ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Idaho Praises Gov. Little for Signing Portable Benefits Legislation * Boise, ID -Americans for Prosperity-Idaho (AFP-ID) praised Gov. Brad Little for signing House Bill (HB) 645, allowing hundreds of thousands of independent contractors and self-employed workers in Idaho to access portable benefits usually reserved for traditional employees.  Portable benefit acco more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 25 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson stands against woke DEI practices * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson joined West Virginia and 16 other states supporting a challenge to the New Jersey State Bar Association's DEI quotas for its leadership board. The States argue that the N.J. State Bar Association is using the First Amendment as an excuse to discriminate based on rac more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at Forum on how DHS Policies Hurt Children * U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), delivered an opening statement at a bicameral public forum on how DHS policies hurt children. The forum, entitled "Our Values at Stake: How Trump's Immigration Agenda Endangers Children," featured t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration announced the receipt of 95 petitions under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for the period of Feb. 1, 2026, through Feb. 28, 2026. The program allows for compensation if a petitioner can prove that a vaccine caused a condition not explicitly listed or if symptoms appeared outside the specified windows. To ensure a fair process, the Secretary is required  more PR

MOSCOW, Idaho, March 25 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * Online environmental science students make an impact nationwide * As a 20-year-old cadet Jacob Cheeseman was aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter that seized 5,000 pounds of cocaine. Cheeseman steered the ship in the waters off San Diego during the operation that netted drugs valued at $78 million. He said the action made him proud to belong to a team that helps make a difference. Cheeseman is still i more PR

MOSCOW, Idaho, March 25 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * Training Idaho clinicians for a shifting opioid landscape * There are common signs of a fentanyl overdose: pinpoint pupils, a severely impaired mental state and slow, shallow breathing. And then there is "wooden chest syndrome." During the 2025 Opioids, Pain and Substance Use Disorders (OPSUD) education series, one presenter discussed this rare fentanyl overdose symptom in which rigid chest muscle more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, March 26 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on March 25, 2026: * * * Western Watersheds Project, Union Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement Western Watersheds Project and Western Watersheds Workers Union today announced the ratification of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement extends current employee benefits and provides additional process and guarantees that further improve work conditions and opportunities for ca more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Working Families Tax Cuts Invest in Farmers and Ranchers * Washington, D.C.- Agriculture's fundamental role in our communities is clear. Every day, farmers and ranchers in Idaho and across the country work hard to ensure Americans and populations around the world are well fed, which is why today is observed as National Agriculture Day. Thanks to the Working Families Tax Cuts law led by U.S. Senate Fina more PR