MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 10 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, of Pennsylvania, a member of the Congressional Freethought Caucus (formed to preserve the secular character of the U.S. government) is in one of the nation's most tumultuous races for Congress -- a contest that coul  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Madison, WISCONSIN Dairyland Power and Minnesota Power, co-owners of NTEC, have withdrawn their air permit for the 625 MW methane gas plant planned to be built in Superior, Wisconsin. All major stationary sources of air pollution like NTEC require a permit-to-construct under the Clean Air Act. Sierra Club challenged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) permit for NTEC on numerous gro  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 [Category: Economics] -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issued the following news release: Across Seven Key States, More than 9-in-10 Want Candidates to Have a Plan for the Debt Voters Want to Hear More about Plans to Address the Debt than Plans for Other Issues NEW YORK (October 9, 2024) New swing state polling reveals that 2024 voters overwhelmingly believe that the rising national debt is a critical campaign issue. More than 9-in-10 voters across seven key states Arizona  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 9 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Chapters of the Freedom From Religion Foundation all over the nation have launched a second round of a voter awareness billboard campaign in swing states. Red-white-and-blue billboards proclaiming "Be a Voter Save Democracy" and personalized to each swing state have gone up in all seven of these states. Most of the billboards are located near major public universities, wit  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 9 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the backing of individual donors, has collaborated with the Secular Student Alliance to select, announce and distribute a variety of student awards. This year's winners are (as per SSA policy to help protect identities, only the students' first names are used unless permission otherwise granted): Eli Frost Al Luneman Student Acti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Guns claimed 830 Wisconsin lives in homicides, suicides, and unintentional deaths, according to latest data * * * Guns claimed the lives of 830 Wisconsin residents in 2022 according to Gun Death in Wisconsin, a new joint report by the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) Educational Fund, the state's leading gun violence prevention organization, and the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a nationa  more