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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for 2026-09-17 ( 11 items )  
BLM Completes Idaho Wild Horse Gather to Support Healthy Herds and Healthy Lands (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM Completes Idaho Wild Horse Gather to Support Healthy Herds and Healthy Lands * CHALLIS, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management recently completed a wild horse gather operation in Idaho to improve rangeland health and ensure long-term well-being of the Challis wild horse herd. In total, BLM gathered and removed 226 wild horses from overpopulated rangelands. This operation is part of BLM's ongoing effort to maintai more PR

BSU's Summer Missions Program helps MC students spread the Gospel throughout the world (10)
CLINTON, Mississippi, Sept. 16 -- Mississippi Christian University posted the following news: * * * BSU's Summer Missions Program helps MC students spread the Gospel throughout the world * A record 30 Mississippi Christian University students visited five continents this summer to share the message of Christ through the Baptist Student Union's Summer Missions Program. Student missionaries served with the North American Mission Board, the International Mission Board and the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board in locations ranging from New  more PR

Consumer Organizations Urge Congress to Protect Robust Tailpipe Emission Standards, Alleviate Pain at the Pump (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The National Consumers League issued the following news release: * * * Consumer Organizations Urge Congress to Protect Robust Tailpipe Emission Standards, Alleviate Pain at the Pump * Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829 Washington, DC -The National Consumers League, Consumer Federation of America, and 24 other public interest organizations sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging members of Congress to oppose resolutions that would inv more PR

DOE Idaho National Laboratory: Mapping Hidden Organizational Influence in U.S. Critical Infrastructure (10)
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Mapping hidden organizational influence in US critical infrastructure September 16, 2026 The next major threat to U.S. critical infrastructure may not come from a cyberattack or natural disaster. It could arrive with a handshake and a signed contract. A foreign company buys land near a power substation. Another secures a seat on the board of an aggregator. No malware, no breach. Investments, acquisitions or board more PR

DOE Office of Environmental Management: Equipment Creates Cost Savings for Idaho Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: * * * New Equipment Creates Cost Savings for Idaho Liquid Waste Treatment Facility September 15, 2026 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) is deploying new equipment to eliminate the cost of disposing of a byproduct of radioactive liquid waste cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) and contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) constructed an onsite  more PR

EEOC Recovers Over $97,000 in Two Pregnancy Discrimination Charges (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Recovers Over $97,000 in Two Pregnancy Discrimination Charges * Pair of West Coast employers resolve federal complaints over firing of pregnant women and refusal to accommodate their pregnancies SAN FRANCISCO -The San Francisco District of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) successfully conciliated two discrimination charges on behalf of pregnant women, the federal agency announced today. In one case, the  more PR

Mothers Denied Abortions Sue State of Oklahoma (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The Center for Reproductive Rights posted the following news release: * * * Mothers Denied Abortions Sue State of Oklahoma * #A new Center lawsuit seeks to expand abortion access for families who have received fatal fetal diagnoses. 09.16.26 (PRESS RELEASE) - Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Oklahoma women denied abortions, as well as two physicians and a reproductive justice organization, seeking to expand abortion access for families facing fatal fet more PR

PASSED: Cortez Masto, Daines Legislation to Cut Red Tape, Bolster American Hydroelectric Power Production (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * PASSED: Cortez Masto, Daines Legislation to Cut Red Tape, Bolster American Hydroelectric Power Production * ***VIDEO AVAILABLE FTPs for TV stations is available here. Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to increase transparency in the hydropower licensing process. The Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act has pa more PR

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Risch Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing on September 16, 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 16, 2026 Chairman Risch Opening Statement at Nominations Hearing on Sept. 16, 2026 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing. Witnesses included Joshua Harris to be Ambassador to Malaysia, Henry Wooster to be Ambassador to Kenya, Peter Lord to be Ambassad more PR

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Risch Statement on House Passage of Russian Sanctions Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * September 16, 2026 Chairman Risch Statement on House Passage of Russian Sanctions Bill WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the statement below on the House of Representatives' passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which would impose critical new sanctions on Russia and those enabling its  more PR

Western Watersheds Project: Greens Protest Plan to Expand Grazing in Owyhee Canyonlands (10)
HAILEY, Idaho, Sept. 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Greens Protest Plan to Expand Grazing in Owyhee Canyonlands September 16, 2026 VALE, Ore.--On Monday, Western Watersheds Project delivered a formal protest of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed decision to authorize livestock grazing and build new pipelines and watering troughs that would facilitate hundreds of square miles of new intensive grazing use in the Louse Canyon General Management Area within the popular Owyhee Canyonland more PR