ARKANSAS, Kansas, July 22 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit 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, GFI, ALDF Lawsuit Defending Tofurky's First Amendment Rights Comes Amid Multi-State Censorship Efforts * * * The American Civil Liberties Union, The Good Food Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, and ACLU of Arkansas today filed a lawsui  more

COTATI, California, July 22 -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * - ACLU, GFI, and Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit Defending Tofurky's First Amendment Rights Comes Amid Multi-State Censorship Efforts * * * The American Civil Liberties Union, The Good Food Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, and ACLU of Arkansas today filed a lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law that would impose fines of up to $1,000 for every plant-based and cell-based meat product, su  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 23 -- The Arkansas Farm Bureau issued the following news release: Taylor Wiseman of Fayetteville, a graduate assistant majoring in agriculture economics at the University of Arkansas, won the Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet at the Arkansas Farm Bureau 71st Officers & Leaders Conference at the Hot Springs Convention Center. For her effort, Wiseman won $7,000 courtesy of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. and an expense-paid trip to the American Farm Bur  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Center on Immigration Studies issued the following news release: * * * - A look at immigration policymaking in Congress * * * Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) will be featured in an Immigration Newsmaker conversation hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies on Tuesday, July 30, at 8:00 a.m. at the National Press Club. We ask that you RSVP via email to Marguerite Telford if you would like to reserve a seat. Media is given priority. In addition, we will stream the  more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 22 -- The Computing Technology Industry Association issued the following news release: CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for technology professionals around the world, and ITProTV, the home of binge-worthy learning(TM) for IT professionals, have teamed up for a cross-country tour of U.S. cities to celebrate IT Professionals Week and generate participation in CompTIA ChannelCon 2019. The 15-city tour, which started in Florida, will   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 22 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: * * * - Plaintiffs in Mississippi lawsuit support similar legal action in Arkansas to stop a law that bans plant-based foods from using meat product terms like "burger" and "bacon" * * * Laws banning vegan and vegetarian foods from using common meat terms such as "burger" and "bacon" passed in several states earlier this year. Today, a new First Amendment lawsuit was launched against one of these law  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following statement by President Toni Van Pelt on Arkansas decision to protect abortion rights: "Judge Kristine Baker ruled today to temporarily block three anti-abortion laws that would have left Arkansas residents with only one clinic providing abortion care. Currently, Arkansas has two such clinics, and only one of them performs abortions after 10 weeks into a pregnancy. That clinic would not have been able to meet new bur  more