MOSCOW, Idaho, March 30 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * 4-H coordinator pinch hits as Idaho House's top parliamentarian * For a few recent weeks, Cyrus Vore, a University of Idaho Extension 4-H Youth Development program coordinator, addressed the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives daily and played a central role in making the legislative process work. UI Extension enabled Vore, 23, to seize the opportunity of a lifetime for a self-described poli more PR

BOISE, Idaho, March 31 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador: Supreme Court Should Restore Original Understanding of Birthright Citizenship * On April 1st, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the case challenging President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. Idaho joined 23 other states in an amicus brief supporting the executive order and urging the Court to restore the original underst more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 31 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brenna Bird Fights for States' Rights to Ensure Election Integrity * DES MOINES-Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a 25-state coalition in a brief before the United States Supreme Court defending Arizona's right to ensure election integrity in their election process. The coalition maintains that Arizona should be able to ensure that its voters are citizens as part of t more PR

NEW YORK, April 1 -- Bloomberg issued the following news on March 31, 2026: * * * BarmeniaGothaer Modernizes Front-to-Back Investment Platform with Bloomberg and Clearwater Analytics Unified data and a total portfolio view across liquid and illiquid assets improves transparency, risk oversight, and investment decision-making * BOISE, Idaho; CHICAGO; MUNICH; FRANKFURT -- Bloomberg and Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) today announced that BarmeniaGothaer, one of Germany's top 10 insurers man more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Cancer Advocates Urge Gov. Little to Veto HB 913, Legislature's Latest Assault on Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion * BOISE, Idaho -The Idaho Senate today took another damaging step toward stripping health care coverage from tens of thousands of Idahoans by passing House Bill 913, placing additional government red tape on federally mandated work-reporting req more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks posted the following news release: * * * Groups Challenge Trump Admin's Rushed Approval of Cabinet Mountains Mining Project * Missoula, MT - A coalition of local and national organizations today filed suit over the Trump administration's fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana's Cabinet Mountains. The lawsuit claims that the Montanore Minerals Corporation project threatens unpolluted waters, inc more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO STABILIZE AG LABOR COSTS * Senators Introduce Bill to Codify Trump Wage Rule for H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined a legislative effort to stabilize agricultural labor costs by providing farmers with greater certainty and clarity when forecasting labor costs as they plan for future more PR

BOISE, Idaho, March 31 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Idaho aims to anchor new nuclear innovation campus in Idaho * Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little announced today the State of Idaho has submitted its response to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Request for Information (RFI) inviting states to express interest in hosting Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses -a new federal effort to modernize the nation's full nuclear fuel cycle and strengthen more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, March 31 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Idaho codifies Fourth Amendment protections for private landowners * Boise, Idaho; March 31, 2026: Idaho Governor Brad Little signed legislation today that strengthens constitutional protections for the state's private landowners by barring government agents from entering private property without a warrant, the owner's consent, or exigent circumstances. The Property more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 1 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * DEQ awards $1,501,280 to the City of Lewiston The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $1,501,280 in low-interest wastewater emerging contaminant construction loan funding to the City of Lewiston in Nez Perce County, Idaho. The funding will be used to complete an environmental review and address PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine-disrupt more PR

BOISE, Idaho, April 1 -- The Idaho Department of Labor issued the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * Census release shows most of Idaho's counties grew in population in 2025 Thirty-six of Idaho's 44 counties grew in population in 2025, with 20 growing faster than in 2024, according to annual U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. This translates to 80% of Idaho's counties growing in population -- much higher than the nation's share of 60%. Five of Idaho's urban counties -- Ada more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand and Modernize Native Housing Programs * Senators Push to Advance Housing Policy in NAHASDA's 30 TH Anniversary Year Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. S more PR

CENTENNIAL, Colorado, April 1 -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release on March 31, 2026: * * * NCBA and PLC Participate in Grazing Roundtable, MOU Signing Today, public lands ranchers joined Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, as the secretaries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch their Grazing Action Plan. National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) leaders and member more PR

MOSCOW, Idaho, March 31 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * Satellites transform plant water science, with limits * In the 1960s, ecologists used shovels and pick axes to dig out the root systems of plants on the Great Plains to deduce how much water they retained. Unearthing the length and depth of roots on a single plant was strenuous work that could take days or weeks. Black and white photos in old ecology textbooks allude to the labor involved. Data fr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Folklife Festival Goes National for America's Birthday For America's 250th, the Smithsonian's Largest Cultural Public Program Collaborates with Festivals Across the Country * To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, the Smithsonian is taking its oldest and largest public program--the annual Folklife Festival--on the road to communities a more PR

MOSCOW, Idaho, March 31 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: * * * U of I to lead study on interseeding, management strategies on manure emissions * KIMBERLY, Idaho -A planned University of Idaho-led research project aims to maximize the nutrients from dairy manure applications that remain in farm soils for use by crops while minimizing the loss of nutrients as air and water pollutants. Farm fields surrounding dairies often receive the heaviest applications of dairy more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Prioritizing Common Sense Forest Management, Moves Forest Service Headquarters to Salt Lake City * (Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026) -Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the forests and communities it serves. For an more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Barbara Vasquez, board member of the Western Organization of Resource Councils and Western Colorado Alliance, Cowdrey, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the Co-Location Energy Act (H.R. 5639): * * * My name is Barbara Vasquez. I have served as a citizen scientist and advocate on local, regional and national environmental and public health issues for the past 25 ye more PR