TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, an organization that says it works to elect environmentally responsible candidates to state and local offices, issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey LCV Announces Endorsements for Local Elections: Leading Political Voice for the Environment Endorses Strong Pro-Environment Candidates New Jersey LCV, the leading political voice for the environment in New Jersey, announced its 2026 endorsements for local races in the general election. New Jersey LCV is a non more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 24 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * As Spokane Wildfires Raged, Health Center Staff Mobilized for Patients * Fires were ablaze in Spokane for nearly 20 days in August 2026, forcing mass evacuations and causing millions of dollars in destruction. However, 'Spokane comes together.' That's what employees of the Community Health Association of Spokane, or CHAS, heard residents repeat to one another as staff walked the floors of a disaster assistance center with medical b more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 24 [Category: Union] -- The Colorado Education Association issued the following news release: * * * Colorado Education Association Endorses Phil Weiser for Governor as Colorado Heads Back to School * WATCH: Phil Goes Back-to-School Shopping With Denver Public School Teacher Phil Advocates for Passage of Prop NN DENVER, CO - Today, Democratic nominee for governor of Colorado Phil Weiser announced that he has been endorsed by the Colorado Education Association (CEA), Colorado's largest labor union that represents nearl more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 25 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF ends Ga. school district's annual prayer walks The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully halted a Georgia public school district's promotion of Christian "prayer walks." A concerned student informed the state-church watchdog that Laurens County Schools had organized and promoted a "prayer walk" every year before the start of school. Per a promotional post from the district's official Facebook account, the 2026 devot more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Stein's August Column: New Notebooks, New Beginnings * This month Governor Josh Stein is welcoming K-12 students back to school. Media outlets are invited to publish the column below from Governor Stein. \- As families across North Carolina fill shopping carts with binders and fresh boxes of crayons, another school year is just around the corner. As a dad of three graduates of North Carolina public schools, I have fond more PR