BOISE, Idaho, July 21 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * $600,000 Secured by AG Labrador for Idaho in Two Consumer Data Settlements * BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador announced today that Idaho will recover more than $616,000 from two separate multistate settlements holding companies accountable for failing to protect consumers' money and personal information. The settlements resolve claims against Block, Inc., the company behind the Cash App payment platform, and against the bankru more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Battelle Energy Alliance Reaches $5 Million Agreement Resolving EEOC Charges of Religious and Disability Discrimination * Idaho-based engineering company settles federal lawsuit stemming from alleged COVID-19 vaccine mandate-related discrimination MEMPHIS -Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA), a research, engineering and consulting company based in Idaho Falls, Idaho, agreed to resolve charges of discrimination filed with U.S. Equal  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 20 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Beeson Divinity School Celebrates Riches of Five Protestant Traditions During Third Annual Preaching Conference * Samford University's Beeson Divinity School hosted its third annual preaching conference, July 14-16. The theme of this year's conference-"Manifold Wisdom: The Riches of Preaching Across Christian Traditions"-celebrated preaching contributions from five Protestant traditions: Baptist, Anglican, Wesleyan, Reformed (Presbyterian) and Africa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Colleagues Announce Legislation to Hold Purchasers of Russian Oil Accountable * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined a bipartisan group of over 60 colleagues led by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Darline Graham (R-S.C.) to introduce legislation negotiated with the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the White House to hold major purchaser more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 22 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 21, 2026: * * * Governor Newsom highlights robust investments in fire prevention and cutting-edge firefighting technology to combat wildfire and save lives As Trump cuts federal wildfire programs across the nation, California is building a world-class firefighting fleet What you need to know: California is growing its wildfire-fighting arsenal, including satellites, AI-guided drones, the nation's largest state-owned aerial firefight more PR

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Risch, Murkowski Lead Efforts to Bolster Made-In-America Hydropower * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the "Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act." This bill will reform the Federal Power Act to reduce delays and costs of hydropower licensing. Specifically, the bill would limit Section 4 (e) and Section 18 mandatory conditioning of hydropower license more PR

REXBURG, Idaho, July 21 -- Brigham Young University Idaho campus issued the following news: * * * History Student Earns Top Honor at Regional Conference * What began as a professor's encouragement to submit a research paper culminated in national honor society recognition for BYU-Idaho senior Rachael Burchfield, whose work earned the top undergraduate honor in U.S. History at a regional Phi Alpha Theta conference this spring. Burchfield attended the conference alongside fellow students Madison McDowell and Lizzy Freeman. The regional even more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, July 21 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news: * * * Meet 3 Mines researchers changing the rules for critical minerals exploration in the U.S. * By Jenn Fields, Special to Mines Newsroom Every critical mineral that is mined must first be found. But over the lifespan of a mining project, exploration can be a costly stage in the process, carrying significant financial risks. At Colorado School of Mines, experts in mining and mineral exploration are taking innovative cross-disciplinary approaches to de-ris more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * New Bipartisan Research Shows Western Voters Strongly Oppose Selling or Transferring Public Lands * New bipartisan polling commissioned by The Nature Conservancy shows broad, overwhelming support for protecting public lands across the West, with majorities in every state favoring conservation over selloffs or privatization. The Western Voter Views of Public Lands Issues survey-conducted by the bipartisan research teams of FM3 Re more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * OPINION: Fiscal discipline is why Idaho finished strong * by Governor Brad Little Good government starts with living within our means. Idaho, unlike neighboring Left Coast states and the federal government, doesn't spend money we don't have. We don't raise taxes when budgets get tight. We right size spending to match the taxpayers' means. When I rolled out my ENDURING IDAHO budget plan earlier this year, we made a deliberate choice to keep Id more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 22 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior policy analyst Christina Mojica: * * * The ROAD to Housing Act gets some things right. The hard work is still local. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act responds to a fundamentally local problem with federal solutions. - For nearly a century, the federal government has been trying to fix America's housing affordability crisis. The tools have changed, the program names have changed, and the price tags have grown, but the premise has stayed t more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho State University posted the following news: * * * TRAIL Experience Broadens Perspectives for Rural Education * Traveling to the breathtakingly scenic, small city of Challis, Idaho, 11 Idaho State University students participated in the fourth annual Teaching in Rural Areas Immersion Learning (TRAIL) Experience. Led by Teaching and Educational Studies faculty Amanda Eller, Ph.D., and Suzanne Beasterfeld, TRAIL offers students the opportunity for a week-long excursion in a rural-remote school and community more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, July 17 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Tribal wolf advocacy organization, conservation group renew call for banning wolf hunting and trapping to protect Mollie's Pack Mollie's Pack, one of Yellowstone National Park's most well-known and fabled wolf packs, recently was recorded living outside the protective boundaries of the National Park. This development has triggered a fresh call for the states of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana to establish a Sacred Resource Protection Zone to encompa more PR

ANGOLA, Indiana, July 21 -- Trine University posted the following news: * * * Trine grad Shuler helps launch risk management, benefits company * CARMEL, Ind. -A Trine University graduate has co-founded a new risk management and health employee benefits startup company with a mission to help employers strategically control costs while improving employee well-being. Pat Shuler, a 1991 Bachelor of Science in management graduate, will serve as chief operating officer, focusing on data analytics, carrier and third-party administrator relations more PR