SACRAMENTO, California, March 7 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Alaska timbermen sue to stop the U.S. Forest Service from unilaterally ending congressionally required sale of timber Anchorage, AK; March 6, 2025: Today, the Alaska Forest Association and two of its members, Viking Lumber and Alcan Timber, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, seeking to save the timber industry in southeast Alaska by forcing the agency to comp  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Releases New Report Examining the Suppression of Students' First Amendment Rights on College Campuses The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) recently released a new report analyzing the deterioration of students' First Amendment rights on college campuses across California. " The Erosion of Free Speech on California  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 7 -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release: * * * California Education Groups Call for Transparency and Accountability on Latest Middle Class Scholarship Error The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) has announced that expenditures for the Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) program are expected to exceed the program's $926.2 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, based on initial data from UC, CSU, and CCC campuses.   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Climate, Transit, Environmental Justice, and Energy Organizations Statement on Effort to Delay New York's Clean Truck Standards Albany, NY -- This week, state legislation (S5931/ A6359) was introduced to delay the implementation of New York's long-established clean truck standards (Advanced Clean Trucks Act). The New York legislature should not fuel the federal administration'  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release: * * * Future drugs may snap supply chain fueling breast cancer Studying the structure of energy transport enzymes may help develop new breast cancer treatments Cancer cells have an insatiable appetite for energy as they multiply more rapidly than normal cells. Greedy cancer cells hijack various cellular functions to find and exploit energy and other resources, including a group of enzymes that help nor  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 6 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Heart & stroke risks vary among Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander adults Research Highlights : * The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors varies greatly among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations, according to an analysis of electronic health records for more than 700,000 adults in California and H  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 3 -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * How a crucial DNA repair protein works--and what it means for cancer treatment New structural blueprint is key for better targeting cancer cells, particularly those with BRCA1 and 2 mutations. LA JOLLA, CA--DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 7 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news on March 6, 2025: * * * New York Lawmakers Introduce AI Frontier Models Bill Legislation Parallels California's Controversial Frontier Models Bill Yesterday, New York Assemblymember Alex Bores introduced artificial intelligence legislation that proposes sweeping restrictions for frontier model developers. If enacted, the Responsible AI Safet  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 7 -- The National Association of State Boards of Education issued the following news release: * * * Six States Join Network to Advance High School Innovation The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to welcome six state boards of education to its High School Transformation State Network (HSTSN): California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, and Washington. These leading states are building collaborative teams to advance their sta  more

OAKLAND, California, March 6 -- As You Sow Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Traveler's Insurance Attempts to Block a Shareholder Proposal Asking It to Disclose the Impact of Climate-Related Price Increases and Coverage Reductions to Its Continued Profitability Travelers' investments in and underwriting of high carbon polluters adds to extreme weather which is making premiums unaffordable for millions of homeowners MEDIA CONTACT: Ryon Harms, ryon@asyousow.org, (310) 579-21  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Moves to Redo Chemical Disasters Safety Protections, Putting Millions at Risk Washington, D.C. -- Today, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a rulemaking process after corporate lobbyists pressed the agency to dismantle safeguards against chemical disasters. This move targets nearly 12,000 chemical facilities operating under the Risk Man  more