WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - In a deeply partisan vote, the House passed a bill today that would prohibit transgender students from participating on school sports teams aligning with their gender identity. While this legislation targets transgender youth specifically, these blanket bans have negative impacts on all girls. Just five days after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an anti-transgender sports   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 17 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Decisions affecting the five key states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada left to the Trump administration * * * The Biden Administration rolled out its decisions to amend Bureau of Land Management land use plans in greater sage grouse habitat in Oregon and Colorado today, and signaled its intentions to leave the decisions affecting the five key states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Business] -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release: Contact: Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 14, 2025-- Is the five-year drought of good small business news finally over? Today's release of the latest Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) would lead everyone to believe it is, with the net percent of owners expe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: Today, the Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit from the state of Utah attempting to force the United States to sell off or otherwise dispose of more than 18 million acres of public lands in Utah, an area larger than the state of West Virginia. The case could have affected more than 200 million acres of public lands across the country. Twelve states formally endorsed the lawsuit--i  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: The National Park Service has published a final rule and amended record of decision that better protects the ecological integrity and visitor experience of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA), limiting off-highway vehicles (OHVs) and street-legal all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in the park's most delicate areas. This comes after the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and the Sou  more

DURANGO, Colorado, Jan. 17 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Today, U.S. Representatives Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah introduced the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, legislation that would eliminate the Antiquities Act and the power of Presidents of the United States to designate national monuments that protect our natural resources and cultural heritage. Below is a statement from Chris Hill, Chief Exec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Maloy and Amodei want to strip its power, going against the will of the people and the rulings of the courts * * * Days before President-elect Trump's inauguration, Utah Representative Maloy and Nevada Representative Amodei introduced a bill to gut the Antiquities Act and diminish presidential power. This powerful conservation tool - passed by Congress in 1906 - grants the president authorit  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Jan. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: * * * Legislation Weakens Important Tool to Conserve Lands for Wildlife and People Alike DENVER -- The Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act, introduced by Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), would weaken a bedrock conservation law that has been used by presidents of both parties for more than a century to conserve lands with cultural,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The National Association of Secretaries of State issued the following news release: The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) held its joint Election Huddle meeting Jan. 9-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The session brought together 11 state Chief Election Officials (nine Secretaries of State and two Lt. Governors) and 19 state legislators from across the country to discuss election administration and faci  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the State of Utah seeking to seize public lands managed by the federal government.  In August 2024, Utah filed an original complaint at the Supreme Court asking the justices to force the federal government to sell off or otherwise give away more than 18.5 million acres of federal public lands in the state. The unprecedented  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Jan. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: The announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will not hear the case brought by Utah to dispose of federal public lands within its borders is good news for wildlife, our lands and waters, and all who depend on these lands for their way of life. The State of Utah claimed it was unconstitutional for the federal government to own public lands within states, except for m  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Jan. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: DENVER - The announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will not hear the case brought by Utah to dispose of federal public lands within its borders is good news for wildlife, our sporting traditions, and Western hunters and anglers who depend on these lands for their way of life. The State of Utah claimed it was unconstitutional for the federal government to own publ  more

DURANGO, Colorado, Jan. 15 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * 18 million acres of public lands will remain protected from extraction and exploitation, for now * * * Today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to not hear a case that could decide whether America's federal, public lands can be sold to private companies for profit. Earlier this year, with the backing of Republican officials from 12 other states, the state of Utah f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: The Biden administration in collaboration with five Native American Tribes finalized a first-of-its-kind resource management plan for Bears Ears National Monument in Utah that incorporates Traditional Ecological and Indigenous Knowledge, along with ensuring Tribal leadership and shared stewardship of the monument. The historic resource management plan establishes a framework for the monument's  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Jan. 18 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: The Biden Administration rolled out its decisions to amend Bureau of Land Management land use plans in greater sage grouse habitat in Oregon and Colorado today, and signaled its intentions to leave the decisions affecting the five key states of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada to the Trump administration. "The new Biden plans leave the first Trump administration's gutting of sa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Public lands 'disposal' case is massively flawed; land sell-off threat still acute * * * The Supreme Court has declined (PDF) to hear a case filed by the state of Utah that calls for the "disposal" of 18.5 million acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The threat of public lands being taken over by states or sold for profit is higher than it has been in many years, and Utah's radica  more