and the Northwest Region. Based in Seattle, Feliciano will oversee TechNet's state advocacy in Washington state, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, O  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 18 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and other state-based think tanks sent a coalition letter to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce stating their support for the spirit of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024. TPPF is joined by the Roughrider Policy Center, Rhode Island Center For Freedom & Prosperity, Alabama Policy Institute, Palmetto Promise, MacIver Institu  more

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, June 18 -- The First Liberty Institute issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed an Idaho judge's decision to overrule a jury's verdict in a dispute over a Christmas display between an Idaho couple and their homeowners association ("HOA"), granting a new trial in the case. Allyson Ho, partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, argued the case before the Ninth Circuit. The opinion is available here (https://firstli  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 21 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: Primary elections were held on Tuesday in two states: Oklahoma and Virginia. Runoff elections were also held in Georgia (find those results incorporated into the complete Georgia results here [https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/results-may-21st-primaries-georgia-idaho-kentucky-and-oregon]). Full results for women in these races are available on this post on our Election Analysis page;   more