NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: * * * Judge rules in favor of civil rights groups, that provision of Senate Bill 1 that criminalizes compensated mail-ballot assistance violates the Voting Rights Act * * * SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- A federal district court ruled Friday, in a victory for voting rights, that a key provision of Texas' anti-voter law Senate Bill 1 violates federal law. Specifically, the court ruled that the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Water Environment Federation issued the following news release: Six organizations have been selected to receive the Water Environment Federation's (WEF) 2024 National MS4 Awards. These awards recognize Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) programs for their innovative stormwater and green infrastructure programming efforts. WEF established the awards program in 2015 in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA implemented the Nat  more