WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: The Environmental Protection Agency announced $4.3 billion in grant funding for community-driven climate projects, yet it includes money to support the development of dirty factory farm gas - also known as biogas. Most of the funding was awarded to initiatives that will combat climate change, improve air quality and advance environmental justice. However, EPA awarded funds to support factory farm gas-related projects  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause issued the following news release: Today, the National Voting In Prison Coalition (NVPC), a group of organizations dedicated to dismantling barriers to voting rights, objects to the recent legal efforts in Nebraska and Mississippi which undermine the voting rights of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system: "While the media's attention was occupied by the Republican National Convention, Republicans in Nebraska and Mississippi  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Common Cause issued the following news release: On July 17, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued a controversial opinion that the state Pardons Board has sole authority to restore the voting rights of Nebraskans who have served their sentences for felony convictions. In April, the state legislature passed a bill (LB20) lifting a two-year waiting period in order to allow those who have completed their sentences to vote immediately. The Atto  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following news release on July 26, 2024: A new decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court means that the state's 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on young transgender Nebraskans' medical care will remain in effect. In an opinion issued today, a majority of the court's justices held that Nebraska state senators were within constitutional bounds when they combined the 12-week abortion ban and anti-transge  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 -- The Arbor Day Foundation issued the following news release: The Arbor Day Foundation announced a new investment initiative to help advance startups in the environmental space aimed at developing climate solutions. The Arbor Day Impact Fund will back innovation that aligns with the Foundation's mission to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. "Tree planting has evolved in the modern era, becoming more rooted in science and data than ever before. And  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America issued the following news release: Under the guidance of Governor Jim Pillen, the new property tax proposal in front of Nebraska's state legislature (LB 1) aims to provide property tax relief by increasing excise taxes on a list of 100 everyday goods and services, including distilled spirits. Under the proposal, the tax on distilled spirits would increase from $3.75 per gallon to $14.50 per gallon, the second highest tax rate i  more