WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Campaign for Youth Justice issued the following news release: State legislatures across the country are passing laws to "raise the floor" by raising the minimum age at which a child could be prosecuted as an adult, according to a new brief by the Campaign for Youth Justice. The brief highlights legislative efforts in a variety of states including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont that have raised their mini  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 12 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Foskett Speckled Dace Recovered, Removed From Endangered Species List * * * The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Oregon's Foskett speckled dace has recovered and is being removed from endangered status. The small fish is the 42nd species to be successfully recovered by this incredibly important, but severely threatened, law. When protected in 1985, the dace was fo  more

SALEM, Oregon, Sept. 12 -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: Ten family farm, animal welfare, and environmental groups today sent a letter to Governor Brown, condemning the reappointment of Marty Myers, general manager of Threemile Canyon Farms for a second four-year term on Oregon's Board of Agriculture. The groups cited Myers' conflict of interest in influencing policy decisions by his own mega-dairy's regulator--the Oregon Department of Agriculture--and his track   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 12 -- Comagine Health issued the following news release: * * * - CDC-funded study to pilot new overdose prevention strategy within state prison system * * * More than 75 percent of incarcerated women in Oregon's state prison system require treatment for a substance use disorder. Further, according to Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, opioid overdose is a leading cause of death following prison release. "  more

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 9 -- The Dayton Foundation issued the following news release: The Draft Final Protocol for distributions from the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund, LLC is now available online at www.daytonfoundation.org/oregondistributions. The public is encouraged to review the draft prior to attending one of the public forums next Monday, September 16, from 10-11:30 a.m. or 6-7:30 p.m., at Sinclair Community College, 444 West Third Street, Building 12, Dayton, Ohio, 45402. The Draft F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: Drinking water supplies at 10 Army installations in Oregon are contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense data obtained by EWG under the Freedom of Information Act. The sites in Oregon are Christmas Valley Air Force Station, an Army National Guard site in Bend, Lane County Armed Forces Reserve Center, Camp Rilea, the Biak Training Cent  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 12 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Nearly nine out of ten patients with epilepsy report using cannabis for therapeutic purposes, according to survey data published in the journal Epilepsy & Behavior. Investigators from the Oregon Health and Science University surveyed epilepsy patients undergoing observation at a local hospital. Eighty-seven percent of respondents reported having consumed cannabis for symp  more

GREENFIELD, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Organic Trade Association issued the following news release: * * * - Organic Trade Association unveils new online directory to help market U.S. organic products * * * It's not easy for an organic seed dealer in Oregon to get connected with that organic grain farmer in Iowa who's in need of organic seeds, or the organic granola maker in California who wants to use environmentally-friendly containers to find out about the sustainable packaging compa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 12 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: * * * - "Fascinating" was recorded in Nassau, Bahamas, in 2004. Proceeds will benefit Mercy Corps' Hurricane Dorian relief effort * * * Iconic alternative rock band R.E.M. has shared previously unreleased song "Fascinating" to benefit global organization Mercy Corps' Hurricane Dorian relief and recovery efforts in the Bahamas. Band members Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe recorded "Fascinating" in 2004 a  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- River Research and Applications, an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers, published 23 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * A study of the stochastic evolution of hydraulic geometry relationships * Bridge pier scour under pressure flow conditions * Change in fish community composition following weir removal, field observations, and physical habitat simulatio  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, Sept. 14 -- Sexual Abuse, a journal that says it provides a forum for clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, published seven research articles on the following topics in its December 2019 edition: * "This Time It's Different" Preparing for Release Through a Prison-Model of CoSA: A Phenomenological and Repertory Grid Analysis * Case Studies of Men's Perceptions of Their Online Sexual Interactions With Young P  more