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America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release:
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America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
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America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of twelve U.S. Senators and sixteen U.S. Representatives -led by Senat more PR
Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news:
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Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order.
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an execut more PR
Builders FirstSource to Pay $26,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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Builders FirstSource to Pay $26,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
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Settlement resolves federal claims that construction materials supplier unlawfully rejected older temporary worker
SEATTLE - Building supply company Builders FirstSource (BFS) agreed to pay $26,000 to settle a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppo more PR
Daines Calls for Increased Tribal Public Safety, Touts Work Done by Tribes in Senate Indian Affairs Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release:
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Daines Calls for Increased Tribal Public Safety, Touts Work Done by Tribes in Senate Indian Affairs Committee
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U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Councilwoman Joan Johnson from Harlem, Montana, in a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. They discussed the Tiwahe program and the need to increase public safety resources for Montana tribes.
Watch the full exchange HERE.
Da more PR
Daines on Fox Business: "We Need to Avoid Another Government Shutdown" (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release:
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Daines on Fox Business: "We Need to Avoid Another Government Shutdown"
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Discusses Future of Chagos Islands
U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss a possible government shutdown, Department of Homeland Security funding, and the future of the Chagos Islands.
Watch the full interview HERE.
Daines on a possible government shutdown:
"Let me be clear that Whi more PR
ESPN Original Series On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing to premiere January 30 (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release:
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ESPN Original Series On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing to premiere January 30
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Watch Trailer
ESPN today announced its newest ESPN Original Series On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing will premiere on January 30 on the ESPN app and ESPN on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. The series will also be on Disney+ in international markets at a later date. The five-epi more PR
Foreign-Trade Zones Board Receives Application for PMI Services Subzone in El Paso, Texas (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received an application from the City of El Paso, Texas, grantee of FTZ 68, requesting subzone status for a PMI Services North America Inc. facility.
The proposed site covers 12.65 acres at 13551-B Montana Avenue in El Paso. If approved, the site would operate under the activation limits already established for FTZ 68. The application does not include a request for production activity authorization at t more PR
Ga. A.G. Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release:
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Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners
Attorney General Chris Carr is defending Georgia's law that bans taxpayer-funded sex changes for inmates, and now a 21-state coalition has filed a brief supporting his case.
"It's absurd that this is even a conversation. Under no circumstance should Georgia taxpayers be forced to cover the co more PR
Outdoor Alliance VP Geltman Testifies Before House Natural Resources Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following written testimony by Louis Geltman, vice president for policy and government relations at the Outdoor Alliance, from a Jan. 21, 2026, hearing entitled "EXPLORE America250: Celebrating One Year of the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act":
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Dear Chair Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Subcommittee members:
On behalf of the human-powered outdoor recreation communit more PR
Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: A Housing-Centered Harm Reduction Approach to Homelessness and Public Safety (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2026, by senior policy analyst Christina Mojica, drug policy analyst Layal Bou Harfouch and Sephria Reynolds-Tanner, criminal justice and drug policy analyst:
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A housing-centered harm reduction approach to homelessness and public safety
Public safety reform should not be defined by how many arrests are made, but by how many people are safely housed, connected to care, and able to rebuild more PR
Sheehy's No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026:
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Sheehy's No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Tim Sheehy today released the following statement applauding the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's passage of the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act:
"There is no justification for a dime of U.S. taxpayer money finding its way into the hands of terrorists who openly call for 'death to Americ more PR
Study: Montana's Arctic Grayling Fail to Recover Under Voluntary Conservation Agreement (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release:
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Study: Montana's Arctic Grayling Fail to Recover Under Voluntary Conservation Agreement
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BUTTE, Mont. -The Center for Biological Diversity released an analysis today showing that a two-decade, state-led voluntary conservation agreement has not produced a measurable increase in the abundance of critically imperiled Arctic grayling in Montana's Big Hole River. The waterway i more PR
UCLA School of Law Williams Institute: More Than Half of Transgender Youth Live in a State With at Least One Law or Policy Restricting Their Rights (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release:
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More than half of transgender youth live in a state with at least one law or policy restricting their rights
According to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, 53% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.--approximately 382,800 young people--live in 29 states with laws or policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, ba more PR
UM Women's Flag Football Team Takes Field for Historic First Season (10)
MISSOULA, Montana, Jan. 29 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release:
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UM Women's Flag Football Team Takes Field for Historic First Season
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MISSOULA - Ainsley MacKenzie knew she wanted to attend the University of Montana to study secondary education and work to become a high school teacher. But the freshman from Lakeridge, Oregon knew pursuing her educational goals would mean giving up her dreams of playing flag football in college.
MacKenzie's high school starte more PR
USU Ecologists Offer Expert Perspective About Gray Wolves Found in Cache Valley (10)
LOGAN, Utah, Jan. 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
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USU Ecologists Offer Expert Perspective About Gray Wolves Found in Cache Valley
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State officials recently killed three gray wolves near Avon, Utah, in the southwestern corner of Cache County. Wildlife ecology experts from the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University answered questions about wolves in Utah.
Q. Is it surprising to find gray wolves in the state?
A. No, not surprising, according more PR
West Virginia Leads Fight Against Efforts by Climate Activists to Improperly Influence Federal Judges (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release:
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West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science. more PR
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