NEW YORK, Jan. 15 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * ACLU FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide WASHINGTON - Newly released documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union confirm that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 17 -- Americans for Prosperity issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS, NV--Ahead of Nevada's 83rd Legislative session starting in February, Gov. Joe Lombardo delivered his state of the state address, highlighting an agenda focused on economic opportunity and investment in Nevada's education system and students. Lombardo gave five priority legislation areas in which he intends to focus: housing affordability and health care access, educational outcomes, public sa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum issued the following news release: * * * Amid NCAA Inaction, University Of Nevada Reno Women's Volleyball Players Fight To Keep Women's Sports Female WASHINGTON, D.C. - IW Features, the grassroots storytelling and original journalism platform of Independent Women, announced two new female athlete profiles highlighting Kinsley Singleton and McKenna Dressel, members of the women's volleyball team at the University of Nev  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 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 760,071 acres of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the foothill yellow-legged frog. The areas to be protected lie throughout the Sierra Nevada and along the central and southern California coast. Today's proposal is the result of a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsui  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a two-year pause on new mining claims on land adjacent to Nevada's Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Federal officials will also launch a public process to review a full 20-year withdrawal of the land from mining claims to protect it from pollution. "This is a historic day for Ash Meadows and the entire Amargosa Rive  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 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Features Announces Exclusive Documentary 'Hold the Line' Featuring NCAA D1 Volleyball Captain and Women's Rights Advocate Sia Liilii WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Independent Women Features, the grassroots storytelling and original journalism arm of Independent Women, released its newest, exclusive female athlete documentary "Hold the Line" featuring Sia Liilii. Li  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

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Interior begins process to block new mineral development in Amargosa River Valley * * * The Department of the Interior published a segregation notice in the federal register for land surrounding Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in western Nevada, initiating the process to protect the sensitive desert landscape from mining for the next 20 years. The mineral withdrawal notice, which would block new min  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * Rare Nevada Species Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protections LAS VEGAS -- As a result of petitions from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that three rare Nevada species may warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act. The Amargosa toad and the Oasis Valley speckled dace, a small fish, are threatened with   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Celebrates Ash Meadows Mineral Withdrawal AMARGOSA VALLEY, NEVADA-- On Tuesday, January 14th, the Biden-Harris administration announced the administrative withdrawal of public lands from new mineral entry for a temporary period of 20 years in the Amargosa basin surrounding Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Withdrawal of these lands from new mineral entry will preserve irrepl  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