SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Oct. 3 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs regarding a motion ADF attorneys filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in The Babylon Bee v. Bonta. ADF attorneys representing satire website The Babylon Bee and California attorney  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: The COVID-19 vaccine, introduced in December 2022, played a critical role in reducing mortality and morbidity related to the pandemic globally. Yet, by 2023, only 70% of the US population had completed the primary vaccination series. While factors such as race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography and political affiliations have been linked to vaccination rates, its relation  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * 2024 Ballot Measures - California, Alaska Minimum Wage Hikes Would Drive Up Costs & Hurt Small Business By Joey Webb Ballot questions to raise the minimum wage remain a threat to jobs and businesses in the states. This year, California and Alaska have ballot measures up for a vote that would raise their minimum wage mandates. These measures and more are covered in ATR's 2024 State Ballot   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Sacramento, CA: Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several pieces of marijuana-related legislation into law, including a California NORML-backed bill expanding services at on-site cannabis consumption lounges. The newly signed law, which takes effect on January 1, 2024, permits on-site facilities to expand their operations to include the sale of non-cann  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * California Sues Exxon Because of 'Plastic Recycling Myth' Written by Sarah Montalbano It's apparently Exxon's fault that Californians have to sort their paper, plastic and glass. California's attorney general mai  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 -- The National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * "As a parent, it is heartbreaking to see my right to make healthcare decisions for my child taken away by political bullies, and the hurt and harm that has caused my child." * * * Today, Florida families challenging the state's ban on medical care for transgender youth urged the Eleventh Circuit to strike down the ban because it was based on animosity toward t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Mendoza, Argentina Civil society groups express concern about the Mendoza Supreme Court's refusal to receive information about the dangerous impacts of using fracking to extract oil and gas on indigenous peoples and the environment in Mendoza. The Court rejected the participation of seven organizations including an organization of the Mapuche Indigenous People and both Argentinian and i  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Mendoza, Argentina Organizaciones de la sociedad civil lamentan la negativa de parte de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Mendoza a recibir informacion sobre los impactos perjudiciales de la extraccion de hidrocarburos mediante fracking para los pueblos indigenas y el ambiente en Mendoza. La corte rechazo la participacion de siete organizaciones --entre ellas una organizacion del pueblo i  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Oct. 2, 2024, to RealClearDefense: * * * NATO and Its Defense Industrial Base By Krystyna Marcinek This summer's NATO summit marked 75 years of the transatlantic alliance, and ten years of its return to NATO's core business: deterring and defending against Russia, "the most significant and direct threat to Allies' security (https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_227678.htm)." The sum  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council issued the following statement: * * * In response to the veto of SB 1047 by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) president & CEO Karen Kerrigan issued the following statement: "Myopic fear powered the attempt to advance SB 1047 into law, but common sense won the day when Governor Newsom vetoed this intrusive and innovation-smothering bill. Frenzied and prescriptive regula  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 -- Take Back The Court Action Fund issued the following news release: At the end of last night's vice presidential debate, JD Vance said "I believe that we actually do have a threat to democracy in this country, but unfortunately, it's not the threat to democracy that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to talk about. It is the threat of censorship." Vance later added that "criticizing the policies of the government [...] is the right of every American." But just   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 2 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Lahaina, HI West Maui residents and their allies joined public health officials at the Lahaina Civic Center to discuss the future of nearshore pollution control and water recycling in the Lahaina area on Tuesday. The public hearing was hosted by the Hawai'i Department of Health to receive public comments on the draft Clean Water Act permit for the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility.  more